Pretty simple, allow teachers to be armed. I hear the kid wore body armor and a border patrol swat team took him out. I have no idea what 'engaged' means in this instance. Evidently two cops were shot but not killed.
I actually do think that we have a worse mental health problem here than a lot of countries. Cultures are very different around the world and our culture has definitely deteriorated. There’s a ton of little things that have changed so incrementally that all of the sudden todays America is almost unrecognizable to the days of my youth, and I’m not too old. More broken families and the ones that do stay together are usually separated by outside influences. I often see a family out and about, together physically but everyone is staring at a phone. People eating at a restaurant with their kids babysat by an iPad. My wife is a teacher and complains about how much basic parenting she has to do for a lot of the kids in her classes that she didn’t used to have to do. I have been to many peoples houses that are first generation from Mexico, Philippines, Japan, etc and they have a completely different dynamic. They are typically very involved in each other’s lives. They eat meals together, celebrate together, support each other, etc… That is not typical here. I do know a few families here and there that are like that, some Mormon friends and country ranch type people mostly, but unfortunately most people I know are not like that, my family included. Our culture has changed and not for the better. People don’t interact like they used to, they don’t look out for each other like they used to and are often so alienated and so far removed from reality that they do unthinkable things. Firearms are more controlled than ever and people secure them more than ever, when was the last time you saw a wood gun cabinet with a glass door in someone’s house? That used to be normal and somehow this type of thing wasn’t so prevalent. I can’t think of any friends or family that didn’t have some sort of firearm in the when I was younger, now I know several. Firearms are absolutely not easier to obtain, just a little before my time you could just order a gun from an ad in magazine and it’d show up at your house or go to most hardware stores or whatever and give the clerk cash and walk out with a gun. Ding ding I guess…now here in ca. you have to do all sorts of paperwork and even have to do a background check to buy ammo. Do messed up people still do things like shoot people? Yup. Did the tough gun laws stop them? Nope. Of course this is just my personal experience, but I know that many have had a similar experience. There is such an obvious change in people in my observation, especially over the last 20 or 30 years I’m always surprised when people pretend that it has to be something else.
I'll tell you what, when is a good time to talk about it ? When they make a move to ban weapons? Thoughts and ******* prayers don't get us anywhere.
Shame on you guys for being to afraid to talk about bigger issues, you ******* people don't want to talk about the every day gun violence that occurs in our country. You want to use this oh you're sick you're this. Nothing says we don't feel the pain, however I'm not going to hang my head and think that thoughts and prayers are going to fix this problem
Controlled by your emotions much? Fear much?
Not everyone is equipped to be a sheepdog. You should probably think about that a little. Kinda makes me wonder about you.
I've about come to the conclusion that our elected officials are honestly just too dumb or lazy to do the work we elect them for.... including treating the problem that creates a tragedy like this. They oversimplify and go for the easy visual that they are "trying" to do something about it..... when they really aren't.I'll just leave this here to answer to your question.
While I agree mental health is important, our country, citizens, and elected officials like to talk about it, but not fund it.
Mental Health Care Was Severely Inequitable, Then Came the Coronavirus Crisis
COVID-19 has exposed the disparities in the U.S. mental health system, leaving many Americans without accessible and affordable care as policymakers fail to adequately address the crisis.www.americanprogress.org
The people on this forum are not equipped to defend children? What a sad thought.
If isis had bombed a super market last week, and a school this week I'm sure your reaction would be different, but since this is a domestic act I guess its not that big of a deal. If the murder of our children doesn't make you emotional I'm not sure what would.
