These incredible kids will be the change and they will vote. I think the old guard has no idea what’s coming. We are in very good hands. Let’s back them every step of the way.

Maybe there is hope that something good will come from it. But I look at the first sign displayed in the first picture above and see a reference to “automatic rifles” and “stop the madness.” None of the recent school shootings have involved automatic rifles, and they are controlled and illegal to most of us.

If the “movement” is that uninformed on guns, I am suspect of them altogether. Do they even realize they may be exercising their First Amendment rights for the purpose of destroying other rights?

I am suspect too as it is a bi-George event, funded in part by George Soros and George Clooney, and countless others. It takes much of the authenticity away from the kids and the event, and turns it into a partisan rally.

The editor rightly compares it to our historic (1960s era) civil rights movement, which resulted in untold good that we benefit from each day; and the anti-war (Vietnam) movement that resulted in the loss of South Vietnam to communism, a national loss of will to resist communism, and an overall loss of grit as a nation. All of which have done untold harm to the U.S., as we shamefully, or shamelessly (or both) trade with the victors.

The answer to school shootings is expensive but not that complex. A cop on the beat is nearly always a safe bet. We could have that mostly fixed before the next march, or (God forbid) shooting. But of course we won’t, and maybe that is why they march.

What are they protesting? Is it…

-The degradation of the national social norms and values?
-Or how schools are advertised as unarmed soft targets?
-Or is it how many of the violent mentally ill criminals were well known to be violent mentally ill criminals, but were allowed to have all their constitutional rights anyway?

The cop on the beat in Florida was pretty useless standing outside for the duration. Suggest screening the teachers for mental stability and arm those who pass the testing and training. This was done with pilots after 9/11.

It brings back memory”s of the protest against Vietnam where our parents allowed over 200,000 young kids to be killed. The young kids were the main factor in ending the war. So I say go for it. Stand up and be counted your parents won’t.

It made me hopeful that high school students will expose the NRA for what it sadly has become. More on that later from the FBI.
These kids don’t want to take away guns from responsible owners who are part of the social compact that we do not cause harm. They just don’t want to be dead in their place of learning or a concert or in a club.
Responsible gun owners have nothing to fear from tighter gun laws, in fact they would endorse their legitimacy.
A panicked teacher with a hand gun is no match for an active shooter with an assault weapon. Please query your local Marine veteran for more details. Also thank him or her for their service.

According to FBI data for 2016, 11,004 of the 15,070 murders in the United States were committed with firearms.

Just wait until these kids figure out what we’ve done to their national finances. Fortunately for us the communist skrewel teachers no longer teach them how to count.

EDITOR NOTE–If we had “trickle down economics” under Reagan, whaddya call the Trump Tariffs?

Consider: Kids who are in high school today weren’t even BORN when those two young criminals went on their carnage spree at Columbine High School (April 20, 1999).

Because of that, I’m trying to give ’em a pass on their lack of perspective, and I do appreciate their apparent enthusiasm.

What has changed in the last 50 years? They MIGHT be surprised to hear that it’s not guns! Guns were more readily available when I was an idealistic high school kid, than they are now! Even (semi-)automatic AR-15 rifles! Especially in Idaho… guns were just as much a part of our culture back then, as they are now.

Our social mores have changed far more than the availability of guns, since I started paying attention.

clippityclop you are wrong. “A panicked teacher with a hand gun is no match for an active shooter with an assault weapon”.

You are so very wrong in how you characterize the courage of school staff or the general public for that matter. In many of these murderous shootings teachers and staff have courageously hindered the shooters in spite of being unarmed. Many, perhaps most, of our general population has the right stuff in a crisis. It is not something which only emanates from a uniform. In my life I’ve seen too much senseless death and resulting sadness. I’ve seen big muscled men meltdown under stress and I’ve seen delicate appearing women and children exhibit god-like courage. Don’t judge a book by its cover.

This is happening so often it is a national emergency. Naturally our national leaders lack the courage to act decisively. Hiding from big issues is after all how they survive in Washington DC. The States need to step up. Immediate actions to perform now are to ask teachers to apply. Screen for psychological stability and suitability. Train them. Arm those who pass and want to carry. This will harden the schools until we figure out and correct the origins of the problem.

Gun free zones are in fact the most violent dangerous places in America. So violent in fact our military is training MASH units in the Chicago hospitals.

Editor, Please tack on to the bottom of prior comment

http://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/a-look-at-every-school-shooting-and-the-warnings-signs-before-they-happened/277-531323420

They want to ban guns, except those held by our oppressors.

They want to ban “weapons of war”, but AR-15’s are not weapons of war, M16’s are.

They want a new “sensible gun law” every time there is a mass shooting event, which will eventually lead to no guns in the hands of citizens.

They are against killing machines, but would never consider giving up their cars which are the worst killing machines.

They are a phony protest movement, being funded by those who are protected by mercenaries with guns.

Judges, politicians and the rich are protected by men with guns, but our children are protected by “no gun zone” signs which has never stopped a criminal, but keeps good peoples guns at home where they are useless.

School Mass Shootings are actually not nearly as common now as they were in the past, but they are being hyped by the media as the biggest problem in America.

The Mainstream Media endlessly focuses on Mass Shootings, which creates copy cat crimes, perpetuating the situation.

Our government has become a crime syndicate that wants us stripped of the last effective means of protecting ourselves from overt tyranny, the rifle with a high capacity magazine.

When we are disarmed, we will become slaves of the rich. Don’t let it happen. Fight back. Now.

