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First Hitler disarmed the population, then he stabbed, shot, hung, gassed and fried six million Jews, not to mention many millions of others. This happened only a few years ago in a modern, advanced, progressive, western european state. Please believe your eyes, they are not lying to you. The...

Generally speaking, children, teachers and law enforcement are the good guys. :p

Generally speaking those who are trying to kill children and cops are bad guys.:D

The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to have good guys with guns. A bad guy will always be able to get a gun. Bad guys don't care about the laws.:D

Wow, what an articulate arguement. I think you have a future as a writer/analyst/ psycologist. I was abandoned by my mom at a very young age. She returned after a many, many months, but by that time a lot of serious damage had been done. A lot. Talk about rejection. One of the things that...

Well, I'm for common sense vetting of the citizens purchasing weapons. How this troubled kid was able to purchase a rifle, I don't know. It should not have happened. Serious breakdown. The kid had a rap sheet as long as my shirt sleeve. Law enforcement really broke down in this case. You are...

The first thing tyrants do is take away your right to defend yourself. Then you can forget freedom of speech altogether. Then the next thing they do is enslave you, or kill you. Witness the gulags under Stalin or the furnaces under Hitler. My people have been enslaved and in furnaces, it shall...

Pokey, you can not take away my right to defend myself from terrorists or tyrants.:D

There are alot, alot of questions about all of these kinds of events. The Las Vegas cover-up is really scary. Who's watching the watchers? :D

Hypervigilance! Case in point. I was awakened by a dog barking at 2:30 in the middle of the night, last night. Then I heard somebody empty a clip, slowly. Then there was absolute silence. I just hope he didn't shoot the pooch. Another peacefully night in gator county....:D

Yah, the Sahara is just like one giant lava flow, particularly in the summer. Even the scorpians hide! :D

Void, we are all learning to be fighters here. We all have to fight back against the darkness. We have had more than our fair share. As Winston Churchill said " We must stiffen our resolve." Exercise, eat good food, learn about nutrients, it takes energy to fight. We are in a real boxing match...

Forced hypervigilance where I live.... Things have finally calmed down here where I live, out in the boonies in Florida, but for many years it was not so. My neighborhood was, and still is, very heavily armed. Full of combat vets, mainly Korea and Vietnam. Cool. Not a problem, I'm armed too...

I come from Nordic (Viking ) stock as well. I never knew anything else as being normal growing up. I was there for a lot of years, it just grows on you I guess. When we visited the US in Virginia and California I thought I was in heaven. I could not believe how green the grass was. How...

Littleoc, you have to like extreme temperatures. Three of the highest temperatures ever recorded on Earth were right down roads from me. I was smack dab in the middle of the three, but closest to the highest in Azizia, Libya to the southeast. The others were in Tunisia to the west and Gadames...

Not just "shooting" terrorists Pokey, what about the ones that run down lots of people with vehicles, or bomb lots of people, or fly planes into buildings? Terrorism of any kind should not be sensationalized. Many journalists prostitute themselves for the almighty dollar and ratings. Many have...

Very well said! The chronic issues will continue to dissipate. Dig deep into nutrients, they can help alot.;)

You have to distinguish between every adult's responsibility to protect children entrusted to their care as best they can and personnel specifically trained in security. You are being silly now, and are just trying to muddy the waters. I was logicly consistent. You just made a false...

Purusha, I have OCD as result of prisoner/concentration camp type experience in a war as a youngster. I check things over and over again in a psychological attempt that nothing bad happens. We are trying to stabilize our existence, because we had such an unstable existence in the past. In my...

I live out in the boonies, where I like it. I happily spend most of my time with nature. I only come into town (Society) to get supplies. Cities generally make me sick, it is an artificial environment. My stress level goes through the roof. I feel like an ant in ant pile. I love real ants, but...

A teacher's first job is to protect the children, then teach. Obviously, they are not being protected. Being a teacher does not make one an expert in security. Please keep these different skill sets seperate. Is a fisherman an expert on building ships? Is a fireman an expert on building roads...

I also think if children are safe, they will feel safe. Make sense? :happy: AGREED! We have a bunch of dead children to prove that they don't know enough about security. Teaching and security, two different skill sets. ;)

Yep. Times they are a' changin'. :whistling:

As a teacher, your first responsibility is to protect the children. Don't you know that?:D

My only comment is that I am not prepared to sacrifice any children needlessly to maintain some etherial sense of "innocence". These are are not innocent times. Maybe multiple entrances during high traffic times. Also, remember there are heavily armed, well trained security present if shooting...