Posted on 10/23/2006 7:39:05 AM PDT by rellimpank
I live with a daily dread that the carnage I personally witnessed two years ago in Beslan, Russia, will play out some dark day here in America. The recent attacks on students in Bailey, Colo., and in Nickel Mines, Pa., where I am at this moment, only fan the flames of my paranoia. You cannot fully appreciate my angst unless you've walked where I've walked and seen what my eyes have seen. I am convinced that our schools, both public and private, represent the soft underbelly of our national psyche.
Terrorists know that the maximum psychological damage any society can experience is graphic brutal violence against children.
Some will accuse me of being a "prophet of doom" and cavalierly dismiss me as a fearmonger. Others, who are more astute observers of the times and educated about what is currently happening in the world will take encouragement that someone is speaking up about this issue
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Note the comment re banks.
Why are we not afraid when we walk into a bank with armed guards (rent-a-cops) but would be afraid to see the same in our schools? Our money is worthy of protection, but not our children?
The solution is not to decrease the risk to the perpetrator, but, to increase it.
The Second Amendment...
America's Only Homeland Security!
Be Ever Vigilant!
If Islamic terrorists attack schools in the U.S., even the liberals' anger would be inflamed against them.
Is that the line of thinking?
Sadly, I do not believe that is true. Liberals have been willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of children in the name of convenience and "choice." What's a few dozen more on the altars of "tolerance," "multiculturalism," and "diversity?"
I have to agree. Some libs would never admit it, but I can bet they, um, profile people when they ride the plane, bus, train, and elevator. My brother, who was a certifiable lefty, traded in his mushy thoughts on 9-11 because he could well have been inside the buildings at the time.
When lefties are hit personally, they don't like it. If not personally, they prefer to let things slide or go away on their own.
Yes, and they'd insist on no tough questioning and assign ACLU lawyers to each terrorist captured, too.
They would certainly object to the mosque burnings as well.
Yes. Armed guards at schools are a good idea. But not those old retired kindly gentlemen. Real guards. Our children are worth more than money.
I have always told my wife that if she is in a really bad jam, call the Fire Department and tell them she's trapped on the second floor- they'll come faster than the police, and a truckload of big men with fireaxes would probably make most bad guys faint...
All that needs to be done is set up a reasonable program and "ask".
Note I said "reasonable". They won't join a politically correct anti-gun policy program which makes them soft targets and continues to place the school kids at risk. The system can continue to pay minimum wage to ineffective, unarmed, kindly gentlemen to do just that.
Agreed, liberals get off on defenseless school kids being killed. It helps their political agenda.
It is similar as to how the democratic party leaders get off on American war dead, it helps their political agenda.
I am about 6 years ahead of this guy. If I was a terrorist this is exactly what I would do. I would also go on a random killing spree some night speard across the county. From rural small town , no town and city. Just break in and cut off some heads until caught. How many do you think about 15 terrorist could kill in one night. Terror would work. There would be no way to fight this except arm yourself at all times.
I can carry in my bank. Not all banks are gun free.
How did it get to the point where the very presence of a gun or a pocketknife on school property is roughly equated with horrible child abuse? Why must we teach children that to defend oneself is wrong and barbaric? How have public schools ended up with metal detectors, sensitivity training and zero tolerance?
I guarantee you that this will all change if the US ever suffers a Beslan. Pity that we can't go ahead and change it before the fact.
Actually, there's a guy I know who's a bank guard, and he carries a handgun while on duty. He shouldn't be allowed to play with sharp objects in the first place, let alone a gun.
At a bank I used to use, I was talking with the branch manager shortly after MO passed the CCW law, and noticed the sign in the window stating that no weapons were allowed in the bank, even if you had a license. I remarked to the manager how much safer I felt, just knowing that no bank robber would ever dare bring any sort of weapon into the bank, because of that sign. For some reason, he didn't seem amused.
Mark
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