Easterner… pardon me if I gave the impression that I thought “Columbine” was the first of the school shootings! I was just pointing out the limited perspective of kids who were not yet born in ’99!

As the “post mortems” of mass shootings are done, it’s amazing how many were perpetrated by disturbed individuals who gave prior warning signs, in antisocial words or behavior. More disturbing is the occasional perp who gives NO advance warning – the Las Vegas shooter, for example. Or – Charles Whitman, the guy who shot people from the U-Texas tower. He was an “all-American” kid – well-adjusted, normal family life, Eagle Scout, for cryin’ out loud! Eagle Scouts don’t shoot innocent people!

Easterner says, “social mores are much the same.”

I’d disagree with that.

Just one example… I can remember the first R-rated movie I saw. Dad took me. “Bonnie and Clyde.” It was shocking at the time (1967) for the graphic way it portrayed gun violence. Fifty years later, you see similar graphic violence on family prime-time network TV. (Has it made a difference? At the very least, I’d say it has desensitized us.)

EDITOR NOTE–And don’t forget all those video games that encourage shooting.

The above comment from so named, “rubberneck” is wrong about Charles Whitman- including his documented visits with psychiatrists, admitted and recorded domestic violence, a court-martial for violence while in the Marine Corps (or Core for the idiots), newly divorced parents, anger at his father, and a documented brain tumor which likely caused biological and psychological impacts- mental illness!

1966.
First, he killed his mother and his wife; done with planning. And then planned the shooting. He told his doctors he had evil thoughts including shooting people with a deer rifle. He was prescribed Valium. He wrote a suicide note.
Sound familiar? Sandy Hook, 2012?
So what has changed since 1966?

Social mores for the last 50 years?
I suppose someone back then in Texas said, “Hey, y’all, the ‘social mores’ have changed since 1916”.

The National Firearms Act of 1934 was passed after gangster shootings peaked with the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre of 1929; Chicago gangs, gun violence. Social mores?
“Hey Mr. Capone, you know these murderous kids of today have just changed. They’re not like we were. It must be that music they’re listening to.” Bonnie and Clyde were young too.

Any claim of “social mores” or “video games” is a lame denial of the cause.
It is mental illness! And not enough is being done to address the real issue because the social NORM has been to deny the issue and blame something else.

YES! Eagle Scouts can shoot innocent people when they suffer from mental illness!

And EVERYONE is susceptible to mental illness- which is exactly why we should all be clamoring for funding mental screening and treatment.
Maybe the next 50 years will be more about brain illness instead of spending our resources on self-induced lung and heart illnesses.

That can start with more state funding of the Idaho Suicide Hotline.

Now, I have to get back to my Xbox.

“Social mores are much the same”

No they are not. They are not even close to what they were even 15 years ago – let alone 30 years ago.

If you believe this statement it shows how uninformed you are on “social mores”.

Responsible gun owners would have nothing to fear from tighter gun laws. It’s time, citizens.

bikeboy, “with much”? So,,, all, since it’s all correct?. 🙂

Whether or not one “could be stopped” is not as important as recognizing mental illness (of all sorts) “could happen” to anyone. Just like cancer.

We should all take a vested interest in solving the issue- for the sake of Eagle Writer, at the least. 🙂

FFL,
For real,,, here’s a great read for you:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/owner-killed-three-shot-attempted-robbery-gun-shop-n283326

And then this anecdote for the home security fans:
https://www.myleaderpaper.com/news/police_fire/gun-shop-owner-shot-to-death-at-hillsboro-area-home/article_0cbc6438-8450-11e7-8d61-4ffe823196a3.html

As for your credibility FFL, (since you have an FFL) “most all” of the shooters in recent years are actually UNDER age 20. Depending on how you want to use the data for ‘school shootings’ and how many years you want to use, you are still “almost all” incorrect.

Of the 12 shooters in year 2018 that I count, ALL of the shooters are/were UNDER 20 or unidentified. So, there. Facts are a bitch compared to barstool chatter, right?
Okay, sure, gun violence happens everywhere. So the 2 major school incidences this year, Parkland & Marshall County, Kentucky, the shooters were 19 and 15.
See? Not 20 -30.

15 year olds!
Parkland Florida- a 19 year-old.
Columbine- 18 and 17.

I suppose some reader will now propose those ‘shooters’ this year are just part of a leftist conspiracy to take away guns. They were paid by Hollywood, right?

1999
Notus, IDAHO
15-year-old Shawn Cooper,
A 15-year-old!!!
He fired two shots from a shotgun near the FRONT DESK at Notus Jr. Sr. High School.
There were no serious injuries, but some students were close enough to the blast to be grazed by shrapnel from the tile floor.
Cooper had been undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder.

Dear FFL,
How does a 15 year-old with a mental illness have access to unsupervised firearms?
Must be divorced and bad parents, right?
Fine. But if it’s YOUR kid attending that Notus school, you might consider a different solution for the next Shawn Cooper.

Notus. The town right to Guardian’s bird tour today!

Notus just isn’t what it used to be!

FFL,
I have a sign for your shop’s front door: “I don’t know sh!t, but I’ll sell you some guns”

Mental illness has little to do with the way “we are raising our children”.

So,,,,, you might actually try to know decent information about the topic before you krap misinformation on the World Wide Web or in your store.
Cuz if you said ‘that bit’ while I was in your store shopping for my next $1,000 item, I would walk the f out! Disclose the name of your store and I won’t waste my time- because that’s the way I was raised. 🙂

EDITOR NOTE–Looks like we will have to close comments before someone gets shot.