Anonymous wrote:I am so sick of heavily armed legends in their own mind running around.

Encapsulates it well.

I can absolutely see how this happened. When schools go on lockdown, there needs to be more communication about what’s going on. If you lock down a middle school because of criminal activity at a business nearby, tell the students and teachers that’s what’s going on, otherwise they will assume it’s an active shooter inside their school.

Anonymous wrote:ArlNow, although a blog, does not routinely post rumors.

ArlNow posts a lot of nonsense about APS.

Anonymous wrote:This is the Republican plan — arm everyone.

Yup- They really just want to live in a war movie.

I didn’t realize how pervasive it was until the Texas shootings followed by the hearings about Jan 6.

But truly, they want us all armed and want to live in a war movie…..

Life imitating art. Thanks Hollywood.

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Anonymous wrote:It was a good guy with a gun, right?

Imagine if there was an active shooter and police arrived and saw this parent.

Please prosecute this person to the fullest extent of the law.

The parent is probably very upset after Ulvade. I don't blame the parent for rushing over to take matters into his own hands.

I do think the parent - and many, many others - shouldn't be running around with guns in general.

But the root issue here is gun violence. Guns beget guns. We need common sense gun control.

Couldn't agree more. Starting with taking this parent's guns away.

ArlNow, although a blog, does not routinely post rumors.

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Anonymous wrote:The TJ principal has not confirmed anything about there being a person with a gun. I work at Fleet and our principals had a meeting. FWIW one of those doors was broken earlier in the year as well.

The Washington post article says differently:

“ A family member possibly concerned about a lockdown at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington, Va., brought a firearm when coming to pick up their student Friday, according to the school’s principal, Keisha Boggan.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/06/10/arlington-school-lockdown-family-gun/

Ugh. I was hoping it was an unfortunate rumor. Thanks for the update.

And it says this as well:

”The family member damaged a door while attempting to enter the school, Boggan wrote in an email to Thomas Jefferson families.“

Anonymous wrote:The TJ principal has not confirmed anything about there being a person with a gun. I work at Fleet and our principals had a meeting. FWIW one of those doors was broken earlier in the year as well.

The Washington post article says differently:

“ A family member possibly concerned about a lockdown at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington, Va., brought a firearm when coming to pick up their student Friday, according to the school’s principal, Keisha Boggan.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/06/10/arlington-school-lockdown-family-gun/

The TJ principal has not confirmed anything about there being a person with a gun. I work at Fleet and our principals had a meeting. FWIW one of those doors was broken earlier in the year as well.

This is the Republican plan — arm everyone.

Anonymous wrote:It was not a parent. It was an older sibling.

We’re they arrested for having a gun on school grounds, destruction of property?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was a good guy with a gun, right?

Imagine if there was an active shooter and police arrived and saw this parent.

Please prosecute this person to the fullest extent of the law.

The parent is probably very upset after Ulvade. I don't blame the parent for rushing over to take matters into his own hands.

I do think the parent - and many, many others - shouldn't be running around with guns in general.

But the root issue here is gun violence. Guns beget guns. We need common sense gun control.

Agreed on all points.

+2

This is such a disaster.

Anonymous wrote:I am so sick of heavily armed legends in their own mind running around.

+1,000,000

It was not a parent. It was an older sibling.