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Originally Posted by Robbie
That's possible...but most places are already much more "hard" than schools are.
And even though I think ALL human life is valuable...there is something that is especially hard-hitting when it's children being shot.
I would say that any and every place that is a "gun-free zone" is a soft target for these monsters.
When they put those signs up at public places that say "Gun Free Zone", it's like waving a red flag in front of a bull if you think about it.
I was thinking about this discussion last night. I stopped in at a bar here in Vegas to have a couple of drinks and watch a band for a few minutes.
And I noticed that one of the guys sitting at the bar was open-carrying a loaded 9mm pistol in a holster on his hip.
I spoke to him at the bar, he was a retired Marine and was licensed to carry that firearm.
I don't really worry too much about anything...not one of those kinds of people who are scared everywhere they go. I can handle myself physically if it comes to that.
But I do have to say...that marine sitting there with that pistol on his hip made me feel even more secure.
NOBODY was going to come walking into that bar shooting the place up.
It's a bar that is well known here in Vegas that it is frequented by people carrying guns.
Unlike that gay bar in Orlando where the shooter KNEW he was gonna be free to do as he pleased...people in Vegas KNOW they will get their asses shot if they try that in bars in this town.
I know that's off-topic somewhat, just wanted to share it.
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I too think all life is valuable, but when kids get shot it is more devastating.
Maybe we need to focus on schools first and see what happens then deal with things as they come up. Personally, I think if we are going to find a long-term solution to this we are going to have to come up with some kind of combination of laws/mental health and security. As I told a friend of mine the other day, the idea is that you put a fair amount of hurdles in place that people have to jump to buy a gun. The hope is that every hurdle is another chance for someone to catch the person who is ill and keep them from buying the gun or it gives the ill person more time to think and maybe change their mind. I don't know exactly how to go about those and what those hurdles are, but I feel like increased security isn't going to be enough.