I love how you drop the race bomb. Begs me to view you as a racist, FYI

Originally Posted by: Formo 

Seriously? You think the government has more interest in harming you than protecting you?

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 

Wouldn't I be a reverse racist then, turning on my own kind?

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 

Recognizing stupidity is not a racial issue.

Originally Posted by: DakotaT 

oh & btw...my kids school made some swift changes to the way people are allowed to enter the building.

as it was, they have a buzzer system on the front door - all doors are locked as soon as school starts.
now, the only door they can go in is the front door in the morning, the superintendent helps the kids out of their cars & watches them walk into the building. i like it! i'm proud that our school did something to better ensure the safety of the kids.

when the kids go out of the class for any reason, they have to wear a lanyard with a pass on it. any visitor has to be buzzed in (they have a camera so they can see who it is) then you go to the office, sign in for whatever purpose, & have to wear a guest pass. again, i like it!

i keep wondering how much longer it'll be before our schools look like prisons.

my kids weren't freaked out about the incident but asked alot of really tough questions. pretty damn sad that a 10 year old kid has to think about this kinda bullshit, isn't it??

Originally Posted by: 4PackGirl 

From the sounds of it, the only possible way to have avoided this tragedy is to have had this monster checked in the psych ward years ago. Clearly he had some major issues that needed addressing.

Originally Posted by: Formo 

I have done everything in my power to avoid hearing, looking at or seeing the names or the faces involved. Reading their stories or hearing about how it happened.

Not because I don't care.. because it would throw me into such a fit of anger, sadness and helplessness. Mostly, because there isn't a damn thing I can do to fix it.

Adults dying is one thing.. children dying is completely another.

Originally Posted by: Pack93z 

Yes, which is why basically nobody makes that argument. You can do a pretty damn good job of making the far right look crazy without distorting what they're saying in an attempt to make your point. Can you find any quotes where someone is seriously proposing that they should have the right to own a completely operational and armed tank, cruise missiles, fighter aircraft with weapons systems and weapons intact, naval vessels with either cannons or missiles? Or when people make arguments like this, are they talking exclusively about firearms?

Originally Posted by: Porforis 

actually I saw some schmo in a gun store on the news last night say he had a right to own anything including a tank. Idiot. I doubt he was smart enough to think of that himself. He heard someone else say it.

Originally Posted by: wpr