School Shooting

[zx150]

I just read an interesting thing. I know many people have said it before, but in the wake of the resent shooting: A young child asks God how could you let such evil things happen in schools? God replies I am not aloud in schools.

As I looked at my two girls tonight I could not help think of what if. I would lay my life down for a complete stranger and have put my life at risk many times as many other men and women have done in my profession. The same as men and women in the Armed Services have done and continue to do.

I can't help but, think what the flip is wrong with people. I know are justice system is a joke. But, it has to be more than just that.

I guess what I am getting at is maybe not everyone needs a trophy or telling a kid he is getting an F is a bad thing.

Did things like this happen in the 1950's? I don't think so.

Why?

Sorry for the rant just trying to make sense of it. I don't know maybe it was 10 too many Miller Lites.

[Tyme2fish]

Ryan, I am as confused as your are at this time. I want to scream and cuss at the Godlessness of this country and then immediately I want to hold my loved ones. All mixed emotions are flowing through me and I don't even know these people that have been affected by this twisted human being that comitted this act.

Professional help will be needed by those affected and it is my belief that we are ALL AFFECTED!!

As you, I have no answers,no solutions. I only have questions that cannot be answered but only from our Lord Almighty.

Our world has changed. Our United States has changed. We can only one by one attempt to restore self reliance,family caring, and God into our lives.

I apologize to PWI (posting while intoxicated) because I could no longer attempt to process this tragedy into my mind.

Call your friends and loved ones. Tell them you love them. None of us know the time we have.

I weep for those innocent children awaiting Santa Claus and the terror they faced in their last minutes on earth.

[TimE]

I honestly don't want to talk about this, it's just to tragic. This terrorist pieceofshit, female anatomy,murdering scum has commited one of the most heinous acts i'm aware of in my time on earth.

I have three kids, i have been sick since i heard of this tragedy. I read earlier that some kids were just praying for Christmas to be here, out loud. I can't imagine, i just can't. The poor children, the poor parents, and the poor witnesses including the leo's that saw the unthinkable. It's just terrible.

I will not in this thread but will be bringing up the fear of God, the overmedicating of kids, and generally the degradation of society to the point where they think pot should be legal. This country has went to hell in a handbasket and moral values or lack of is the culprit.

[DJD]

I will not in this thread but will be bringing up the fear of God, the overmedicating of kids, and generally the degradation of society to the point where they think pot should be legal. This country has went to hell in a handbasket and moral values or lack of is the culprit.

What???? I don't know what caused this guy to do this but I would lean toward mental illness. Your jab at Pot was what made me stop following your train of thought and shake my head. You must get a grip dude because to bring that up in a thread about this tragedy shows how mislead you are.

[kygorski]

yes they did, but not to the extent that its happening now.And I cant recall any mass attacks targetting children. Of course there are a heck of a lot more of us now, than then. Television wasn't as violent, and the first video games in the late 60s were not gory. There isn't any easy or practical solution to this, its going to happen again. Maybe just reading about it in the paper, or hearing it on the radio might lessen some of the copy catness to it. who knows

[mhall]

I feel you Ryan I do brother. This thing has hurt me and brought me to tears and I ain't ashamed to tell you all that. I have no answers other than society today is in terrible shape. We let criminals go because we don't have room to house them. People ignore major warning signs of others that have obvious issues.

There is no way in Hell anybody can tell me a 20 year old boy capable of this didn't show warning signs and probably a bunch of them. People if you know something is this broke, help to get it fixed or maybe even put away in a mental facilty or what not.

I'm just sick over this and my wife can't quit crying. God please help the families...

[kygorski]

I dont care who the turd was, or how many guns or shots he fired. Burn the corpse, throw the ashes in landfill, and be done with it. This excessive coverage of this crap seems to spawn more of it.Sickos home in on it. The more we broadcastit, and the worse it gets. I wont watch anymore of it.My God, we are reaping what we sew, dosn't anyone understand that?

[GeoFisher]

I dont care who the turd was, or how many guns or shots he fired. Burn the corpse, throw the ashes in landfill, and be done with it. This excessive coverage of this crap seems to spawn more of it.Sickos home in on it. The more we broadcastit, and the worse it gets. I wont watch anymore of it.My God, we are reaping what we sew, dosn't anyone understand that?

And I definitely agree with you the excessive coverage of this will spawn copycats. If there was no coverage, it WASN'T spoke of, there would be no glorification (in his sick mind obviously) of this cowardly, sick act.

[kygorski]

Gun control is NOT the answer.Arming teachers? there are wacko teachers too.Screening for mental illness? Who decides? If screening for suspects was valid,why are there opposing views that are valid?And if judged, what then. Not all mentaly ill are dangerous to others. Imprisonment for what someone might do? When I watch a news person poke a mjke into a grieving persons face, I'd like shove that piece of material up the ass of that reporter.YET we want and demand the sick details.Whose nuts? Ahem!

[bassin_bug]

Gun control is not the answer. If that killer set out to kill little children and no gun was available; he could have done it with a knife or a machete. That gun control crap is a lot of baloney.

[Bill M of NJ]

I am to close to Ct to even make a comment, it is tragic to say the least, the Teacher who survived I actually know her Husband, this *****. I have no idea how they will recover from this.

[HURRICANEBOB]

I found this link and wanted to share it.

Not to minimize what has happened.

I was shocked by how long this really has been going on.

List of school shootings in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Example:May 18, 1927: Bath, Michigan School treasurer Andrew Kehoe, after killing his wife and destroying his house and farm, blew up the Bath Consolidated School by detonating dynamite in the basement of the school, killing 38 people, mostly children. He then pulled up to the school in his Ford car, then set off a truck bomb, killing himself and four others. Only one shot was fired in order to detonate dynamite in the car. This was the deadliest act of mass murder at a school in the United States.

A partial Summary:
May 18, 1927: Bath, Michigan School treasurer Andrew Kehoe, after killing his wife and destroying his house and farm, blew up the Bath Consolidated School by detonating dynamite in the basement of the school, killing 38 people, mostly children. He then pulled up to the school in his Ford car, then set off a truck bomb, killing himself and four others. Only one shot was fired in order to detonate dynamite in the car. This was the deadliest act of mass murder at a school in the United States.

And if you hit the link and scrollway down, note no shooting occurred, according to this, between 2009 and 2012. What did we get right during those 3 years?

To look at it the other way, duing the time frame in the article 1853 to 2012 (159 years), how many hundreds of millions have attended school at elementary, high school or college, and never seen or heard of such an act occuring?