Two Children Killed In School Shooting

hollydolly said:
Oh for Gods' sake... will it never end ?:mad:
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Not while the second amendment remains in force. The total number of gunfire deaths in the US in 2024 was: 46,728.
Here in the UK there were 22 firearm deaths in the year ending March 2024, which is the most recent full year for which data is available.

The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects the right to bear arms, states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

This amendment is part of the Bill of Rights, which was ratified on December 15, 1791. The Supreme Court has affirmed that the right to keep and bear arms belongs to individuals, primarily for the purpose of self-defence.
 
KSav said:
This breaks my heart, as does any incident in which a child dies. They were at a school Mass when this happened. It makes me think of my own kids, who went to Catholic school and attended weekly school Masses. My heart goes out to the parents. :cry:
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I taught for 25 years in a catholic junior girls high school. We had masses said in the small school chapel from time to time. At other times we squeezed the whole school into the assembly hall for mass and once or twice a year we marched them down to one of the local churches for a very special service.

It would be like shooting fish in a barrel for anyone with a gun and a grudge, and murder on his mind.

Fortunately, guns where I live are not at all commonplace and the most deadly kind are simply unavailable.
 

AnneTeak said:
Hear that folks...nothing is going to change.
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That sounds like apathy to me.
Things do change when there is sufficient pressure placed on legislators for change to legislation.

Let the law makers hear the righteous anger of people across all states of the Union.
Get off your backsides and start harassing your elected representatives.

Amendments to the Constitution can be reversed. Prohibition is the perfect example of what can be achieved.

How many more children have to be traumatised, or murdered, at school or in churches, synagogues or mosques?
 
How sad that he had to kill two little children and wound seventeen others. Afterward he then killed himself. I heard the other victims are expected to live.
 
Warrigal said:
That sounds like apathy to me.
Things do change when there is sufficient pressure placed on legislators for change to legislation.
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Exactly so. When the UK introduced anti-smoking laws, tobacco companies exerted pressure through legal challenges, political lobbying, and attempts to influence public opinion by funding biased research and disseminating misinformation. They also used "spin" tactics like intimidating policymakers with threats of closing operations and job losses, especially in low-income countries, and promoted alternative marketing strategies to bypass advertising restrictions.

The UK didn't give in, the smoking ban has yielded significant public health benefits, including reduced hospital admissions for heart attacks and improved respiratory health for children due to less second-hand smoke exposure, along with a general shift in societal attitudes toward smoking.
 
hollydolly said:
american political references mean nothing to me..sorry
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The NRA is the national rifle association, they make donations to politicians, and expect said politicians to vote against any gun control laws.The situation is really awful, there are more guns than people in the US. When Clinton was president assault weapons were outlawed and mass shootings went way down. As soon as the Republicans let that law end the mass shootings went way up! You could google it.
 
horseless carriage said:
Exactly so. When the UK introduced anti-smoking laws, tobacco companies exerted pressure through legal challenges, political lobbying, and attempts to influence public opinion by funding biased research and disseminating misinformation. They also used "spin" tactics like intimidating policymakers with threats of closing operations and job losses, especially in low-income countries, and promoted alternative marketing strategies to bypass advertising restrictions.

The UK didn't give in, the smoking ban has yielded significant public health benefits, including reduced hospital admissions for heart attacks and improved respiratory health for children due to less second-hand smoke exposure, along with a general shift in societal attitudes toward smoking.
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Australian governments of different persuasions took on the tobacco industry and mandated cigarettes be sold in unattractive packaging with health warnings. Smoking was banned from work places transport and indoor spaces in restaurants. The result is less lung cancer. They will need to do something about vaping soon, as well as imported illegal chop chop tobacco and cigarettes. One stroke of the pen is insufficient. Follow up is always essential.

It was a similar struggle with regard to blue asbestos products.

In reality, regulating gun ownership was much easier because Australians were horrified by the last massacre to occur in Tasmania. Both sides of politics came together even though there was the predictable outcry from some voters.
 
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Nothing will be resolved to the good when 💩💩💩💩 like this keeps happening:

”A three-judge panel has ruled that Tennessee’s laws against the “intent to go armed” and carrying weapons in state parks are unconstitutional.”

The link for the full read.

https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/0...ee-going-armed-law-and-parks-gun-prohibition/

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Tennessee is in the top ten U.S. states for gun violence.

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Key Takeaways​

  • The overall gun death rate increased by 7% from 2022 to 2023. From 2014 to 2023, the overall gun death rate increased by 46%.
  • Tennessee had the 6th highest gun death rate in the country in 2023.
  • Firearms were the leading cause of death among young people ages 1-17 in 2023.
  • In 2022, there were at least 165 domestic violence-related homicides in Tennessee. 59% were by firearm.”
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center...olence-data/state-gun-violence-data/tennessee

Yesssss let’s just hand anyone a gun that no longer uses a pacifier🤬🤬
 
Have you ever thought of bullying?

It might be that Robin was bullied by other students because of her issues with gender identity.

Of course this is no excuse for such an awful crime.
 

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