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Any death is significant, but the Virginia Tech and Newton victims amount to 14.6% of total since 1992, which is statistically significant.
You are right, you can prevent mentally ill people from doing crazy things, but you can take away their ability to inflict harm on others, by making it much more difficult for them to walk into a school with a bag of guns, and kill children. The difference between school and a normal public place is that it is filled with young defenseless members of our society. These children depend on us adults to make their school a safe place to be, so they can grow up to be vital members of our society.
NRA on news right now calling for armed guards at schools. What do you think? I agree with this idea. {nm} Dec 21, 08:23
In related news, NRA calling for children to get accustomed to a police state from birth. Dec 21, 08:27
Is there a price that should not be paid, if it deters future carnage? Insurance might actually go down, not up. Dec 21, 08:44
statistically speaking, your kids are safer in school from a gunman than pretty much anywhere else they could be. Dec 21, 08:53
kids are many magnitudes of probability more likely to get shot in a home containing guns than a school without them Dec 21, 08:57
Actually, if you REALLY wanted to free up some police to do this short-term - legalize marijuana and stop the 'Drug War" Dec 21, 12:19
So the stats on school deaths stopped in 2007. So add 15 from Virgina Tech, and now 26 from Newtown. The cycle continues. Dec 21, 12:43
Sigh. You're trying to inject extraneous information and knee-jerk emotional reactions into the debate. How doe that help? Dec 21, 13:37
Any death is significant, but the Virginia Tech and Newton victims amount to 14.6% of total since 1992, which is statistically significant. Dec 21, 14:08
Armed guards or police won't deter people in the state of mind to commit them from these kinds of crimes. {nm} Dec 21, 08:53
Yes, but if it helps to limit their carnage, it's better than nothing. {nm} Dec 21, 09:18
redesign schools so access to outsiders is impossible. look for creative, less intrusive ideas Dec 21, 09:29
Again your argument is that we either eradicate it all, or do nothing. This is not valid. Also cost is not an issue. Dec 21, 10:42
people regularly vote down tax increases even if the results are beneficial - better schools, better safety, more convenience. Dec 21, 10:48
One bullet-prood vest for every children! {nm} Dec 21, 10:53
British TV had to clarify twice that their coverage of the NRA conference was not a spoof. {nm} Dec 21, 11:23
Really? Not that I'm for it, but wouldn't it be just part of the "school uniform"? {nm} Dec 21, 12:42
It's was BSmurf to brought up the analogy, but you don't need to wear a condom all day, just when it's necessary. {nm} Dec 21, 14:10
Cost is ALWAYS an issue. {nm} Dec 21, 13:35
Not for parents, who want to keep their children safe. {nm} Dec 21, 13:57
It would cost that much per family, but parents already get into debt sending their children to university, so, yes. {nm} Dec 21, 16:01
SOME parents can go some tens of thousands in debt to pay for college. Few can go a couple MILLION in debt. Dec 22, 14:16
Columbine had an armed guard. {nm} Dec 21, 14:16
There are soooo many ways that comparison doesn't work. Dec 21, 15:26
i think it's a stupid idea {nm} Dec 21, 20:34
Thank God I'll be leaving for Yellowstone soon. I kind of come here to get away from news Dec 25, 01:01
About the closest thing to guns and gun control news stories back in the 80's was Dec 25, 01:32
