Originally Posted by Russ_Boston (Post 599157)

As far as police in each school I'd say that if it ever comes to that then maybe we need to look at the other issues first.

I'm not even sure that one armed guard in each school would really do the trick. I'm pretty sure that a 'smart' gunman intent on inflicting damage would know how to take out the 'guard' first. To me that is no answer. And what kind of message is that anyway.

Personally I feel that there is no, zero, natta, need for any sort of attack, military style rifle in the hands of any civilian. Rifles? yes, there are many legitimate reasons for hunters, ranchers, sport target etc. But military style semi automatic attack guns? With 20 or more bullet cartridges? IMHO - no! Doesn't solve the whole issue but let's try starting there.

Originally Posted by eweissenbach (Post 597817)

I tend to agree to an extent. However people with "wooky brain chemistry" (is that a new clinical diagnosis?) may be influenced by the graphic and violent images and believe that is normal, logical, and acceptable behavior. They may also become desensitized to the violence. There is much about the human brain we simply don't understand.