Oldgator73
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School shooting in Florida has claimed 17 so far. Seventeen kids that didn't go home after school. Shooter was a student that was expelled for taking guns to school.
Shooter was a student that was expelled for taking guns to school.
Oldgator73 said:School shooting in Florida has claimed 17 so far. Seventeen kids that didn't go home after school. Shooter was a student that was expelled for taking guns to school.
Rene T said:It hasn't been posted as to why he was expelled.
Oldgator73 said:I either read it online or heard it on the news. I'll do some further checking.
catblaster said:I have several friends that live only a couple of miles from this school and they have friends that have children in there also. Just got a FB post of a students picture for me to repost, no one has seen him since the shooting but his phone locates him at the hospital....soooooo sad
HappyWanderer said:It's way past time to dial back the sensationalism of the 24 hour news cycle.
No need to turn into a political diatribe. The politicians will do that themselves. I have NEVER seen a statement that says we need more guns - there seem to be plenty for the criminals and the good guys but, in this case, the person had been identified as a semi-nut but nothing was done. Oh sure the FBI was notified but if you took everyone off the streets that they were notified about, it would be a lonesome place. But I do support the same thing as we encourage for terrorists - if you see it, report it. If the FBI had received numerous reports from his classmates and all those who now claim to have predicted he would be the next school shooter, maybe, just maybe something could have been done to prevent the tragedy. Yet, numerous of his peers chose to just ignore his actions. Between reporting suspicious activity and identifying mental cases we may, only maybe, able to reduce the likelihood of such occurrences. Next comes the question of how and where did he obtain this gun. It may seem silly but thankfully, it was a semi-automatic without a bump stock or else the toll would have been higher. The fact that he wore a gas mask and pulled the fire alarm shows that it was a carefully planned operation and not just some nut who decided to kill on a whim. Too bad he was too much of a coward to take himself out with his victims.Oldgator73 said:First, this is on an RV forum because the administrators chose to have spot for non RV related topics. This falls into that category. Like it has been said many times, if you don't like the subject matter you don't have read it.
How do we stop these shootings? The Right and the NRA say we need more guns. Everybody needs to be armed. The Left says we need less guns, more regulation or no guns at all. All our government can do is offer "Thoughts and Prayers"and tell us every time a shooting occurs "Now is not the time to discuss gun regulation."
John Beard said:It has now come out that the Broward County Sheriff wants to detain people over Social Media postings. It's all good to take a right away from someone else, but frankly my initial thought was "Not me".
This debate over violence will continue until we begin to instill in our youth a respect for life. Media promotes extreme violence, and we're surprised when a kid acts in that Hollywood movie manner.
I for one refuse to be entertained by modern media, I limit my news watching, and I spend my time in pursuit of happy stuff, like Rving, Jeeping, off-road camping, and such.