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Puzzledtraveller

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11. This thought has crossed my mind before, not in response to shootings but

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 04:38 PM

Dec 2012

just how we tend to over genaralize the prevalence schools based on our own biases as far as where we attended and the community we grew up in. Not thinking there are thousands of neighborhoods just like the ones we went to school in, each with their own schools. It is an astounding number which should be respected for several reasons, safety and security and the professionals that keep them running.

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There are 67,000 public elementary schools in America as of 2010 [View all] Fumesucker Dec 2012 OP

We can trade those costs off Turbineguy Dec 2012 #1

Or we could have progressive gun control reform... ellisonz Dec 2012 #2

I wasn't advocating anything, just trying to get a handle on what it would cost without gun control Fumesucker Dec 2012 #3

Having gone to schools this high fences and security check points... ellisonz Dec 2012 #4

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #5

Studying violence from a sociological/philosophical perspective is pretty complex ellisonz Dec 2012 #6

Oh yeah Fumesucker Dec 2012 #7

I'm not quite sure the point you're trying to make with this post. n/t ellisonz Dec 2012 #9

Of course you aren't, Jiminy n/t Fumesucker Dec 2012 #10

WTF? DevonRex Dec 2012 #12

but the problem in the Connecticult shooting wasn't societal, it was one kid with an arsenal CreekDog Dec 2012 #13

Funding Lurks Often Dec 2012 #8

This thought has crossed my mind before, not in response to shootings but Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #11