So if gun control isn’t the solution what is?

Honest question. I’m pro 2nd amendment but this isn’t sustainable. Arming the teachers isn’t going to help. The guy was wearing body armor, even the cops couldn’t stop him from getting in. More money for cops obviously isn’t the solution for the same reason. This isn’t the first time a shooter wore body armor. A guy had a gun and returned fire in buffalo but the shooter wore body armor there too.

So honestly what is to be done?

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SW-User

Sadly, nothing. Nothing will fix it. It will continue. There is no way in hell we can ever get rid of [b]all[/b] guns. And we can't predict who will do this or when this will happen. [i]The nation is sick, mentally and emotionally.[/i] Sodom and Gomorrah on a larger scale. So the smart thing is to brace up! Anything else is delusion.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@SW-User

Well ... I think we can predict that male children who grow up in an abusive and uncaring home with little or no structure, hat are subjected to bulling at school, and left to sulk in resentment and bitterness ... some of them will blossom into murderers.

Mistreated female children have a different set of issues to deal with, which may be as horrible, but for the purpose of discussion here, they don't react by shooting and killing randomly.

The proof is in the pudding.

SW-User

@Heartlander Right. And just how do you propose to diagnose and keep track of all those [b]millions[/b] of children in those situations and try to stymie it. You won't even know what homes they are in or how they have been raised. Most of these things happen in hidden situations. No way in hell that is going to happen. You're deluding yourself. Unless you're going to go to every single home in the US and start monitoring them? LOL.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@SW-User Good question. Maybe "Hillbilly Energy" should be required reading for all adults. What's the secret ingredient that lets a kid who grows up in what looks to be a dysfunctional household and community yet come out OK?

So are you suggesting that the police go into every single home and confiscate any and all firearms? Attempts to purging America's firearms will be as successful as abolition. Even as the law of the land it accomplished little more than create and grow a permanent criminal class.

SW-User

@Heartlander I'm not suggesting nothing!
You are the one who mentioned, I was only replying to you, as a, yeah not gonna happen thing..

I stand by my original comments.
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Sadly, nothing. Nothing will fix it. It will continue. There is no way in hell we can ever get rid of all guns. And we can't predict who will do this or when this will happen. The nation is sick, mentally and emotionally. Sodom and Gomorrah on a larger scale. So the smart thing is to brace up! Anything else is delusion.[/quote]