The Lions' Pride

if these kindergarten shootings is what humanity has come to, maybe we are better off with the world ending next week.

A guy in China just killed over 20 people in a school with a knife.

People kill people.

my wife and I just attended a Christmas show put on by my sons kindergarten class yesterday. many of the kids in his class and their parents we know through preschool or form me coaching them in T ball. I can only imagine emotions these families must be going through. I will definitely be giving them a little bit longer hug when I pick them up from school today. my thoughts and prayers go out to all the families involved.

I'd rather reform PEOPLE.

Bottom line and as sickening as this may sound, its no different than some wacko putting a bomb on a plane. You can put every safety measure in place to avoid plane bombings or, in this case, school shootings. However, if someone wants to get that bomb on a plane or a gun/knife into a school regardless of metal detectors or whatever you have installed badly enough, they can do it. You just hinder their ability to get it done quicker.

I have a rough time processing things like this every time they happen.

Of course it does, but guns are the most accessible and effective means of mass murder. This is beyond dispute. In absence of reforming social norms and institutions (which is absurdly complicated and takes generations), the most immediate thing you can do is reduce the capacity of people to act violently.

People who don't understand the logic of the gun control crowd are just being dense. It is perfectly rational and would be highly effective. I understand people want guns, but downplaying the argument for gun control just makes people seem foolish. If you want guns, fine, there are constitutional arguments to be made to that end. Working to undermine the logic of the opposition is weak and pointless.

Okay, I'll bite. Exactly how do you reform school standards to protect against armed gunmen? Its easy for you to say, but how exactly would you accomplish it? Bulletproof doors and windows? Metal doors and windowless classrooms? Because unless that is the solution, all the locks and "access" rules won't stop what happened today.

I present your stupid ass gun control jibberish with......

OR even better.....

Deepest sympathies go out to the victims and their families. Sad day for America.

local news: kid from jersey kills his dad this morning...drives to ct where his mom is a teacher in the sandy hook school....he then kills her and many others. Guess that answers how he got in (son of teacher)

I see what you did there.

I personally have a handgun to protect my home. It's not practical to ban guns altogether. But is it too much to ask to ban assault rifles? There needs to be a practical limit to the firepower a common citizen can bring to bear. And concealed carry laws like the one that just passed the Michigan House and Senate allowing concealed carry in schools need to go as well.

At some point America needs to ask itself if it's OK with massacres like this one. If the answer is no, it's time to take action as a nation to prevent them from happening. Some type of gun control needs to be on the table along with school safety measures.