“I hate to say it but the more and more these type of events continue to happen, the more our elected officials will feel the pressure to enact “reasonable” gun safety reforms.”
That is why these anticipated, preventable events will be allowed to continue.
The more the media sensationalizes these incidents, doing breathless 24-7 coverage for weeks on end, delving into the shooter’s possible motives, family life, what might have led him to this; the more you will see copycats.
Reporting events and reporting valid updates is one thing but making what amounts to a cult hero out of these turds just encourages the other turds to make their own moment in history.
The endless reporting goes along with the endless political bloviation that goes on about these events also plays a big part in the copycat aspect of these shootings.
These shooters invariably are looking for attention and because of the volume of publicity and attention these shootings garner, the negative publicity is better for them than any positives.
How many people will know or remember the name of the armed individuals in the incident the other day and this one who stopped the shooter? By tomorrow, nobody because their part in the play are not as report worthy as the killer’s.
The press still adheres to the old saw of “if it bleeds, it leads” and nowdays the press and politicians will bleed all of the corpses dry and then parade the corpses for personal and political gain.
That is why these anticipated, preventable events will be allowed to continue.
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And like the illegal immigration issue (& other major issues), these things wont stop until the root causes are addressed.
School shootings - Not gun control but rather dealing with mental health issues, no more "diversion" programs, degradation for respect of authority and on and on.
Illegal immigration - Not granting amnesty for those who disrespected our laws and sovereignty, but rather building a wall, enforcing current laws, reigning in "sanctuary" cities/states, e-Verify and on and on.
Gotta get to the root causes.
Why not consider ALL countermeasures that would protect the children?
Just what I was saying yesterday, they are ALLOWED to happen, they WANT school shootings to happen solely so they have more of an excuse to repeal the 2nd. Notice NONE of them ever say one single solitary word about security, why these shooters are allowed to enter these schools completely unimpeded from any number of entrances all left wide open, no guards. It’s easier to walk into a school today with a gun than it is to enter a baseball stadium and the RatRINO party wants it that way because look what happens anytime someone merely suggests any kind of security? They are made fun of, called crazy. Trump suggests armed guards or arming the teachers “Oh he’s crazy! A school is not a prison!”