How is it possible the Texas school shooter killed ten people? He didn't have a semiautomatic or an "assault weapon".

@marcusaurelius a revolver and a shotgun according to an eye witness who was standing next to him.

@marcusaurelius there was no AR-15 involved. That was some gun grabbers wet dream. It was reported, then retracted.

@BizSuitStacy Now, if all of the kids had AR-15s, they could have taken the guy out.

@LeopoldBloom overkill dontcha think? One well armed security officer could have put down that punk in a heartbeat.

Of course that doesn't change the actual subject here...that some stupid, gun grabbing libtard felt the need to lie about the details of the shooting. Tell us...did you feel let down when it turned out to be a revolver and shotgun, and not one of those evil rifles?

@BizSuitStacy There was a "well-armed security officer" at a recent school shooting, I forget which, and he stayed outside during the whole thing. Which was actually the right thing to do, as running in guns blazing to an unknown situation isn't how they're trained.

Considering that I own a number of rifles and handguns, and handload my own ammo, I don't consider them "evil" or care what some "libtard" or some bought and paid for NRA lackey says about a particular incident. Didn't that idiot NRA spokesmouth just say that if Bothan Jean had been armed, he could have defended himself against the drunk cop who wandered into his apartment by mistake and killed him? So now the NRA is saying people should shoot cops if they feel threatened.

https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/09/11/nra-spokesperson-dallas-shooting-which-cop-killed-man-his-own-home-could-have-been-very-different-if/221269

@LeopoldBloom actually, a professional responding to an active shooter situation does not stand down. They are trained to immediately engage or contain the active shooter(s) in order to stop the life-threatening behavior. But that's not what this is about.

The subject is that someone published a lie about a school shooter using an AR-15 to demonize the gun, 2A supporters, the NRA, etc. Or they were too lazy to bother to validate the story.

@BizSuitStacy A professional is not supposed to be a cowboy and run in without knowing what he's getting into. Even the police will call for backup. The guard in the case I'm thinking of had no idea how many shooters there were, where they were in the building, or what kind of firepower they had.

People on both sides of the debate lie or present arguments that blatantly favor one side or the other. Demonizing the opposition might make you feel better but isn't a valid argument. The NRA spokesperson made a pretty stupid comment, too. Botham Jean's death was a tragedy, but the answer isn't for everyone to be armed at all times so they can shoot any cops who enter their homes.

@LeopoldBloom you keep changing the subject. I suggest you start another story.

@BizSuitStacy The "subject" is some anti-gun liberal confused one type of gun with another. BFD

@LeopoldBloom doesn't explain why you keep changing the subject, now does it?

@BizSuitStacy What's your problem? First you're upset because I changed the subject, now you're upset because I'm going back to the original subject.

@LeopoldBloom what's your problem? I'm not the one trolling the comment section making ridiculous cracks about arming kids with AR-15s, and then going off on tangent rants.

@BizSuitStacy No, you just want to arm teachers.

My solution is to just accept that one of the things we have to put up with in America is lots of random mass shootings, and there isn't shit we can do about it. It's just a fact of life here. There are other aspects of American society that are more appealing, so like anything else, it's a tradeoff.

There are way too many guns in circulation for any restrictions to have an effect, so there's no point in even discussing it. Liberal politicians use gun control as a way to solicit contributions from their base, the way conservative politicians bleat and moan about abortion and gay rights to solicit contributions from their own base. So naturally you're going to hear stupid shit. They're not talking to you. When a liberal says something stupid about guns, think of it the way you would if you overheard a conversation at a Trekkie convention or a religious revival. It's not supposed to make sense.

@LeopoldBloom Actually, I don't want to arm teachers, but rather have professionally trained security at schools. I do not disagree with your other points.

@BizSuitStacy We can have the armed guards after we have enough textbooks and other supplies without teachers having to buy them out of their own salaries. And schools are already enough like prisons, we don't need to make them even more like them.

Nope, I'll take the occasional massacre of children. It doesn't happen that often anyway, no more than once a week.