PartyOf5 wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 8:20 am
I've read so many conflicting stories and reports so far I really don't know what actually happened that day. Yet another indication at just how much of a failure journalism is in this country. It's about getting out the headline first and getting the clicks. Who cares if it's accurate or not.
I do understand that you don't want to just let dozens of people, a lot with guns, blindly running into the school. The biggest failure was how it got to the point of a gunman basically taking an elementary school hostage. My old office required a badge to unlock the doors to get in. Why can't schools all have that? We just sent 40 billion to Ukraine. Spend that on our kids instead. Sure, lots of kids will forget their badge. So then you have someone manning the door who can let them in. No one should be letting an 18 year old into an elementary school.
I have heard the shooter was in there for an hour. I have heard conflicting reports that say he didn't shoot anyone until after 40 minutes. If that is the case, the police are trying to de-escalate, which letting random people run in could cause more harm.
Best cure for this is prevention. This kid had many, many warning signs before this. Figure out how to handle this kid before it gets to mass shooter stage. If it does, then have at least some roadblocks in place, like a security guard that does his job or badged doors, or armed teachers.
I don't disagree with this mostly.
My issues are as thus...
1. This kid was known by the FBI... he was already red-flagged by them...
2. The police may have been waiting to deescalate all they wanted, but the minute they had a clear shot they should have taken it. A dead attacker is better than a dead victim. (Police should have had every exit and hallway blocked off as well, quiet room to room search and then taken him out.)
3. Schools like that have rules about doors facing outside not being opened during school time, if that rule was broken well, then there is something wrong there.
4. The kid either has parents or grandparents that are raising this kid, instead of raising him right it sounds like he was put in front of the TV or the computer and let to his own vices... With what schools are teaching or not teaching now on top of that, plus the bullying he got when he was in and out of school when he went are perfect storms.
I don't honestly care about the timeline, things fell apart and there was no backup plan. This isn't the movie where the hero wins, this is real life and people need to treat every situation as their last because for some kids that is exactly what it became.
The police failed, the teachers failed, the education system failed... everyone failed. The question who is to blame? There is plenty to go around, but at this point in time, we need to start pointing fingers because there is plenty of failures to go around.
If you want to stop gun ownership over this fuck that noise, perhaps a proper background check should be done... because if the FBI knew about him and let it go to the wayside when he was given his permit... then we have bigger problems than we can ever imagine.