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In reply to the discussion: Time for some new ideas for stopping school shootings. What's yours? [View all]McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)59. What about bank robbers? Domestic abusers? They all have guns.
Are we gonna send our cops in their naked? You cannot unilaterally disarm the police. You have to disarm everyone.
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Time for some new ideas for stopping school shootings. What's yours? [View all]
rgbecker
Feb 2018
OP
First things first. Like cigarettes, no firearms for anyone under 21 years of age.
no_hypocrisy
Feb 2018
#2
I bet it would impede a few. You wont get 100% effectiveness. 20% would be meaningful.
Hoyt
Feb 2018
#11
The solution is to ban the guns. This only happens in America for a reason.
onecaliberal
Feb 2018
#12
I agree wholeheartedly. It has to start somewhere. It feels like the tide may be turning.
onecaliberal
Feb 2018
#49
After Sandy Hook, I sarcastically attributed the phrase "our freedom to own firearms...
LanternWaste
Feb 2018
#17
Reopen the NFA registry and register semi-autos just like full autos were from 1934-1986.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2018
#16
Holy Moly... I'm counting a dozen plus folks who would throw constitutionality to the wind...
Baconator
Feb 2018
#52
We think alike. If we as a nation are incapable of restricting gun ownership (and that does appear
Still In Wisconsin
Feb 2018
#53
yes, true... I asked my high school niece recently (who has gone through a traumatic year)
OhioBlue
Feb 2018
#70
Lock doors and have a "check in" room, where people have to be let in by a buzzer on camera.
cbdo2007
Feb 2018
#60
Sorry, gotta ask. Is your school predominately black? I'm convinced these suburban schools
rgbecker
Feb 2018
#61
nope...it is probably close to 99% white. It is an elementary school though. I dont know if they
cbdo2007
Feb 2018
#62
It's not just schools. Whatever you do at schools to keep them safe from mass killings.
TeamPooka
Feb 2018
#69