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Originally Posted by beerptrol
Law enforcement agencies have been complaining for years about these assault rifles and how they are out gunned. Now you are outraged a close to retirement cop won't run in with a hand gun to confront someone with superior fire power
You gun nuts are more concerned with your 2nd amendment right than you are with kids being safe, and yet expect someone else to rush in and die for your kid!
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The system failed this kid and, the kids he killed on multiple levels. The deputy was in one heck of a situation but, he helped put himself there.
This same deputy was warned by other students about this kid. He did nothing. The Sherrif's office received 18 phone calls about this kid wanting to "Shoot up the school." They did nothing. At the same time, the school wanted to cut down the number of arrests going on at their school. They tried to baker act him but, wouldn't have him arrested. The entire system failed here.
This deputy was hired to protect the school from situations like this. Why have him there if he wasn't equipped or, willing to do that? The pistol he carried had 15 rounds. It fired as fast as he could pull the trigger, the same with an AR 15. In fairness, the deputy wouldn't have known if the AR 15 had a "bumpstock" to make it rapid fire. Trump immediately suggested that "bumpstocks" should be banned. Btw, the first two cops coming in for back up, also hid just like the deputy. It was the Coral Springs police that came in and, took care of things like they are paid to do. Broward County Sheriff department has a lot of explaining to do. The Sheriff immediately and, pretty brutally threw the deputy under the bus and, called him a disgrace for not entering the school and, his neglect of not reporting the warnings about the shooter.
1. All guns should be more difficult to get. They are selling them at flea markets. No one would disagree that putting politics aside and, dealing with keeping guns out of the hands of mentally ill would be bad. Just like people who don't want porn in the hands of minors, responsible gun owners don't want lunatics running around with weapons.
2. The political rants, trying to slant it to one side or the other, using it for a reason to hate Trump is absurd.
3. The exploitation of the kids who survived this is shocking. These kids are being coached. CNN actually set up a scripted town hall meeting. It is nuts and, unfair to everyone, especially these kids.
4. What, in the 19 years since Columbine what was done in the way of preventative measures?