Isreali schoolteachers are treated with respect, and only a madman would consider their schools to be a defenseless, target-rich environment.

A madman doesn't think clearly in the first place, Tarnation, so I don't think it matters to them.  A sociopath doesn't take the consequences of their actions into account before they do something crazy.  That's why we call them madmen.

Are you suggesting teachers are treated with respect because they are carrying a weapon?  As an aside, I taught high school students and I can tell you if all my colleagues came to work packing heat I'd find another place to work.  Think back on your high school days and picture some of the teachers that taught you carrying a loaded weapons around the school.  You'd trust all of them with a gun in the classroom?  Yikes!

Last edited by Just Fred (6/15/2015 7:01 am)

Goose wrote:

I would have thought that gun rights advocates would be the first to condemn the irresponsible.

Those knuckleheads were irresponsible, did nothing to advance their cause, and did much harm to many persons understanding of the 2nd amendment.
 

Goose wrote:

You know, a fact that continues to be lost here is that the thread was about some pretty unserious, irresponsible folks brandishing guns for what seems the sole purpose of taunting law enforcement and others.
It really has nothing to do with preventing school shootings, or protecting "target rich environments"..

I would have thought that gun rights advocates would be the first to condemn the irresponsible.
But, I am obviously wrong.

It's people treating guns like they're toys.

Like they're harmless.

This is exactly the kind of person who shouldn't be anywhere near a DEADLY WEAPON

Guns don't kill people.  People with guns kill people.

 

Last edited by Conspiracy Theory (6/15/2015 5:16 pm)

From WGAL8 news:

3 year old shoots mother in foot.



YORK, Pa. -
Police in York say a three-year-old boy picked up a loaded gun and shot his mother.

Authorities say the firearm was unsecured when the child picked it up and accidentally shot his mother, 22-year-old Jade Sympton, just before noon on Monday.

It happened on the 1400 block of Devers Street.

Sympton received a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the foot.

No charges have been filed.



There are a lot of snarky things you could say about this incident, but who the heck leaves an unsecured loaded gun laying around that a child may stumble upon?

There are a lot of snarky things you could say about this incident, but who the heck leaves an unsecured loaded gun laying around that a child may stumble upon?

At a guess, the same kind of person that shows up a a fast food restaurant with an assault rifle.