There have been many studies of the effects of introducing more guns into schools. It doesn’t make them safer.
Here’s what the science says about bringing more guns into schools: it doesn’t work
https://www.zmescience.com/science/heres-science-says-bringing-guns-schools-doesnt-work/ via @zmescience
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Thank you, Diane. Good article.
It’s insane to think more guns is the solution for gun violence. Everyone knows this is about $$$$$ and political favoritism.
Drumph is a sick person and treasonous. Drumph is: “MAKING America GRATE, not great.”
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The Trump administration doesn’t believe in science, facts, or history.
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Please note the Joyce Foundation’s support for gun and violence research, they do good work! And given the lack of federal support they fill a serious gap.
http://www.joycefdn.org/
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OTOH, the Joyce Foundation is very anti-public education and has been behind numerous push-polls supporting charter schools and other ed “reforms”.
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Indeed, this is the worst possible site to bring up the Joyce Foundation, which also happens to be where Barack Obama got his start in school privatization.
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It looks like some administrators are ignoring fears students have about being killed. It is neglect on the part of administrators to suspend kids or deny them the right to ride buses home if they protest. Looks like some serious problems are developing in this school.
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Riverview Gardens students walk out, adding their voices to call for stricter gun laws
By Kristen Taketa St. Louis Post-Dispatch Feb 27, 2018
More than 200 Riverview Gardens High School students walked out Tuesday morning to protest gun violence and call for stricter gun control, but they fear they will be punished by the district for doing so.
Students left the high school around 10 a.m. and walked to the intersection of Shepley Drive and Bellefontaine Road, bearing signs with messages including, “Is your semi-automatic worth my life?” and “Teachers don’t need guns!”
Student leaders of the protest said they want background checks for all gun sales, a ban on bump stocks, and other gun control measures…
Riverview Gardens officials told students that they would not be allowed to come back onto campus to complete the rest of the school day after walking out. Officials also said they would not be allowed to ride school buses home.
Some students tried to return to school but were blocked from entering the campus by school officials.
Many students also said that, as they were walking out, they were told by school officials that they would be suspended…
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/riverview-gardens-students-walk-out-adding-their-voices-to-call/article_c8797d51-c8b9-5b41-836b-37c9952320e4.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
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Great article. You might need a barf bag handy if you read this one about “religion” and guns: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hundreds-of-worshipers-gather-at-church-hosting-ceremony-featuring-ar-15s/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=48658133
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And most think that the Moonies had gone the way of the coach whip.
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A very large barf bag. Talk about a gun cult; some of the “congregants” wore crowns made from bullets. I’m hoping that those were not live rounds in the crowns. They claimed that the guns were not loaded, as if we could trust wackos who worship guns, literally. As an added bonus, they are Trump supporters.
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Here’s another bag full of BARF, only it comes in a BOX.
I know this is tangential, but sure says a lot about what’s going on behind the scenes. Just ’cause dump eats junk, doesn’t mean poor people should also eat junk. Good grief. Bet this is another money maker for the few who dine on caviar and drink champaign.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/03/01/trumps-harvest-boxes-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-idea
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Crazy,
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“World Peace and Unification Sanctuary in Newfoundland believes the AR-15 symbolizes the “rod of iron” in the biblical book of Revelation.”
I always suspected that most people approach the 2nd amendment (and the Constitution) as the Bible.
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Science doesn’t say anything. Scientists and others using a scientific method to ascertain trends, authenticities, facts, and truths are the ones who “say anything”.
Remember that the findings of/in science are always open to dispute as that is the nature of the scientific process.
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“Science doesn’t say anything.” So true. Science reveals. It has no opinion.
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I’d like to know what district has this type of money to spend on guns and security guards, and considers it a negligible cost. The more a place resembles a prison the more I want nothing to do with it. I would not want to work in a district where 40 teachers, principals, custodians or secretaries have access to guns.
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Trump Wants to Arm Teachers. These Schools Already Do…NYT.
Hundreds of school districts across the country have given staff access to guns, seeing the weaponry not as a political statement but a practical response to a potent threat.
In Ohio, which allows local school boards to decide who can possess or have access to firearms on school grounds, Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, also supports arming teachers.
Ohio’s teachers’ unions have mobilized against the widespread arming of teachers in schools, arguing that gun control, not armed clashes, will protect students…
Like many districts, Sidney City Schools was shaken by the slaughter of 20 first graders and six staff members at Sandy Hook in 2012. ..
The district spent about $70,000 on safes, bulletproof vests, cameras, guns, radios and ammunition. Uniformed, armed officers cost $200,000 a year, and an insurance policy of $100,000 a year includes coverage for its staff with access to firearms. Those are negligible costs for a school district with a $36 million budget, the superintendent said.
Windows and doors are numbered in the district’s schools, and visitors have to be buzzed in. Each school has a panic button and security camera system that feeds to the sheriff’s office. Every school has a uniformed, armed guard, mostly retired sheriff’s deputies, every day from bell to bell. The high school has a specially trained officer and a bulletproof window between the secretary and visitors.
And if all else fails, there’s a secret group of 40 educators — teachers, principals, custodians, secretaries — called a “first responder team” that can retrieve firearms in under a minute…
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This paragraph jumped out at me:
“The district spent about $70,000 on safes, bulletproof vests, cameras, guns, radios and ammunition. Uniformed, armed officers cost $200,000 a year, and an insurance policy of $100,000 a year includes coverage for its staff with access to firearms. Those are negligible costs for a school district with a $36 million budget, the superintendent said.”
I was a Superintendent for 29 years, 15 of which were in districts with budgets that exceeded $100,000,000 and 7 of which were in one of the most affluent districts in New England… and I can assure you that $300,000 per year in “new money” was not seen as negligible by any board I ever worked for. But evidently fear is a powerful motivator… How else can one explain the trillions we’ve spent on the endless wars in the Middle East?
