http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/09/missouri.school.ap/index.html Fortunately no one was injured in this incident, but it hits close to home (less than 70 miles in fact). Is this becoming a popular choice for troubled kids? What will our school systems and society in general do about this growing problem? Discuss...
Terrorists in Russia blew a school apart, schools in Africa cought up in machette-type civil war are targets, it's everwhere. The Feds here rolled up to the Waco compound with tanks...children inside. It is my guess that, that in regards to here in the USA, more people are lurking around out there these days with some sort of undiagnosed mental disorder. Schools just seem to be the easiest of targets and when these nutcases attack them, the media is there to pound the story into our homes, reaching other nutcases out there sitting in front of the tube.... If it wasn't the schools, it would be something else.
I'm no medical expert, but it seems to me that we tend to create mental conditions for people as a way to explain away behaviors. I realize that medical advances yield discoveries that were never possible before, and technology allows the tranfer of information around the world. That being said, I think we make excuses for people as a way to rationalize their behavior. Too many kids are being raised by TV, video games and the internet because mommy and daddy are too busy with lives of their own to parent their children. I don't believe that TV, video games and internet lead children into deviant behavior, but lack of parenting certainly does!
at my school only one door is openduring the day and it is watched 24/7(no lie) by 3(yes three) security guards
Ah yes, the high school of the 21st century. I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot more schools set up just like yours, probably even more strict.
Today's schools should be locked down like they do at prisons. JK, it really is troubling. Why schools to do this? Is it a copy cat thing? Any kid that causes this is a victim of bad upbringing, period. It seems to be a symptom of a moral decay in society. Schools will soon be similar to what you see when entering government buildings or any sensitive place. (maybe they are already) Other than a band aid to fix this problem it may be too late to reverse the slide of a lack of proper family upbringing as a whole.
I don't think the American family is to this point yet, but you're right about a lack of family upbringing as a whole. We hear stories like this more frequently, but the percentages are still quite small. Will be interesting to see how society reacts. Do we try to legislate the problem away, or do we actually focus on the core issue of family/parental responsibility? I don't have the right answer, but the question needs to be asked.
"Farmer said police believe they know where the student got the weapon but would not disclose those details. He said it was not uncommon for people in the area to own high-power firearms." Not true, I live here and everyone owns guns and there is a lot of high power stuff. One of the girls in our OR has a son who goes to school there. Luckily no one was hurt.
Steve, I'm confused by your post. What's not true? Police said "it was not uncommon for people in the area to own high-power firearms." and then you said "Not true, I live here and everyone owns guns and there is a lot of high power stuff."
Probably legislate and that's what I meant. Yes, there are many kids with good upbringings and parents that are involved and care. But there are a percentage of kids that come from terrible home situations. This IMO will continue to slide. Drugs, financial pressures, other substance abuse, parents to busy working, etc. All this stuff appears to be getting more prominent and impacts kids with some losing grip on reality and in extreme cases doing drastic stuff.
Isn't that a fire hazzard? I mean is it locked, or can it be opened from the inside only? Do teachers all have the keys?
Aren't AK-47s still legal as long as their semi-automatic and not fully automatic? Or are the just banned in general because they're simply "AK-47s"? Steve, glad to here no one was hurt in this. I can't imagine what that woman must've been thinking at the time she heard her son's school had a shooting.
What the news media likes to do, is demonize a firearm by refering it to its military counterpart. Without turning this into a firearm discussion, there are several variants of the AK-47 rifle that are approved for civillian ownership. For example, the Kalashnikov SA-85M looks similar to an AK-47, but it is not an AK-47. China, Romania, basicly all of your communist countries have taken a stab at reproducing that rifle which is why world is flooded with millions of copies of that rifle, both civillian and military; thus, why this type of rifle can be had for $200-$300 in a legal firearm store. If that rifle was indeed an AK-47, then there is more going on. Again, sorry, I didn't mean to hijack this post with a firearm discussion, but it was my intention to clear up any misconceptions of that particular rifle.
Hey--it's the good 'ol USA! Guns for everyone. We've let our obsession with guns go too far, and there's no going back I'm afraid. I actually read an article recently where some folks are proposing that we arm school teachers.
Whatever, they all do one thing and that's have the capability to kill someone. Luckily, with this trench coated lost soul the gun jammed after one shot.
So does your kitchen knife, car, baseball bat and ink pen. If guns kill people, do spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat?
