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02-15-2008, 03:33 PM
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Has anyone heard of our school shootings?
Oct 24 - Manassas High School student shot accidentally during honors English class by friend.
Feb 4 - Hamilton High School student shoots classmate in leg during argument over rap music. Feb 11 - Mitchell High School student shoots classmate in the school's cafeteria, leaving him in critical condition. Feb 13 - An unloaded pistol is found in the backpack of a 14-year-old at Lester School Does the nation know? Does it care? If so, not that much. But let some white kid shoot up a bunch of other white kids and it's all over the news.
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02-15-2008, 03:35 PM
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they don't have metal detectors in the schools?
I recently went to a Dallas high school, and in the front is a guard with a metal detector. I went to one of the rich high schools, and I didn't notice a metal detector. |
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02-15-2008, 03:42 PM
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No metal detectors at my kids' schools, but our rich high school does have two policemen stationed there everyday. Kind of freaked us out at first.
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02-15-2008, 03:47 PM
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It's the height of irresponsibility for people to allow kids to have access to guns.
Problem is that the cost of keeping a gun both secure and ready to use in the case of self defense is very high. (i.e. a small safe that allows almost-instant access). A trigger lock is cheap, but it is also difficult to open (have to find key, open lock--and keys are accessible to the kids). Maybe instead of a rebate to every American, we could invest in these kinds of safes for poor gun-owners. Just an idea. |
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02-15-2008, 03:48 PM
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Why? How? What can we all do? Yet black kids shoot other black kids and we seem to turn away. Not our problem.
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Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith. |
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02-15-2008, 03:55 PM
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And is this really the time to be playing the "why don't you notice us too" race card? Do you applaud anti-war protestors that show up at servicemen's funerals? There is a time and a place, buddy, and your judgment is way off on this one.
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02-15-2008, 03:57 PM
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I don't think I'm that callous. Just a question I thought should be asked.
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Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith. |
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02-15-2008, 04:00 PM
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We expect shootings in schools with black neighborhoods that have 100x the homicide rate of a upper-middle class white school district. Therefore, when it happens, it just isn't as "newsworthy".
In Allentown, a 10 by 15 block area, which is at most 5%-10% of the total surface area of Allentown, had 95% of the murders last year. Last edited by Indy Coug; 02-15-2008 at 04:02 PM. |
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02-15-2008, 04:14 PM
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To compare this story's coverage (or any tragedy of a similar scale) to the discovery of an unloaded gun in some 14-year-old kid's backpack is really obtuse.
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02-15-2008, 04:20 PM
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I started a thread about these shootings the other day. Had a few insightful responses:
http://www.utefans.net/message.php?id=568075 |
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