Gun Control?

[habsheaven]

I can't speak for all schools in the country, but we do lockdown drills (I am a high school teacher). In essence, in the event of a crisis the principal makes an announcement over the intercom...code red, blue, green, yellow or orange depending on the type of ememrgency (tornado, chemical spill, school safety, etc.). In this case, the call out would be a code red. All teachers immediately check outside of their room and grab any students that are closeby and bring them into the room, lock the doors (they are lockable from the inside), turn off the lights and instruct the students to remain quiet until the all-clear call is given.

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I just had one simple question for those who want to make this about the need for more gun control/need to argue whether or not a certain type of gun is needed by citizens, etc.

If Adam Lanza had killed his mother in a manner other than shooting her, stolen her car and as the children played on the playground driven the car through the chain link fence and across the playground killing 26 people, would you advocate laws that make it harder to buy a car? Would you support laws that restrict how fast a car can go, how much it can weigh and how powerful it is in hopes that if it happened again the car wouldn't be able to crash through the fence?

Are you seriously comparing a car to a gun?

How about we change the offending weapon to a cluster bomb? Should we allow him to be able to possess one of those too.

We can all play the "ridiculous comparison" game to make our points. It doesn't further the conversation.

[duane1969]

Are you seriously comparing a car to a gun?

How about we change the offending weapon to a cluster bomb? Should we allow him to be able to possess one of those too.

We can all play the "ridiculous comparison" game to make our points. It doesn't further the conversation.

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to avoid the question and attack it rather than get the point. Looks like 29 minutes was the limit.

[BGT Masters]

A car is something everyone uses and basically needs in todays world. A semi automatic rifle is a weapon and not one of those things. You were comparing apples to oranges and it was pointed out.

[boba]

Just a quick off topic question, would anyone here be against armed gaurds at all schools?

[JustAlex]

Same old stupid response from the far right....."Guns don't kill people, people kill people".

The reason why this saying is flawed is because it ignores what a gun's function really is.

A car is not meant to kill anything.....it is meant to be a form of transportation.

A gun has only ONE function......to inflict damage!


This fact will never go away: less guns = less gun violence.

the NRA and the far right can run away from this and spin it all they want, but nothing they say will change it!

[tpeichel]

Here are the options I can think of if you don't want your child murdered in a mass shooting at a school.

1) Make more laws to try and make it harder for bad guys to get guns. - I don't think this will work. I heard Adam Lanza tried to buy a gun but was denied, so he just killed someone and stole their guns. If you're willing to commit mass murder, no additional law is going to stop you.

2) Remove the crazy people from society. - Get better at identifying the crazy people that will be prone to violence and institutionalize them. Adam Lanza's mother tried to help him herself and failed.

3) Eliminate gun free school zones. - These are honey pots for psychos because they get no resistance. Have some trained administrators and faculty with access to weapons on site and your children will be safe. Most teachers would defend their students in any way they could. The one woman put her body between the bullets and her student because that was the only way she could defend them.

4) Home school. - This is the only solution that guarantees your child will not be killed in a school mass murder.

[JustAlex]

BTW.....you gotta love this argument too:

"Criminals will always get guns, they don't obey the laws"

And?

So that means we shouldn't make any laws since criminals are always going to disobey them, right?!?!?!

If we followed the logic of the NRA and far right we wouldn't get any laws passed.

[BGT Masters]

How about make it harder to get into a school. I'm not sure about you guys but some of my schools I can walk right in as of a few years ago. Every school should have one main door that you have to be buzzed into. Its not full proof but it would help. I remember several years ago I could walk in any door at any time during school hours at my local high school.

[gladdyontherise]

I'm sure it's already been said, but my opinion on guns are...

If you make guns illegal, it won't change the fact that people who want to get them will get them, all it'll do is make it a bit harder. Making guns illegal isn't the solution, because it won't change outcomes such as the most recent incident.

[tpeichel]

How about make it harder to get into a school. I'm not sure about you guys but some of my schools I can walk right in as of a few years ago. Every school should have one main door that you have to be buzzed into. Its not full proof but it would help. I remember several years ago I could walk in any door at any time during school hours at my local high school.

I think this has changed for the most part. Regardless, the school in CT had pretty up to date security and it didn't slow down the killer.