I'm sick of every time there's a mass shooting, hearing fire, police and government officials say "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims." Of course we are thinking of them, but instead of praying for them, why doesn't somebody do something?
On Wednesday we again had a school shooting, fortunately not a mass shooting as so many in the past, but one that could have been easily avoided. This was an altercation between students, one of whom had a gun, and when the argument escalated, the one with the gun took it out and opened fire. Fortunately no one was killed, but hundreds of children and their families were traumatized, possibly with long term effects. Not to mention the strain on hospitals, fire and police departments that probably spent untold amounts of money to ready ambulances, busses, etc. for the worst case scenario.
I don't care where you stand on the 2nd amendment, school shootings must be prevented. Why are kids bringing loaded guns to school anyway? Many of these children are totally untrained in the operation of a firearm, yet are walking around with a loaded gun. I know it sounds awful, but how about metal detectors or security checks for students each day? I know about ghost guns, but there's got to be a way for security to check each child as he/she enters school.
The right to bear arms is given to us in the constitution. I don't think our forefathers had in mind that teenage children should have the right to bring weapons to kill other students and teachers that they didn't like. Something is very wrong.
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