| Machiavellian said: I wonder in about 10 more years will we need to have a 3 man team in order to leave the house in America. Interesting as I look back in time 20 years ago most violent situations people rarely would have body armor but lately we see that is the new trend. I am sure we will see this be a main stay from here on out as the GOP continue to believe more armed people stop violent situations. Pretty soon you will not be able to leave your house unless you are armored up because as we continue to see, escalation in weaponry just ups the ante on the amount of firepower you will need for each encounter. A hand gun is not going to be enough, you will need to be packing a high powered rifle as well maybe a couple of flashbangs for good measure. Hmm instead of just arming our teachers with guns we should also give them a few flashbangs as well and tactical training. Just having some armed person with a gun seem highly irresponsible in a school setting if they are not properly trained. You can see that this is going to go bad because its going to be some half assed bill put together to say we are doing something but not really thought out. |
I think it is important to remember that up until the last two years (largely due to the pandemic) the murder rate has been declining in the U.S since the 90's, and halved from 1990 to 2019.
While they are much more frequent in the U.S than in other countries, mass shootings are still very rare events. Chances are that in 10 years people are going to be safer than they are now barring some calamity or socio-political discord.