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Violence is the problem. More violence is not the solution. Morons are in charge.
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Which sign will stop a potential shooter?
“This school is a gun-free zone”
or
“This school is protected by armed guards with deadly weapons. All potential threats will be met with deadly force. The guards shoot to kill”
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Charles, do you think Nikolas Cruz or the student-killers at Columbine (who came prepared to die) would have been deterred by your sign? The teachers and students would be terrified, not the killers.
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Charles: Armed guards with deadly weapons means more bullets flying around. Statistics prove that more guns equals more killings. Stop with the thoughts that arming everyone would mean safety for all. It means more killings and these will continue until Congress and our idiot president realize that and finally do something to limit the amount of guns in our society. [Hint: Most of the GOP has been bought off by the NRA. Why do they spend so much on lobbying if it isn’t necessary? Trump was bought for $30 million. My Senator Todd Young [R-IN] was paid $2,896,732. That was money well spent if you consider bribery a good investment.]
I would never want to work in a school with armed anyone walking around. More guns equals more killings.
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“This school is protected by armed guards with deadly weapons. All potential threats will be met with deadly force. The guards shoot to kill”
That’s a sign that will probably stop potential enrolments as well.
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From the article “In 1996, the U.S. Congress enacted a federal ‘ban’ on gun control and violence research.”
There is only one reaction to this: WTF?
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Here is the demoralizing story of gun-violence research funding by the feds
After the Newtown massacre of schoolchildren in 2012, President Obama issued an executive order instructing the CDC to “conduct or sponsor research into the causes of gun violence and the ways to prevent it.” But the agency has refused unless it receives a specific appropriation to cover the research. Congress played its obligatory role in acting as the NRA’s cat’s-paw by repeatedly rejecting bills to provide $10 million for the work.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-gun-research-funding-20160614-snap-story.html
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I started writing daily protests to my Senator Todd Young [R-IN] ever since I learned how much he has been paid by the NRA. I still haven’t received any letter back from him even though his automatic response says I will. Here is today’s letter. This is a way to vent my frustration at a system that is no longer responding to the needs of Americans.
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3/3/2018 How many children need to get shot before corrupt Senator Todd Young reacts? $2,896,732 buys NRA loyalty but brings fear to our schools
Parents are now asking, “How many children need to get shot before there is any action in Congress?”
Since the mass shooting last month that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla, schools around the country have faced scenes of gun violence threats, tips, lockdowns and false alarms dozens of times each day.
Because of Congress’s inaction to have a mandatory buyback program and enact strict gun laws, which Australia did to end gun violence, schools are now experiencing this terrorizing reality.
The Educator’s School Safety Network says an average of 70 incidents have occurred daily in the weeks since the Florida shooting, as compared to a more typical pace, of about 10 to 12 incidents a day. Hard to measure is how many of these incidents represent an increase in false alarms, due in part to heightened vigilance, and how many reflect a new surge in truly dangerous threats.
School administrators now face a daily dilemma: Take every possible threat seriously and risk a needless disruption to the school day, a noisy police response and a crush of worried parents. Or, ignore what could be a real threat and risk the nightmare of your school becoming the next Parkland.
Each threat of violence has sent schools into lockdowns, again and again.
How are our children supposed to learn when they are living in a constant environment of fear? Students have been killed and still Congress does nothing. Corrupt politicians allow themselves to be dominated by the NRA which promotes fear so that people buy guns and $$$ accrues to gun manufacturers.
WHAT ARE YOU, CORRUPT SENATOR TODD YOUNG, DOING ABOUT THIS? HAS THE NRA BRIBE OF $2,896,732 MADE YOU HAPPY?
You, corrupt Senator Todd Young, are personally responsible. You sit in comfort in your office and do nothing.
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You can access the video without being a NYT subscriber. Owning a AR-15 is all about keeping our freedom and having fun.
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VIDEO: How to Market an AR-15-Style Rifle: Use Freedom and Fun?
By CHRIS CIRILLO
Here’s a look at how AR-15-style rifles and other firearms are marketed.
https://static01.nyt.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000005768591
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Wayne LaPierre Has Made a Fortune as CEO of the NRA. Here’s What We Know About His Money…Time
…At a conservative conference last week, LaPierre blamed the media and Washington insiders for exploiting “tragedy for political gain.”
“Their goal is to eliminate the Second Amendment and our firearms freedoms so they can eliminate all individual freedoms,” LaPierre said. “The elites don’t care one whit about school children. If they truly cared, they would protect them.”…
According to OpenSecrets.org, the NRA spent $5.1 million in 2017 on lobbying politicians, up from about $1.5 million in the early ’00s. But this may not give a clear indication of the NRA’s influence. Total NRA expenditures reportedly hit $419 million in 2016, up from $312 million the prior year—including $30 million in support of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. …
In 1999, Fortune named the NRA as the most powerful lobbying organization in Washington, D.C., as voted by lawmakers and political staffers. It was a title the group then held for three years in a row….
There were reportedly 5.6 million firearms produced in the U.S. by American gun companies in 1980, and production rose to 11 million by 2013…
http://time.com/money/5178193/wayne-lapierre-net-worth-nra-money-salary/
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It’s a start. Hope the NRA is listening.
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DICK’S Sporting Goods is committed to the following:
We will no longer sell assault-style rifles, also referred to as modern sporting rifles. We had already removed them from all DICK’S stores after the Sandy Hook massacre, but we will now remove them from sale at all 35 Field & Stream stores
We will no longer sell firearms to anyone under 21 years of age.
We will no longer sell high capacity magazines.
We never have and never will sell bump stocks that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly.
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