Should we keep armed guards at schools?

[Anonymous]

Ban AR-15s, but we really do need to address the obviously mental ill. Create a database of young men who've been diagnosed with schizophrenia who've been banned from a school they previously attended. Add to that database any reported violent incidents, especially against small animals and cops being called to the home. Put him on a watchlist, much like a sex offender registry. Ban him from buying guns and ammo. Issue strictest penalties to any gun shop for selling him guns/ammo.

[Anonymous]

The problem is people think you either have to have tighter gun control or address the growing concern of mental illness. You need to do BOTH. But you will not hear politicians say that. Nobody needs an assault rifle to defend their home. I’m so sick of politicians and our president pretending it’s one or the other to appease their base and achieve their agendas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's ban assault weapons. In Florida it's easier to buy an AR-15 than a hand gun:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/ar15-mass-shootings-guns.html

No one needs an AR-15 for protection. It kills a lot of people quickly and why it's the weapon of choice for mass killers.

Maybe we do. Would that be better than sitting in a corner, behind a locked door...waiting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:With property taxes being what they are, yes MoCo can afford it. And to the extent they can't, my apologies but cut the bowling team and a few music programs and whatever else you need to even a few of the bullshit AP classes. Yes in a perfect world we should be able to have it all. But things aren't perfect and I'm pretty sure student safety is far more important than AP Environmentalism.

Are you crazy? You would cut enriching activities to spend thousands of dollars to prevent something that’s not going to happen?

Because Parkland DEFINITELY knew this was going to happen. I mean that's definitely what you expect when you buy a house in that kind of town and enroll your kid in the local public. And God forbid the kid NOT have a class in AP Environmentalism or Civic Studies or whatever the hell it is. I mean those things are just so much more important than security.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With property taxes being what they are, yes MoCo can afford it. And to the extent they can't, my apologies but cut the bowling team and a few music programs and whatever else you need to even a few of the bullshit AP classes. Yes in a perfect world we should be able to have it all. But things aren't perfect and I'm pretty sure student safety is far more important than AP Environmentalism.

Are you crazy? You would cut enriching activities to spend thousands of dollars to prevent something that’s not going to happen?

Because Parkland DEFINITELY knew this was going to happen. I mean that's definitely what you expect when you buy a house in that kind of town and enroll your kid in the local public. And God forbid the kid NOT have a class in AP Environmentalism or Civic Studies or whatever the hell it is. I mean those things are just so much more important than security.

Because schools are really just holding cells for the poors' children until the help gets home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, there may be a real answer to this problem. At least for the female population. All these shooters, or 99% of them are male right? Stop allowing men to go to school. Girls will be safe. Men (boys) can be homeschooled. Then the sane population can be safe. (This is tongue in cheek, but seriously, it is always men who do this)

No. Don't let men have guns. They can go to school.

[Anonymous]

No. We should have moms at home and kids without wifi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the car vs. gun argument. Sure both have dangers. We get that. But the car has the purpose of transporting you from pt. A to pt. B -- and in exchange for that transport, you take on the dangers. (Same with lots of things -- meds can have side effects but you weigh the benefit of the med vs. the dangers and decide that it is better to take that penicillin than to just let strep spread.)

What is the purpose of a gun, exactly? Isn't the purpose to kill or is there some other defined benefit I'm not seeing; as far as I know guns were developed for wars/militias. And don't give me the hunting argument, this is not a community where you need to hunt a deer in order to have meat for the season -- these kids' moms are waltzing out to Whole Foods 3x/wk for organic everything. So you're taking on the dangers of guns in schools -- esp assault rifles -- for what purpose or benefit exactly? Please -- explain it to me. I really want to understand the analogy.

I make the car analogy but for me it’s not cars vs guns. It’s cars vs. unfounded fear. I’m all for banning guns. But I think the idea of spending millions to put metal detectors at every school is foolhardy considering the time ncredibly chances of this happening at any given school.

sorry above was written on an iphone

considering the incredibly small chances of this happening at any given school.

[Anonymous]

Another car analogy: when I know that there's a danger of my car's brakes failing, my response is not to put a helmet on when I'm driving. My response is to get the car's brakes fixed.

The problem isn't that schools are "soft targets". Schools are "soft targets" everywhere, and nobody else has school shootings like we do. Or owns anywhere near as many guns as we do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, there may be a real answer to this problem. At least for the female population. All these shooters, or 99% of them are male right? Stop allowing men to go to school. Girls will be safe. Men (boys) can be homeschooled. Then the sane population can be safe. (This is tongue in cheek, but seriously, it is always men who do this)

Except when it's not. Such sexism is unnecessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ban AR-15s, but we really do need to address the obviously mental ill. Create a database of young men who've been diagnosed with schizophrenia who've been banned from a school they previously attended. Add to that database any reported violent incidents, especially against small animals and cops being called to the home. Put him on a watchlist, much like a sex offender registry. Ban him from buying guns and ammo. Issue strictest penalties to any gun shop for selling him guns/ammo.

So basically besides being diagnosed with one of the worst things you can ever get (schizophrenia) these poor people will be forever marked with a scarlet X, making them fundamentally unemployable and outcasts in society. No rehab. No option for them to take meds. Nope. Schizophrenia diagnosis = registry. Why don't we just kill them instead? That would be easier for all involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ban AR-15s, but we really do need to address the obviously mental ill. Create a database of young men who've been diagnosed with schizophrenia who've been banned from a school they previously attended. Add to that database any reported violent incidents, especially against small animals and cops being called to the home. Put him on a watchlist, much like a sex offender registry. Ban him from buying guns and ammo. Issue strictest penalties to any gun shop for selling him guns/ammo.

So basically besides being diagnosed with one of the worst things you can ever get (schizophrenia) these poor people will be forever marked with a scarlet X, making them fundamentally unemployable and outcasts in society. No rehab. No option for them to take meds. Nope. Schizophrenia diagnosis = registry. Why don't we just kill them instead? That would be easier for all involved.

People who are not allowed to buy guns are forever marked with a scarlet X, fundamentally unemployable, and outcasts in society? What society do you live in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YES Langley high has both.

Langley High School has a metal detector everyone must walk through?
And an armed guard at the door? Since when?

[Anonymous]

Didn't Columbine have an armed guard??

[Anonymous]

And the NRA and government continue to win. Convince half of the masses that the other half is the enemy and let them waste energy fighting with each other.

We all want the same thing. Safe kids. 90% of Americans want more gun control.

We know who the real enemies are. Vote them out.