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Another school shooting with multiple fatalities

Vivian — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:06:21 GMT

It happened in Santa Fe, Texas. Details are sketchy but how much longer will we put up with these horrors? Will lawmakers do something only if their own family members are victims?

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sunala — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:10:50 GMT

@Vivian wrote:
It happened in Santa Fe, Texas. Details are sketchy but how much longer will we put up with these horrors? Will lawmakers do something only if their own family members are victims?

Oh no, not again.

Lawmakers apparently aren't interested enough to do anything. If they were, something would have already been done.

I pray for these children and the faculty. Please, No More.

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LTT1 — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:14:35 GMT

@Vivian @sunala

NY Times

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:28:33 GMT

All the laws in the world won't keep a bad person from getting a gun if they really want to. And horribly, many "adults" in this country do NOT keep their weapons under lock and key.

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hckynut — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:34:03 GMT

I feel any relief from these terrible tragedies is far from being up to law makers. It is more than laws that created these tragedies, it is more, in my opinion, the changes in our cultures and a societal issue.

Laws are written and passed and from there, what else can law makers do to lessen these tragic events? I won't go into any more and turn this thread into a "we should/we shouldn't" debate. That is what our Law Makers seem to do, and how far has that gone to change anything?

Parents are responsible for their minor children regardless of their life's circumstances. Choose to have children? It is a 2 parent responsibilty(in most cases). Not a parent, but I have seen and lived, lots of actual real life, from growing up in Public Housing Projects until age 14, and what happened to many of my fatherless friends when they became adults.

I know what the familiar drumbeat will be, and wish to high the high heavens, a solution were so simple as writing and/or changing laws. For myself as a realist, I know the reasons are much deeper and more complicated than anything simplistic.

hckynut(john)

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meallen616 — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:33:17 GMT

8 dead in Texas school shooting,

What does STOP this?

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kitcat51 — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:36:00 GMT

Holding the people responsibile for these crimes, not giving them the attention they crave & ending the non stop coverage that inspires others to copycat is the answer....shifting blame, passing additional laws, holding law abiding gun owners & the NRA is not.

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occasionalrain — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:41:02 GMT

We already have too many laws. Evil doers disregard laws, they obtain illegal drugs easily and weapons are just as easily obtained.

The obvious solution is security, metal detectors, monitored cameras...

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LTT1 — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:45:12 GMT

@Vivian @starlet @occasionalrain @kitcat51

I believe we need any and all solutions.

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itsmetoo — Fri, 18 May 2018 16:56:28 GMT

I don't know what the answer is. Chicago has some of the strictest gun control in the country and yet has one of the highest murder rates. Drugs are illegal and look how plentiful and easy to get they are. People seem to think gun control is the answer but I think it's much more than that.

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riley1 — Fri, 18 May 2018 16:10:10 GMT

One male in custody and a second individual, a person of interest, has been detained - both are students - This according to ABC news.

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FlowerBear — Fri, 18 May 2018 16:46:24 GMT

This is heartbreaking! Im watching it right now.

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chrystaltree — Fri, 18 May 2018 16:55:48 GMT

It is what it is. If meaninful gun control was ever going to happen in this country, it would have happened after Sandy Hook. Guns take precedence over human lives in this country, even the lives of children. That's just the way it is now. We can only hope that things will change with the next generaton or the one after that. But....there will be whole lot of dead school children between then and now.

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TaylorBrown — Fri, 18 May 2018 17:00:08 GMT

This is so very sad. As a mother of school aged children I dread one day hearing that this has happened at one of their schools. I pray for the survivors, victims and their families.

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bathina — Fri, 18 May 2018 17:00:15 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
It is what it is. If meaninful gun control was ever going to happen in this country, it would have happened after Sandy Hook. Guns take precedence over human lives in this country, even the lives of children. That's just the way it is now. We can only hope that things will change with the next generaton or the one after that. But....there will be whole lot of dead school children between then and now.

Sad that these kids who are trying to speak up are vilified. Shameful on all levels, but this is the new normal.

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saltysails — Fri, 18 May 2018 17:06:56 GMT

I am so sadden to hear this news. I wonder if this killer was on drugs or had mental health issues. We really need to keep weapons out of the hands of children unless under adult supervision. Do we know how the weapon was attained?

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Cakers3 — Fri, 18 May 2018 17:57:46 GMT

In the 21st century alone there have been 250 (give or take) school shootings, including on college campuses.

It seems everyone wrings their hands and then moves on until the next one happens.

If you want changes, speak up. And not just on the Q. Because honestly we can all be horrified each time it happens but actions always speak louder than words.

I have a grandson in HS; one more year and he still won't be safe because he will be in college. Or at a convenience store at the wrong time. Or the target of a gang member earning his/her status.

We think it is more horrific because it happens in a school but it is no less tragic when it happens in other situations.

Guns will never be removed completely from our society unless everyone approves of a mass roundup of all weapons from everyone who legally and responsibly owns a gun. I don't.

How do you remove the ILLEGAL guns on the street?

Columbine shooters didn't own guns; those guns were bought by a third party and given to them.

The Boston Marathon BOMBERS didn't use guns.

Pipe bombs, slow cooker/pressure cooker bombs, any type of device that can kill/maim. Everyone will breathe a sigh of relief when all guns do not exist.

But the other methods of killing will still be there.

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qualitygal — Fri, 18 May 2018 18:09:09 GMT

The local people need to get together, with the schoolboard and figure out what they can and have to do. I just last week asked my husband if he'd heard of any school yet making any changes to protect the school kids. He hadn't, and neither did I. They need to quit setting on their hands and waiting to be rescued. Get out there and get busy, what's the holdup!!