@Finn dAbuzz,
Quote:Then how about offering a solution instead of simply criticizing those offered?
I didn't know that one needed to offer a solution before questioning the outcome of some proposed action.
Can I offer a "solution"? No. I can't. I don't believe there is one. It's typical of our disneyfied mentality that we actually believe that there's some single legislative answer to this complex problem, which, deus ex machina, simply awaits the enactment into law by a flourish of Mr. Trump's pen. There isn't. If ten or fifteen years from now we find that school shootings are virtually non-existent, gun violence is a fraction of its current level, gun sales are at an all time low, and the NRA has returned its pre-LaPierre basically benign role working in the interest of sportsmen and promoting gun safety — if we see these changes, and others, it won't be because of one bill. It will be because of the accumulation of many actions, some obvious, some subtle. And it will be because of a change in the way the nation thinks about firearms.
Obviously the public demands some action on the school shootings. There are physical changes that can be made to the entrances of school buildings which can go a long way to preventing unauthorized entry and there are other measures which can block sight lines. All the solutions won't be top-down either. Individual schools can devise plans to identify kids who might represent a threat, teachers around the country can network to share solutions, students can develop and offer some of their own ideas. There needs to be a sustained effort on many fronts. I reject the 'good guy with a gun' fantasy.
