Another day, another school shooting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

Per the Washington Post, in a story updated just yesterday, there have been 416 school shootings since Columbine. Over 300,000 students (sum total of the population of students at those 416 schools at the time of the shooting) have been exposed to gun violence at their schools. 213 children and educators have been killed, and 464 injured.
Their accounting seems to include only elementary and secondary schools. Shootings at colleges, such as the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 that killed 32 students and professors, aren't included in their tally.
There's been a marked increase in school shootings in the last 10-15 years.

Because of mental illness, poor parenting, and social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

You have an odd perception of risk, but my kids aren't into drugs and alcohol so perhaps your concerns are different. I get shelter in place notices from my kid's school pretty regularly.

+1 If you are a good parent, you don't have to worry about your kids taking drugs or driving drunk.

But you cannot control what other kids do if they want to shoot up a school.

My kid had a lockdown because of an actual gun in the school. It was terrifying. They were sobbing. They have never been scared of fentanyl or drunk drivers.

What an asinine thing to say. Many
“ good parents” have kids who drink, take drugs, and are addicts. Almost all youth drunk before the legal age. Many are smoking weed. Many young people are trying drugs and overdosing. Most of these incidents are suburban affluent areas.

Drunk drivers kill many people a year. To say kids don’t fear that is stupid.

It sounds like you raised a bunch of sheltered children who have no idea about the reality of the real world. Neither do you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

You have an odd perception of risk, but my kids aren't into drugs and alcohol so perhaps your concerns are different. I get shelter in place notices from my kid's school pretty regularly.

+1 If you are a good parent, you don't have to worry about your kids taking drugs or driving drunk.

But you cannot control what other kids do if they want to shoot up a school.

My kid had a lockdown because of an actual gun in the school. It was terrifying. They were sobbing. They have never been scared of fentanyl or drunk drivers.

Mind sharing more details? Was the gun used to threaten or hurt someone or was it spotted or mentioned or how did it come to light?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

Per the Washington Post, in a story updated just yesterday, there have been 416 school shootings since Columbine. Over 300,000 students (sum total of the population of students at those 416 schools at the time of the shooting) have been exposed to gun violence at their schools. 213 children and educators have been killed, and 464 injured.
Their accounting seems to include only elementary and secondary schools. Shootings at colleges, such as the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 that killed 32 students and professors, aren't included in their tally.
There's been a marked increase in school shootings in the last 10-15 years.

Because of mental illness, poor parenting, and social media.

Every other developed country has those things. They don’t have monthly school shootings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

Per the Washington Post, in a story updated just yesterday, there have been 416 school shootings since Columbine. Over 300,000 students (sum total of the population of students at those 416 schools at the time of the shooting) have been exposed to gun violence at their schools. 213 children and educators have been killed, and 464 injured.
Their accounting seems to include only elementary and secondary schools. Shootings at colleges, such as the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 that killed 32 students and professors, aren't included in their tally.
There's been a marked increase in school shootings in the last 10-15 years.

Because of mental illness, poor parenting, and social media.

Every other developed country has those things. They don’t have monthly school shootings.

Then why do other nations with high gun ownership not have this problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another white male child with unaddressed mental illness kills innocent people living their lives. With an assault weapon.

+1 and parents with drug issues who may love their kids but are actually "absent parents."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

Per the Washington Post, in a story updated just yesterday, there have been 416 school shootings since Columbine. Over 300,000 students (sum total of the population of students at those 416 schools at the time of the shooting) have been exposed to gun violence at their schools. 213 children and educators have been killed, and 464 injured.
Their accounting seems to include only elementary and secondary schools. Shootings at colleges, such as the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 that killed 32 students and professors, aren't included in their tally.
There's been a marked increase in school shootings in the last 10-15 years.

Because of mental illness, poor parenting, and social media.

Every other developed country has those things. They don’t have monthly school shootings.

Then why do other nations with high gun ownership not have this problem?

