School Shooting in Michigan. 3 Teens DEAD. 1 15-yr old suspect in custody.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And so what is your solution to this, PP? School vouchers?

Where did the school voucher comment come from? School should take seriously any violent threat and transfer kids to alternative schools.

DP here. My guess is that school shootings at private schools are incredibly rare.

But realistically, all school shootings are incredibly rare events, and your child stands a greater chance of being struck by lightning than shot in a school.

There is a real paranoia - as in an irrational, illogical fear - of our own child being at risk from a school shooting.

The risk of dying from a car crash on the way to school is far far higher. This whole thing is driven by media sensationalism. Examine the numbers for yourself and make rational decisions.

There should be no risk. We have become too lenient in addressing physically aggressive, violent, and emotionally disturbed individuals.

“No risk” is not a reasonable goal.

But the US Surgeon General just published a report proving there is an unprecedented mental health crisis among our youth. That is a fact.

Phones are a major cause, especially when paired with dangerous social media like TikTok and Instagram. Add in the isolation of Covid and it’s obviously the perfect mix for damaging a generation.

The kids are not alright.

Wake up!

Gun availability and lack of supervision are the problems.

Only the US has this problem.

It isn't the phones.

[Anonymous]

National media has moved on. This thread is the same couple of people going back and forth -- my guess is you're both likely in or from metro Detroit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And so what is your solution to this, PP? School vouchers?

Where did the school voucher comment come from? School should take seriously any violent threat and transfer kids to alternative schools.

DP here. My guess is that school shootings at private schools are incredibly rare.

But realistically, all school shootings are incredibly rare events, and your child stands a greater chance of being struck by lightning than shot in a school.

There is a real paranoia - as in an irrational, illogical fear - of our own child being at risk from a school shooting.

The risk of dying from a car crash on the way to school is far far higher. This whole thing is driven by media sensationalism. Examine the numbers for yourself and make rational decisions.

There should be no risk. We have become too lenient in addressing physically aggressive, violent, and emotionally disturbed individuals.

+1

DP here. THIS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:National media has moved on. This thread is the same couple of people going back and forth -- my guess is you're both likely in or from metro Detroit.

Those who work in and/or send kids to public schools have not "moved on." The media sites haven't either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:National media has moved on. This thread is the same couple of people going back and forth -- my guess is you're both likely in or from metro Detroit.

Those who work in and/or send kids to public schools have not "moved on." The media sites haven't either.

Nor have I. And I do not live in Detroit. I live in Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:National media has moved on. This thread is the same couple of people going back and forth -- my guess is you're both likely in or from metro Detroit.

Those who work in and/or send kids to public schools have not "moved on." The media sites haven't either.

Nor have I. And I do not live in Detroit. I live in Maryland.

Why would people 'move on'? They want this stopped. They're tired of Sandy Hooks and Marjory Stoneman Douglas' and Columbines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:National media has moved on. This thread is the same couple of people going back and forth -- my guess is you're both likely in or from metro Detroit.

Those who work in and/or send kids to public schools have not "moved on." The media sites haven't either.

Nor have I. And I do not live in Detroit. I live in Maryland.

Why would people 'move on'? They want this stopped. They're tired of Sandy Hooks and Marjory Stoneman Douglas' and Columbines.

+1 exactly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:National media has moved on. This thread is the same couple of people going back and forth -- my guess is you're both likely in or from metro Detroit.

Those who work in and/or send kids to public schools have not "moved on." The media sites haven't either.

Nor have I. And I do not live in Detroit. I live in Maryland.

Why would people 'move on'? They want this stopped. They're tired of Sandy Hooks and Marjory Stoneman Douglas' and Columbines.

+1 exactly

+2

I'm not afraid of my gun being taken away from me, or being an unfit parent - I'm afraid of more unnecessary assaults and murders of innocent children, while they are trying to learn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:National media has moved on. This thread is the same couple of people going back and forth -- my guess is you're both likely in or from metro Detroit.

This is a really crude and disturbing thing to say. Are you implying that kids dying by gun violence is something someone should only care about for a few days? And only if they live in the vicinity of the murders? I find this horrific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:National media has moved on. This thread is the same couple of people going back and forth -- my guess is you're both likely in or from metro Detroit.

This is a really crude and disturbing thing to say. Are you implying that kids dying by gun violence is something someone should only care about for a few days? And only if they live in the vicinity of the murders? I find this horrific.

It worked for them during the other times. Smoke and mirrors until the public attention span wavers and goes on to the next thing. Is this time different.

[Anonymous]

Good red flag laws would be so helpful. I thought this after the Tucson shooting, the Colorado theater shooting and Parkland. In each, there were numerous people concerned that the person was violent and unbalanced. (In Tucson, the boy’s own parents had reported him and the community college had expelled him — they both knew he has a psychotic break.). And yet nothing was done to put them or their families on no-buy lists or to remove guns from the home—because it takes a conviction to do that. It’s easier to take away some one’s kid than it is to take their gun. They should at least use the CpS standard—remove the guns and let the person have a show cause hearing within 3 days to determine whether they get them back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:National media has moved on. This thread is the same couple of people going back and forth -- my guess is you're both likely in or from metro Detroit.

This is a really crude and disturbing thing to say. Are you implying that kids dying by gun violence is something someone should only care about for a few days? And only if they live in the vicinity of the murders? I find this horrific.

It worked for them during the other times. Smoke and mirrors until the public attention span wavers and goes on to the next thing. Is this time different.

It will be if we make it different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good red flag laws would be so helpful. I thought this after the Tucson shooting, the Colorado theater shooting and Parkland. In each, there were numerous people concerned that the person was violent and unbalanced. (In Tucson, the boy’s own parents had reported him and the community college had expelled him — they both knew he has a psychotic break.). And yet nothing was done to put them or their families on no-buy lists or to remove guns from the home—because it takes a conviction to do that. It’s easier to take away some one’s kid than it is to take their gun. They should at least use the CpS standard—remove the guns and let the person have a show cause hearing within 3 days to determine whether they get them back.

+1

[Anonymous]

Another shooting was narrowly averted at Emory-Riddle this week. I wonder what the prosecution of this case will be like.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/embry-riddle-aeronautical-university-student-john-hagins-was-planning-campus-bloodbath-in-daytona-cops

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:National media has moved on. This thread is the same couple of people going back and forth -- my guess is you're both likely in or from metro Detroit.

The NY Times doesn't agree with you.