Active Shooters In Schools. The Enemy Is Denial.

[Mitch f]

I'll never be down with that, because alot of school personnel are closet psychopaths.

"And in town it was well known when they came home at night their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives!"

[Mitch f]

Guys, this is not "pie in the sky" this is reality. In 10 hours I can make one myself:

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/12/21/click-print-shoot-guns-made-on-3-d-printers-not-as-farfetched-idea-as-it-sounds/?intcmp=features

3D printers can print a variety if materials now, not like the old days.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

Yea, well I could also just go and buy one from a crackhead for $20.00 down town St Louis. (much cheaper than the printer, much less the materials needed to make the item "printed".)

My point is again ENFORCEMENT. I heard on the radio this morning the one who did this committed over 26 felonies. We have all of the laws we need, laws do nothing to deter many from breaking them. Lets start enforcing them from a young age. Lets get rid of the excuses of mental capacity, age, bad childhood, etc. IF YOU DO THE CRIME, YOU DO THE TIME!. When we show others that you pay for your acts, no matter positive or negative, you get rewarded or punished. If people are made to think twice, then it will be less likely that we hear about these situations.

It is the butterfly effect. If I see someone break a law and no one punishes that person, I will likely break that same law if I believe it affects me in a negative way. If I see someone who gets punished for breaking the law, (Punishment shall fit the offence) then I will probably not follow suit. This will not keep everyone from committing crimes, but it will slow down much of it. We start small, then work to larger scale showing anyone who may think about harming others, there are consequences, and we will follow through.

I guess, as the title states...... The enemy IS denial. We deny ourselves the lives we should live in the name of "Humanity". What about the inhumanity that was imposed on any victims of any crimes?

[Mitch f]

Daryk, the crackheads $20 gun won't pass thru a metal detector, the point is no matter how much gun control is out there we now have the ability to make our own, completely untraceable

[Flysmallie]

Guys, this is not "pie in the sky" this is reality. In 10 hours I can make one myself:

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/12/21/click-print-shoot-guns-made-on-3-d-printers-not-as-farfetched-idea-as-it-sounds/?intcmp=features

3D printers can print a variety if materials now, not like the old days.

Mitch I wish you would buy me one of those printers for Christmas. They are cool. I wouldn't waste all that on making a gun though.

[Quillback]

Don't mess with Texas...

Texas School District Will Let Teachers Carry Guns

A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to pass a law specifically allowing teachers and staff to pack heat when classes begin later this month.

Trustees at the Harrold Independent School District approved a district policy change last October so employees can carry concealed firearms to deter and protect against school shootings, provided the gun-toting teachers follow certain requirements.

Superintendent David Thweatt told FOXNews.com the policy was initiated because of safety concerns.

"We have had employees assaulted before by people in the last several years," Thweatt said. "I think that safety is big concern. We are seeing a lot of anger in society."

He wouldn't comment further on the nature of the assaults.

The Texas superintendent linked gun-free zones with the uprising of school shootings in recent years.

"When you make schools gun-free zones, it's like inviting people to come in and take advantage," Thweatt told FOXNews.com.

In order for teachers and staff to carry a pistol, they must have a Texas license to carry a concealed handgun; must be authorized to carry by the district; must receive training in crisis management and hostile situations and must use ammunition that is designed to minimize the risk of ricochet in school halls.

Thweatt said the small community is a 30-minute drive from the sheriff's office, leaving students and teachers without protection. He said the district's lone campus sits 500 feet from heavily trafficked U.S. 287, which could make it a target.

The kindergarten through 12th grade school district is home to 110 students.

Thweatt said officials researched the policy and considered other options for about a year before approving the policy change. He said the district also has various other security measures in place to prevent a school shooting.

"The naysayers think [a shooting] won't happen here," Thweatt said. "If something were to happen here, I'd much rather be calling a parent to tell them that their child is OK because we were able to protect them."

He told FOXNews.com he doesn't think students will think twice about the new policy.

"I hope they forget all about it," he said. "We want them to pay attention [to their school work]."

Texas law outlaws firearms on school campuses "unless pursuant to the written regulations or written authorization of the institution."

While the district's plan shot them into the national spotlight, carrying guns to school is nothing new some states. In Utah, the law allows anyone with a permit to carry a gun in public schools and state institutions of higher education.

It was unclear how many of the 50 or so teachers and staff members will be armed this fall because Thweatt did not disclose that information, to keep it from students or potential attackers.

Wilbarger County Sheriff Larry Lee did not immediately return a call placed to his office by FOXNews.com.

Barbara Williams, a spokeswoman for the Texas Association of School Boards, said her organization did not know of another district with such a policy. Ken Trump, a Cleveland-based school security expert who advises districts nationwide, including in Texas, said Harrold is the first district with such a policy.

The district is 150 miles northwest of Fort Worth on the eastern end of Wilbarger County, near the Oklahoma border.

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[Chief Grey Bear]

Don't mess with Texas...

Texas School District Will Let Teachers Carry Guns

This sounds great! Until some pissed off 6th grader smacks one of those 90 pound teachers in the mouth and then takes her gun.

[fishinwrench]

"We have had employees assaulted before by people in the last several years," Thweatt said. "I think that safety is big concern. We are seeing a lot of anger in society."

Theeeere's your sign! Why not take a moment to look into that societal anger.....maybe there's a way to curtail that. Ya think?

[fishinwrench]

This sounds great! Until some pissed off 6th grader smacks one of those 90 pound teachers in the mouth and then takes her gun.

No kidding. I can't believe the arrogance of these wannabe gun toting saviors, and the ones supporting that movement.... To automatically assume that the good guys will always win in a gunfight is quite a leap.

Rather than pay a guard just put a tax free $100k in a case and when a killer appears .... buy him off.

A free 100k can change anyones plans for the day.

[Quillback]

This sounds great! Until some pissed off 6th grader smacks one of those 90 pound teachers in the mouth and then takes her gun.

Or the 90 lb. teacher takes out her gun and shoots the 6th grader in the mouth.