They don’t allow parents to give their 13-year-olds who have already been interviewed by the FBI for making threats AR-15s for Christmas? Just a guess.
“The father of the Apalachee High School mass shooting suspect told investigators this week he purchased the gun used in the killings as a holiday present for his son in December 2023.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/us/winder-georgia-shooting-apalachee-high-school?cid=ios_app

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

Per the Washington Post, in a story updated just yesterday, there have been 416 school shootings since Columbine. Over 300,000 students (sum total of the population of students at those 416 schools at the time of the shooting) have been exposed to gun violence at their schools. 213 children and educators have been killed, and 464 injured.
Their accounting seems to include only elementary and secondary schools. Shootings at colleges, such as the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 that killed 32 students and professors, aren't included in their tally.
There's been a marked increase in school shootings in the last 10-15 years.

Because of mental illness, poor parenting, and social media.

Every other developed country has those things. They don’t have monthly school shootings.

Then why do other nations with high gun ownership not have this problem?

They don’t allow parents to give their 13-year-olds who have already been interviewed by the FBI for making threats AR-15s for Christmas? Just a guess.
“The father of the Apalachee High School mass shooting suspect told investigators this week he purchased the gun used in the killings as a holiday present for his son in December 2023.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/us/winder-georgia-shooting-apalachee-high-school?cid=ios_app

oh my god. that's truly horrific.


The father of the mass shooting suspect accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, told investigators this week he had purchased the gun used in the killings as a holiday present for his son in December 2023, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.

Colt Gray, a 14-year-old student, is accused of killing two students and two teachers with an AR-style rifle in the Wednesday shooting. Nine more people were hospitalized.

One source told CNN the AR-15-style rifle was purchased at a local gun store as a Christmas present.

The timeline the teen’s father, Colin Gray, provided to authorities would put the gun purchase months after authorities first contacted Gray and his family to investigate school shooting threats made online.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia closed that investigation because the tip about the threat could not be substantiated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

Per the Washington Post, in a story updated just yesterday, there have been 416 school shootings since Columbine. Over 300,000 students (sum total of the population of students at those 416 schools at the time of the shooting) have been exposed to gun violence at their schools. 213 children and educators have been killed, and 464 injured.
Their accounting seems to include only elementary and secondary schools. Shootings at colleges, such as the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 that killed 32 students and professors, aren't included in their tally.
There's been a marked increase in school shootings in the last 10-15 years.

Because of mental illness, poor parenting, and social media.

Every other developed country has those things. They don’t have monthly school shootings.

Then why do other nations with high gun ownership not have this problem?

They don’t allow parents to give their 13-year-olds who have already been interviewed by the FBI for making threats AR-15s for Christmas? Just a guess.
“The father of the Apalachee High School mass shooting suspect told investigators this week he purchased the gun used in the killings as a holiday present for his son in December 2023.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/us/winder-georgia-shooting-apalachee-high-school?cid=ios_app

oh my god. that's truly horrific.


The father of the mass shooting suspect accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, told investigators this week he had purchased the gun used in the killings as a holiday present for his son in December 2023, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.

Colt Gray, a 14-year-old student, is accused of killing two students and two teachers with an AR-style rifle in the Wednesday shooting. Nine more people were hospitalized.

One source told CNN the AR-15-style rifle was purchased at a local gun store as a Christmas present.

The timeline the teen’s father, Colin Gray, provided to authorities would put the gun purchase months after authorities first contacted Gray and his family to investigate school shooting threats made online.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia closed that investigation because the tip about the threat could not be substantiated.

Oh this man is an idiot. If the FBI knocks on your door with this type of information about your son the last thing you need to do is buy him a gun. What a dumb thing to do. I have a hard time believing that the father has zero indication that his son had problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

Per the Washington Post, in a story updated just yesterday, there have been 416 school shootings since Columbine. Over 300,000 students (sum total of the population of students at those 416 schools at the time of the shooting) have been exposed to gun violence at their schools. 213 children and educators have been killed, and 464 injured.
Their accounting seems to include only elementary and secondary schools. Shootings at colleges, such as the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 that killed 32 students and professors, aren't included in their tally.
There's been a marked increase in school shootings in the last 10-15 years.

