These mass shootings are not the problem to focus on (IMO). They account for less than 2% of the total gun deaths in the US-albeit they are about as conspicuous an event as possible for demanding that gun control efforts be ramped up.
this is true, but Democrats capitalize on every tragedy when it happens to push their anti-gun agenda
I asked the question back on page 2 and I think I got one response, but I'll ask it again-what is the reason that so many are diametrically opposed to arming a security guard at schools? All the schools in my area (Philadelphia and Suburbs) already have security guards, so we'd not be adding some insane cost. Require that they are licensed and have gone through the proper training, etc. I don't care that "its a shame we have to consider this". Gun-Free zones are stupid. They literally are magnets for bad people that want to do bad things. Why can't we admit that this was a good-in-theory but bad-in-reality idea? I know Columbine had an armed guard and that didn't stop them. To use an old gun-control advocate go-to phrase, "so we should just do nothing?" Having an armed good guy to face off with an armed bad guy will not always deter or stop a massacre, but it will stop more than doing nothing.
its something absolutely that needs done ........ Federal building have armed people around them 24-7-365 .... how many federal building bombings since that started? Why are federal buildings more important than our kids? Did you know ...
Malia and Sasha Obama not only benefit from around the clock Secret Service protection, the elite school they attend, Sidwell Friends, employs special police officers trained in the appropriate use of deadly force. Are their lives and those of other millionaire children worth more than non-elites?
It's the same story with Meet the Press host David Gregory whose kids attend Sidwell. And how about Michael Bloomberg? His daughters went to the exclusive, well secured all-girls Spence School in New York's Upper East Side. Rahm Emanuel, Bill Ayers, Arne Duncan, the Obamas, Valerie Jarrett and a host of Chicago insiders have sent their little heirs to the exclusive University of Chicago Lab Schools which routinely hires armed police officers as part of its security plan.
Ivy League bound youngsters in private schools across the nation are the beneficiaries of top notch security systems which almost always include armed personnel. Yet ruling class pols like Obama and Bloomberg want to deny regular folks the same security their children enjoy. Obama, with his four-year "under the radar" push against our Second Amendment rights, has no problem suggesting the underclasses put their kids in harm's way.
There are 33,000 gun deaths a year in the US and nearly 2/3rds of those are from suicide. That is far more galling a statistic than anything else and if you want to really limit gun deaths, it is there that you should burn the most calories. I'd propose that in order to own a gun you have to be registered (not necessarily register your guns as I know that's a big no-no to a lot of people). Part of the registration would require that you go through a training course and get tested on basic knowledge and handling of firearms. The other part is that you have to go through some minimal mental capacity test. History of diagnosed depression, for instance, would be a non-starter. This registration would be required to purchase any guns moving forward and would need to be renewed every five or ten years.
the problem is that you could set the limits to anything you want and keep everyone from owning a gun.
right now, when you background check to buy a gun, there are supposed to be checks for mental illness .......... its only as good as the system is updated and information entered. That needs fixed - but I'm against any mental testing etc or registering. The Govt knowing I have a .22, a .420 and a rifle makes zero impact on crime. None
