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The idea of creating a secure defensive cordon around a school is tough -- too many buildings, too much movement.  You can have some security, but it's going to be highly imperfect.

I am a gun owner but I've come to believe that the AR15 (and similar guns) are a big part of the problem -- they feed in to this commando fantasy of these disturbed young men.

I am willing to compromise on that as a gun owner.  I am comfortable defending my home and family with a shotgun (I am in a city -- a rifle would do fine in the country), and a pistol.

btw, the NRA does offer GREAT gun training.   But you cannot rely on having a qualified gun owner with the bravery (which you cannot really test) to be in the right place to stop tragedy.  It may actually help, and I don't have a problem putting more guns in schools in qualified hands, and that may help.

Our country is in a state of paralysis based on hard ideological divides and special interest cash.

There is a reason Sanders and Trump did so well in the last election cycle.  Voters are wanting away out of this paralysis.  But it seems that the power of the vote is not enough.

Increasingly, we are living in a country that is controlled by special interest cash.   [/quote]

I agree with much of what you said.  The AR-15 thing in particular.  I've noticed that the overwhelming majority of mass shootings involve "scary looking" guns like AR-15s as opposed to plain-jane semi-auto hunting rifles even though a semi-auto hunting rifle can fire as fast as a stock civilian AR-15 and be every bit as lethal - and in fact, more lethal given some of the hunting ammunition and barrel sizes that are available.[/quote]

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