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JustGoWithItIt is sad that such things keep happening, but in the grand scope of things it is only to be expected. There are almost 50 million students in the United States and to say there is a way to stop every single one of them from taking such an action is ridiculous. It is never going to stop because it can't, and that's just the reality.
If they really wanted to do something about this, they could provide additional funding to schools instead of wasting it on foreign aid so the districts could hire more mental health professionals and law enforcement to better protect students and prevent these sort of things before they start.
We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude and response.
Charles R. Swindoll
DeebieSkeebiesi love how in america we all of a sudden decide to do something about this issues AFTER they happen instead of preventing them.
it will keep happening as long as Americans keep putting mental health on the back burner. not a gun issue by any means.
SKI.INGBut kids should stop being able to grab a gun off the kitchen table.
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Dr.Nitrog3nThe main difference is that kids who join gangs and are subsequently shot down knew that was a possibility going in. As sad as it is, they rolled the dice and lost, whereas you don't expect to be fucking shot and killed at school on any given day.
~~~~~~~~Because there aren't any more factors to it than that, they just up'ed and decided to join a gang one day like see ya later ma I'm crippin today. Your white privilege is showing.
Dr.Nitrog3nWhat are you on about? I never said that. I simply said people who join gangs do so with the knowledge that they can be shot down on any given day, because they do. Go take your bullshit looking-for-an-argument-ass out of here.
SKI.INGI usually agree with the mental health thing over gun control, but in this case it is both. This shooter is not a law abiding legal adult who could have gotten the gun no matter the protocols for purchase. So I think gun control and regulation does come into it because if he has mental issues but couldn't get a gun, no school shooting. When it comes to shooters who could legally obtain firearms I think its more of a mental issue that should be examined. Because in reality no matter the waiting period, or stipulations, they will go under the radar and wait for their gun. But kids should stop being able to grab a gun off the kitchen table.
~~~~~~~~I'm assuming you were going off of the posts about murders in Chicago, to which you essentially said they deserve it for joining gangs as if it were really a choice, not to mention all those caught in the crossfire simply for living in the neighborhood.
