Ibanez wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 12:41 pmIt's hyperbolic to make a point, Tom. One would figure for having known me for nearly 20+ years, you would've learned my arguing/debating style. If Trump can be hyperbolic, why can't I?AZGrizFan wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 12:33 pm
600,000 a year never make it to a home at all. What's the liberals' solution to that? (Rhetorical question, but it points out the hypocrisy of the left).
Here's a little newsflash: not all school resource officers are "Barney Fife". A significant number are active duty police officers assigned to the schools. Your continued insistence and dependence on that little anecdotal tidbit is beneath you, Mark.
No shit they all aren't Barney Fife's, but that isn't the point. Putting cops, guards in the school does NOTHING to combat the issue as to why these kids feel the need to go shoot up a school, supermarket, movie theater, etc... Let's spend billions on mental health, better counselors in the schools to help those children before they go and ruin their lives among dozens others.
The hypocrisy is on both sides b/c neither side wants to take an objective look at the issue and propose a solution that might not be the politically-safe solution but is the best solution - and that goes for any topic whether it's school shootings or not.
I'm all in favor of better mental health in the schools - just don't know what that would look like. I don't want to foist it onto the teachers, in many cases they're already stretched way too far in just what they have to do (i.e. teach). Counselors are great but how do you get really good ones? I remember counselors at my school in high school - heck, one was my basketball coach. They were not particularly good at counseling, and that was even before this age of terrible mental health issues.
Oh, and reports are the armed guard at this school did engage in a firefight with the gunman and the guard was hit and injured during the exchange. The gunman, as a result of this exchange, did drop a bag full of ammo, but was still able to get inside the building. I haven't heard details of how the building was secured prior to this. The gunman also came wearing body armor, so the armed guard was likely at a disadvantage, like the situation in Buffalo where the armed guard managed to hit the gunman only for the armor to protect him.