8 killed in shooting at Texas' Santa Fe High School, CNN affiliates report

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1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Not sure CNN etc have covered either option.

Who cares? 

 

Which plan would you prefer to pay for it. Or do you have an alternate?

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According to the MSM we just need to ban military grade weapons...

[Steeleballz 7,550]

3 minutes ago, Boiler said:

According to the MSM we just need to ban military grade weapons...

 

   Posting the same old sarcastic tripe over and over is not really the answer either. 

[jg121783 3,915]

57 minutes ago, Boiler said:

According to the MSM we just need to ban military grade weapons...

Next they will call a shotgun a military grade weapon.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

So do nothing.

The anti gun lefties would rather schools be unsafe than come up with a solution that does not involve gun confiscation 

 

They would rather the Korean peninsula remain at war, than admit Trump is finally getting something done. 

 

It's like king Solomon and the two baby mommy

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10 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

The anti gun lefties would rather schools be unsafe than come up with a solution that does not involve gun confiscation 

 

They would rather the Korean peninsula remain at war, than admit Trump is finally getting something done. 

 

It's like king Solomon and the two baby mommy

So what is your proposal to pay for the added security at every school in the nation?

 

I realize people here aren't representative of some of the extremes in the media and internet but who has said they would rather the Korean peninsula remain at war? I haven't seen that opinion anywhere.

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13 minutes ago, bcking said:

So what is your proposal to pay for the added security at every school in the nation?

 

I realize people here aren't representative of some of the extremes in the media and internet but who has said they would rather the Korean peninsula remain at war? I haven't seen that opinion anywhere.

I really don't think finding the funding will be an issue....if people consider the priorities...I would gladly pay my share of a tax designed for that purpose....as long as everyone paid an equal share.

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10 minutes ago, missileman said:

I really don't think finding the funding will be an issue....if people consider the priorities...I would gladly pay my share of a tax designed for that purpose....as long as everyone paid an equal share.

I am sure you pay more than your fair share for public schools if you live in Collin county, they do take money and distribute over the state for schools.  I suspect you pay around 6k to 10k per year just school tax

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25 minutes ago, missileman said:

I really don't think finding the funding will be an issue....if people consider the priorities...I would gladly pay my share of a tax designed for that purpose....as long as everyone paid an equal share.

That's great. I'm just making sure we are all on the same page.

 

I wonder if everyone would so happily raise their taxes?

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3 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

The anti gun lefties would rather schools be unsafe than come up with a solution that does not involve gun confiscation 

 

They would rather the Korean peninsula remain at war, than admit Trump is finally getting something done. 

 

It's like king Solomon and the two baby mommy

I guess that is what disturbs me most, the Agenda is more important than children's lives.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

4 hours ago, bcking said:

So what is your proposal to pay for the added security at every school in the nation?

 

I realize people here aren't representative of some of the extremes in the media and internet but who has said they would rather the Korean peninsula remain at war? I haven't seen that opinion anywhere.

As has been said, FAR more schools to police than airports.  Then again, each school won’t require the contingent of people that an airport does.  But still, 100% of the burden would be on us, the taxpayers.

 

As for airport security, it’s a mix of funds.  Federal as well as local.  Airlines don’t pay for security directly, but they pay via gate costs, which are very high.  Just like education, nothing is free.  The airport must pay for the security of TSA, and they pass the cost on to the airline via gate fees, who then pass the cost on to us via fares.  

 

A tough situation, to be sure.  If it were easy to solve, it would have been done already.  It will require a multi-faceted approach, and I am not sure it will ever be done well due to the large amount of guns in the US.  Of course, it’s always easy to armchair quarterback the situation from behind our keyboards; but I bet each and every one of us would feel differently if we lost a loved one due to something as senseless as a school shooting.

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7 hours ago, IDWAF said:

As has been said, FAR more schools to police than airports.  Then again, each school won’t require the contingent of people that an airport does.  But still, 100% of the burden would be on us, the taxpayers.

 

As for airport security, it’s a mix of funds.  Federal as well as local.  Airlines don’t pay for security directly, but they pay via gate costs, which are very high.  Just like education, nothing is free.  The airport must pay for the security of TSA, and they pass the cost on to the airline via gate fees, who then pass the cost on to us via fares.  

 

A tough situation, to be sure.  If it were easy to solve, it would have been done already.  It will require a multi-faceted approach, and I am not sure it will ever be done well due to the large amount of guns in the US.  Of course, it’s always easy to armchair quarterback the situation from behind our keyboards; but I bet each and every one of us would feel differently if we lost a loved one due to something as senseless as a school shooting.

I always wondered how concerned TSA was with the long lines of people in the non-secure portion of the airport waiting to get through security and how they are proverbial sitting ducks.  I heard a few security folks talking about the same thing with schools.  If a big school is locked down to just a couple of key entrances and lines are long for students to get through some form of security, will a crazed attacker take advantage of that situation.

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1 hour ago, Bill & Katya said:

I always wondered how concerned TSA was with the long lines of people in the non-secure portion of the airport waiting to get through security and how they are proverbial sitting ducks.  I heard a few security folks talking about the same thing with schools.  If a big school is locked down to just a couple of key entrances and lines are long for students to get through some form of security, will a crazed attacker take advantage of that situation.

Well #Mancheter was a ort of related incident, effectively they are kicking the ball down the road.

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26 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Well #Mancheter was a ort of related incident, effectively they are kicking the ball down the road.

I agree.  Seems that bad people do in fact change their tactics.