Because of mental illness, poor parenting, and social media.

Mental illness and poor parenting have been around forever. What is new, is the easy access to high-powered weapons capable of killing many in a short time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The right to keep and bear arms is a natural right. The government is expressly forbidden from infringing upon it. If a government disregards this fact and does so anyway, the right still exists regardless. Hope this helps y’all. It’s really not complicated.

+1. democrats always use fake outrage.

Bearing arms is not a "natural right" whatever that means. Sorry you are ignorant of the fact that rights evolve with society and so has our Constitution. Two hundred years ago, the Constitution considered Black Americans as 3/5 of a person and women could not vote. Rights have changed as our society has become more enlightened.

It is our natural right. Sorry the constitution doesn’t care about your feelings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

Per the Washington Post, in a story updated just yesterday, there have been 416 school shootings since Columbine. Over 300,000 students (sum total of the population of students at those 416 schools at the time of the shooting) have been exposed to gun violence at their schools. 213 children and educators have been killed, and 464 injured.
Their accounting seems to include only elementary and secondary schools. Shootings at colleges, such as the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 that killed 32 students and professors, aren't included in their tally.
There's been a marked increase in school shootings in the last 10-15 years.

Because of mental illness, poor parenting, and social media.

Mental illness and poor parenting have been around forever. What is new, is the easy access to high-powered weapons capable of killing many in a short time.

We have always had access to these weapons and there wasn’t mass shootings before.

Part of the problem is the youth today are all why brats with little self-control raised by spineless parents who are too bothered to care what their child sees on social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:104 victims of school spree shootings in the last 25 years (avg. 4/year), and while every single one is an absolutely abominable, heartbreaking tragedy, this is not even on my radar as something to worry about for my school-aged kids

Drunk driving & fentanyl, yes

Per the Washington Post, in a story updated just yesterday, there have been 416 school shootings since Columbine. Over 300,000 students (sum total of the population of students at those 416 schools at the time of the shooting) have been exposed to gun violence at their schools. 213 children and educators have been killed, and 464 injured.
Their accounting seems to include only elementary and secondary schools. Shootings at colleges, such as the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 that killed 32 students and professors, aren't included in their tally.
There's been a marked increase in school shootings in the last 10-15 years.

Because of mental illness, poor parenting, and social media.

Mental illness and poor parenting have been around forever. What is new, is the easy access to high-powered weapons capable of killing many in a short time.

We have always had access to these weapons and there wasn’t mass shootings before.

Part of the problem is the youth today are all why brats with little self-control raised by spineless parents who are too bothered to care what their child sees on social media.

Lack of community and loneliness. Also a lot more unstable family environments. Drug addiction blew up in the 70s and destroyed generations of families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The right to keep and bear arms is a natural right. The government is expressly forbidden from infringing upon it. If a government disregards this fact and does so anyway, the right still exists regardless. Hope this helps y’all. It’s really not complicated.

+1. democrats always use fake outrage.

Bearing arms is not a "natural right" whatever that means. Sorry you are ignorant of the fact that rights evolve with society and so has our Constitution. Two hundred years ago, the Constitution considered Black Americans as 3/5 of a person and women could not vote. Rights have changed as our society has become more enlightened.

+1. I don’t know if the GoP gun lobby is really that stupid but the bill of rights have changed many times. Just because you think that something is a natural right does not make it so. Laws exist and evolve for a reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The right to keep and bear arms is a natural right. The government is expressly forbidden from infringing upon it. If a government disregards this fact and does so anyway, the right still exists regardless. Hope this helps y’all. It’s really not complicated.

+1. democrats always use fake outrage.

Bearing arms is not a "natural right" whatever that means. Sorry you are ignorant of the fact that rights evolve with society and so has our Constitution. Two hundred years ago, the Constitution considered Black Americans as 3/5 of a person and women could not vote. Rights have changed as our society has become more enlightened.

It is our natural right. Sorry the constitution doesn’t care about your feelings.

Read the Heller decision. Even Scalia didn’t think that government doesn’t have the right to restrict weapons.