The Parkland commission studied the aftermath of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and voted 13-1 to recommend arming teachers and administrators. Esquire’s Jack Holmes thinks that will only lead to chaos and fear. Your child should have to pass through numerous highly secure checkpoints to get to algebra class. They should be … Read more
For those who believe we have a gun problem, not a mental health care crisis, there is this little gem from the Sun Sentinel which is fast becoming my new favorite news source: Cruz didn’t keep his homicidal urges quiet. But the schools incompetently handled the threat he represented to his fellow classmates and teachers. … Read more
I’d like to preface this accounting of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High failures on Valentine’s Day 2018 with this reminder: no one is coming to save you; you are on your own. The South Florida Sun Sentinel has compiled a comprehensive and disturbing timeline of what happened — and didn’t happen — that day in Parkland. … Read more
Apparently the anti-gun side is taking a new approach by contemplating the price tag associated with treating gunshot wounds. Well…that’s novel… 10X. The amount of blood required by gunshot victims compared to victims of other trauma. When a person is shot, severe blood loss is one of the biggest threats to life. Once a victim … Read more
Even for PolitiFact this is a bit much… In another year of lament about the lack of truth in politics, the attacks against Parkland’s students stand out because of their sheer vitriol. Together, the lies against the Parkland students in the wake of unspeakable tragedy were the most significant falsehoods of 2018. We name them … Read more
An update on the fourteen-year-old student who committed suicide with a gun at Dennis Intermediate School last week: Police say a 14-year-old Indiana boy’s mother was the 911 caller who warned authorities before the teenager shot his way into a middle school and exchanged gunfire with officers. State Police said Friday that the mother warned … Read more
The Vox.com home page is shrouded in ominous shades of pitch black and an odd carnelian red more reminiscent of dirty oranges than the crimson red one would expect. Their opening salvo looms large when you open the page: After Sandy Hook we said never again. And then we let 1,917 mass shootings happen. From … Read more
Thanks to the continual bleating of anti-gun politicians, some people think mass shootings only happen in America. Nothing could be further from the truth. And it’s horrible no matter where it happens. This report comes from a polytechnic college in Russian-occupied Kerch, Crimea: At least 17 people were killed and 40 more injured in an explosion … Read more
Some gun-toting Texans embrace Democrat’s call for tougher firearm laws The mainstream media managed to find a rancher who supports gun control. It’s cute that he thinks Beto won’t mess with the guns he currently owns . . . Texas cattle rancher Bill Martin is a lifelong Republican who owns more than 20 firearms and … Read more
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