Another school shooting
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From: bolton
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But, you are not alone with your angst. Why complain, this is the new norm, we need to get used to it, it won't change.
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I don't know what the answer is to all of this but I do feel that we're not getting any closer to it unfortunately.
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How many children, or adults for the matter need to die? Apparently we have not reached that point, and it does seems we never will.
How do we stay sane, I understand that the serenity prayer is good for that. So here's my thoughts and prayer.
Give me grace to accept with serenitythe things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things which could be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguishthe one from the other.
Since I can do nothing to change "the things", being upset and angry appears to be of no help, you might as well accept those things with serenity, to keep your sanity.
How do we stay sane, I understand that the serenity prayer is good for that. So here's my thoughts and prayer.
Give me grace to accept with serenitythe things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things which could be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguishthe one from the other.
Since I can do nothing to change "the things", being upset and angry appears to be of no help, you might as well accept those things with serenity, to keep your sanity.
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From: Delawhere???
I posted this in the same thread in Politics, but I think it belongs here, as well. An article from 2012 that seems like it was written today: https://www.theatlantic.com/national...m_source=atlfb
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It's already started in that the gun control folks are already politicizing and will shortly focus on automatic weapons.
OK, difficulty in getting AWs may have slowed down the killing but would it not have prevented the incident. Complete banning of guns( a fantasy) would have driven this highly deranged unit to fire, bombs,vehicles or other means.
Despite throwing off red flags both on social media and with the school system he slipped through the cracks. We can help seal the cracks but in a free society this will always be a possibility.
IMHO,Trained armed Security the only logical response to this at this point
OK, difficulty in getting AWs may have slowed down the killing but would it not have prevented the incident. Complete banning of guns( a fantasy) would have driven this highly deranged unit to fire, bombs,vehicles or other means.
Despite throwing off red flags both on social media and with the school system he slipped through the cracks. We can help seal the cracks but in a free society this will always be a possibility.
IMHO,Trained armed Security the only logical response to this at this point
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From: West Deptford NJ
It's already started in that the gun control folks are already politicizing and will shortly focus on automatic weapons.
OK, difficulty in getting AWs may have slowed down the killing but would it not have prevented the incident. Complete banning of guns( a fantasy) would have driven this highly deranged unit to fire, bombs,vehicles or other means.
Despite throwing off red flags both on social media and with the school system he slipped through the cracks. We can help seal the cracks but in a free society this will always be a possibility.
IMHO,Trained armed Security the only logical response to this at this point
OK, difficulty in getting AWs may have slowed down the killing but would it not have prevented the incident. Complete banning of guns( a fantasy) would have driven this highly deranged unit to fire, bombs,vehicles or other means.
Despite throwing off red flags both on social media and with the school system he slipped through the cracks. We can help seal the cracks but in a free society this will always be a possibility.
IMHO,Trained armed Security the only logical response to this at this point
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From: Delawhere???
How many children, or adults for the matter need to die? Apparently we have not reached that point, and it does seems we never will.
How do we stay sane, I understand that the serenity prayer is good for that. So here's my thoughts and prayer.
Give me grace to accept with serenitythe things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things which could be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguishthe one from the other.
Since I can do nothing to change "the things", being upset and angry appears to be of no help, you might as well accept those things with serenity, to keep your sanity.
How do we stay sane, I understand that the serenity prayer is good for that. So here's my thoughts and prayer.
Give me grace to accept with serenitythe things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things which could be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguishthe one from the other.
Since I can do nothing to change "the things", being upset and angry appears to be of no help, you might as well accept those things with serenity, to keep your sanity.
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It's already started in that the gun control folks are already politicizing and will shortly focus on automatic weapons.
OK, difficulty in getting AWs may have slowed down the killing but would it not have prevented the incident. Complete banning of guns( a fantasy) would have driven this highly deranged unit to fire, bombs,vehicles or other means.
Despite throwing off red flags both on social media and with the school system he slipped through the cracks. We can help seal the cracks but in a free society this will always be a possibility.
IMHO,Trained armed Security the only logical response to this at this point
OK, difficulty in getting AWs may have slowed down the killing but would it not have prevented the incident. Complete banning of guns( a fantasy) would have driven this highly deranged unit to fire, bombs,vehicles or other means.
Despite throwing off red flags both on social media and with the school system he slipped through the cracks. We can help seal the cracks but in a free society this will always be a possibility.
IMHO,Trained armed Security the only logical response to this at this point
A lot of good that did.
Guns are the problem. Guns should be difficult to get. It took 3x as much paperwork for me to adopt a kitten as it would for me to buy a gun.
And I'm not complaining about how much paperwork I had to fill out for my kitten.