Well, this one sounds like it could have ended in a huge, huge tragedy...
Yep, even after all his boasting to the contrary, Trump is afraid of the NRA like every other Republican.
And thd guns? Not going to blame them (at all) but, a disturbed kid with a knife going on a rampage is easier to avoid and control than one with a gun... just saying tho
We've had tons of guns in the USA for a very long time. It never became much of an issue until the kids got crazy. Fix the kids and the objects won't matter. Sure, you could try to limit guns more and more but crazy people will do crazy things no matter what item they can get their hands on.And thd guns? Not going to blame them (at all) but, a disturbed kid with a knife going on a rampage is easier to avoid and control than one with a gun... just saying tho
Only 3 of the (mass) shootings in the last decade were caused by people under 21. It's definitely not just a problem with the kids
Shootings over all have been dropping for years. The only place they're increasing is in schools. I'm not saying kids are the only people who do crazy things. School shootings were the topic. Whether talking about kids or adults the problem is the person not the object they use.
Are you really sure it is? Guns ownership where i live is pretty low, rare or taboo and guess what? There dont exist mass shootings or school shootings (:
Ok, well, let's look at it this way; say a kid had the option of bringing either a knife or a gun to school. Which one would be more effective, and which one would have the better probability of killing more people
Or makes a pipe bomb and blows up an entire classroom. Or buys a gallon of gas and kills 100 kids burning the school down. Or hands out poisoned cookies. Or drives a car into a group. More things than a knife exist.
A pipe bomb is significantly more difficult to make/obtain, and involves acquiring chemicals that are regulated and research that will put you on a watch list if you look it up. Gas has a distinct scent, and the school would most likely be evacuated before it was lit (unless the perpetrator was willing to burn himself alive). Poison is a fair point, I suppose, but again, there's a lot of planning that goes into that kind of attack, plus you'd make yourself look very suspicious by trying to give select people food objects if you're targeting someone
