Fighting fire with fire

[JenBKR]

Oh boy....are more guns really the answer?

I am not saying that I am anti-gun...but the thought of going to college and knowing that there were other students, professors, etc. carrying guns would have been scary to me. I don't know what can be done to stop the school violence, but I don't really think that more guns is the answer...

[lizbud]

I know this sounds crazy, but honestly, could it get any worst than it is?

It's a crazy world we live in today.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

How will that make things any better??? Mind you, if I knew what the answer was I wouldn't be contemplating another boring day behind that desk tomorrow.

[Edwina's Secretary]

There was another shooting recently (there have been so many it is hard to keep track...) in Kirkwood Missouri. An guy, unhappy about his parking tickets shot up city hall during a meeting. First guy he shot and killed was the armed policeman at the door. He then took his gun and shot the armed policeman inside the building and then the mayor and some others.

Fat lot of good being armed did. Unless you are ready every second of every minute of every day...how do you expect to know? I really doubt most nuts jobs give advance warning so you have time to get your gun out, loaded, cocked and ready to go.

[Catlady711]

Am I the only one that thinks somehow this is all related to those kids who when growing up were allowed to kick/bite/hit other people, throw tantrums, without punishments/consequences because they were 'just a kid' or 'they'll outgrow it'??? I'm talking about the parents that excuse little Johnny/Janie from every little behavior with more excuses than Carter had liver pills.

I saw my neighbor kids allowed to do whatever they wanted and heaven forbid ANYONE should have said anything to them (including 'get off my property, quit digging holes in my driveway, please don't pee on my front shrubs, and please don't shoot the birds at my birdfeeder) without the parents banging on my door using the most foul language for 'picking' on their monsters....er I mean kids. Funny, years later now I'm seeing the kids being brought home in police cars and more than once seen the police show up there with several very angry parents.

Just a thought that guns aren't the problem or the answer, maybe how children are raised is the problem/answer.

My $.02 worth

[Jessika]

There was another shooting recently (there have been so many it is hard to keep track...) in Kirkwood Missouri. An guy, unhappy about his parking tickets shot up city hall during a meeting. First guy he shot and killed was the armed policeman at the door. He then took his gun and shot the armed policeman inside the building and then the mayor and some others.

Fat lot of good being armed did. Unless you are ready every second of every minute of every day...how do you expect to know? I really doubt most nuts jobs give advance warning so you have time to get your gun out, loaded, cocked and ready to go.

Yeah we live not even five minutes from Kirkwood. That was really sad. At least they got the guy though.