My heart cries with the families of the innocent victims of the shooting in Texas! This should Never happen...EVER!!!! Our children are our future, and the gun free school zones; need to go away, so we can protect them properly!
Nothing should be added to this tragedy, for political gain!!!! But Biden and O'Rourke have both shown this nation that to them, politics is significantly more important; than comforting the families of these murdered children...shame on everyone this calloused!
Offensive shooters are all cowards, so they gravitate to soft targets. The federal government made our schools into shooting galleries, by removing all defensive firearms from school property!
This is NOT the problem!
This is not a hardware issue, it is a heart issue! Any tool can be misused, and if firearms are successful banned; these crazy people will just use something else. At Columbine High School, the shooters also had propane bombs with them; that they thankfully, didn't have time to use!
No one is stupid enough to think that a sign out front, or a law on the books; will stop a school shooter. Sadly it actually focuses these attacks!
28 years ago (per this article), this snow ball was pushed downhill by democrats, including a then senator Joe Biden:
https://www.westernjournal.com/joe-biden-turned-schools-into/
It has been rolling downhill for over three decades! They knew when this was written, that it would kill innocent children. That can only mean that they decided the deaths of children, are 'acceptable losses' needed to attack the Second Amendment!
Several years ago, senator Ted Cruz co-authored a bill to make schools safer:
The Democrats blocked this bill, and made sure it was never voted on, It included money to secure our schools, and to place armed guards at the only remaining access door. The true goal of disarming honest citizens, would be harmed by the reduction of school shootings that would result!
I have secured my Church by closing all entrances but one, and by placing trained armed deacons on the remaining door; just like Senator Cruze tried to do with schools!
In the above video, they address the tactless attack during a fact reporting meeting in Texas...by governor hopeful O'Rorke. The grieving families were there to get information about what happened to their children! This fool disgusts me, and I apologize to those suffering loss; this shouldn't have even been mentioned in this venue.
There is a simple solution to this detestable problem. Abandon the gun free zone problem, and train the teachers who are willing to carry. Then pay them extra for the added work. You can place five or six trained, hidden firearms for the cost of one armed guard. It also means that a shooter will have No idea who is actually armed; but will Know for certain, that several inside are!
Securing the facility like senator Cruze recommended is also Smart, and will add another layer of protection! Make All our schools into hard targets, and this problem will stop, as it Must.
I offered to set up a schedule of armed licensed volunteers to guard the local elementary school. They treated me like they had stepped in something, and that campus remains unsecured! Defensive firearms are the Only real solution to stop offensive firearms. We need to reintroduce defensive firearms to our schools, and counter the offensive use problem!
I (and many others) carried a defensive firearm as a student in high school. No one knew I had it, and it was never needed. Many others carried defensive firearms, and Nothing bad happened; because we knew that it was Wrong to kill another human being! They have removed moral absolutes from public schools these days, so they teach that there is no right or wrong. Combine that with the assault on sexual identity, and it's a small wonder students are confused; to the point of insanity for some!