“If you want to stop the carnage,” North began. “You are not going to
fix it by taking away the rights of law-abiding citizens. You’ve got to
fix it in a way that hardens the place sufficiently that those kids are
safe inside the door. If that means five metal detectors getting in and
out of the high school, you get five metal detectors.”
What a sick nation we’ve become.
“And the disease in this case isn’t the Second Amendment. The disease is youngsters who are steeped in a culture of violence.
This makes me dizzy.
Dotty Ollie is blathering…again. He should have been left in the dust of the 80’s.
Schools? What about restaurants, movie theaters, churches etc?
What would you exclude Mr. North?
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So basically the first person you shoot, before entering the school is the metal detector operator.
And thanks for tuning in for another chapter in the wild and wacky world of Republican think.
It was so simple and we missed it.
The magic number is Five.
Ten would be twice as effective.
Bingo. Detectors only stop people who are trying to hide their gun.
But eleven is one more than ten. So its more. That’s better.
But if they had only one door, they would need only one metal detector.
Mental detectors, now, that’s another story.
Why bother with the front door even if it’s the only entrance and has a metal detector. Most modern schools are a broad single story structure with large glass windows. If the perp is a student they likely know where the classrooms are. Simply shoot out a window and step right in and go to town!
“Every citizen, with the exception of good guys with guns, should be required to wear a metal detector.”
Yes. This isn’t “fixing.” This is fatalism.
But here is the thing…with ALL of these wacky ideas to avoid dealing with common sense, obvious solutions.
Where does the money come from for 5 metal detectors on every door? Or to re-engineer every school so it only has one entrance? (which is beyond absurd). Or hell, even to have officers at every school?
My thought about this yesterday was that the shootings would just start happening in the school parking lots.
I’ve a great idea for a business startup. Build a factory where on one side you manufacture metal detectors. On the other side you manufacture guns with bullets that are non metallic.
It seems like a sure fire (pun intended) “win-win” growth opportunity.
Naturally, the funds get shifted from teacher salaries, teacher development, textbooks, and classroom materials. If there’s any money left, it goes to tax breaks for Republican donors.