[mr. smith]

19th high school shooting incident in America this year. we are on day 45.
the love affair americans have with guns is obscene.

[CFC91]

The power and influence of the NRA makes it even more obscene.

[Westbars Spireite]

Population control the American way.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

When Trump referred to 'sh*thole' countries, did he mean those where innocents are mown down on a regular basis? Where heavy weaponry's readily available? Where politicians are in the gun sellers' pockets?

Where the main man seems to blame the teachers and relatives of those slain for their deaths?

British holidaymakers have only just returned to Tunisia following a mass killing some years ago. Yet bizarrely there're no restrictions on travel to a country where that happens every other week...

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

And now the NRA funded Trump insists the answer to weekly school shootings is that teachers should be armed.

So mild mannered Mr Peabody, who quotes stamp collecting and building a toothpick model of the Empire State Building as his hobbies, will now be packing an Uzi?

Meanwhile matronly Mrs Cuttings, who's always preferred her collection of cats to a husband, will perform SAS style heroics to tackle any tooled-up terrorist?

But hold on - doesn't that mean anyone intent on mayhem will simply take out ol' 'teach' with their first volley? That first year art or second year maths will have to be taught with one eye constantly on the door?

Then what if a young university graduate who wants to fill youngsters brains with knowledge doesn't want to fill anyone else's with lead? What if some idealistic democrat simply says 'No'? Will they be forced to face a Kalashnikov with a handgun or be sacked if they refuse?

All bearing in mind there was an armed guard at the last massacre, of course...

[SpireiteFitzy]

And what if there is a particularly bad class lets say, kids who have no interest in learning, who play practical jokes on the teacher and are generally disruptive and/or violent, what's to stop poor old teachers nerves getting shredded and in the heat of the moment reach for said weapon and discharge a few rounds into the classroom. All it takes is one incident to spark a breakdown and it could happen, but then I guess the NRA would just recommend arming students to take out rogue teachers.

[Zytok]

Some cracking points on here. Now Trump is basically accusing the guard of disgraceful behaviour and that if hed have been there he would have rushed into the school to save the kids whether he had a gun or not. Radio 5 were quite keen to point out that Trump has actively dodged military service on a number of occasions.
Following on from the guns in the classroom argument, whats to stop little Johnny being a bit miffed with a particular teacher and somehow getting the handgun off him or her and popping the teacher and a few classmates a cap or two.
Utter mentalist idea thatll probably end up getting passed.

[Mr Mercury]

Zytok, on 27 February 2018 - 11:15 AM, said:

Some cracking points on here. Now Trump is basically accusing the guard of disgraceful behaviour and that if hed have been there he would have rushed into the school to save the kids whether he had a gun or not. Radio 5 were quite keen to point out that Trump has actively dodged military service on a number of occasions.
Following on from the guns in the classroom argument, whats to stop little Johnny being a bit miffed with a particular teacher and somehow getting the handgun off him or her and popping the teacher and a few classmates a cap or two.
Utter mentalist idea thatll probably end up getting passed.

If they seriously did arm certain teachers, and I don't believe for one minute they are that crazy, then I gaurentee it would only be a matter of time before a teacher turned the gun on the pupils.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Nutter enters school...cops respond...shots continue...cops go in...cops see bloke with gun...cops take-out bloke with gun...

..but bloke with gun turns out to be Coach Reynolds who'd bravely sought to confront the nutter but had become disorientated in the confusion.

[calvin plummers socks]

Trump is going to attempt to stop drug abuse in US schools ......by giving them 8kg of coke each.....

[mr. smith]

& in the past week we've had a teacher shoot himself in the toilets, a female teacher accidently leaving her firearm in a toilet where it was found by a pupil & today a teacher firing a shot in a classroom before barricading him/herself into a classroom.
solution? probably arm some students so they can fight back if a teacher flips.

[Goku]

Kh83 will deffo find a way to defend arming everyone in schools won't be

[Nerima Spireite]

Respect to all the courageous young students who strode out into the light of protest for gun restriction in the US today. The world - not just the US - needs so much more of your spirit. Bless you. In a treacherous time for the world, you have given me hope. Don’t give in or give up. As long as you don’t, I won’t.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

And here we go again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...canada-44173954

Good ol' NRA...

[frearsghost]

MDCCCLXVI, on 18 May 2018 - 06:21 PM, said:

And here we go again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...canada-44173954

Good ol' NRA...

What was Trump's response to the students' response? He went to the NRA and commended their work. On this issue, Trump is a coward; not just him but every American senator who supports the second amendment that was drawn up in the 1770's for goodness sake when flintlocks were used to protect themselves from marauding Indians.

What is Trump's solution? He hopes that god will sort it out. Meanwhile America's young, beautiful children continue to be slaughtered in the one place they should feel safe; school. What a f****d up country. Damn them all who perpetuate this lawlessness.

[Nerima Spireite]

frearsghost, on 19 May 2018 - 10:10 AM, said:

What was Trump's response to the students' response? He went to the NRA and commended their work. On this issue, Trump is a coward; not just him but every American senator who supports the second amendment that was drawn up in the 1770's for goodness sake when flintlocks were used to protect themselves from marauding Indians.

What is Trump's solution? He hopes that god will sort it out. Meanwhile America's young, beautiful children continue to be slaughtered in the one place they should feel safe; school. What a f****d up country. Damn them all who perpetuate this lawlessness.

Well said!

[Johnnyspireite7]

frearsghost, on 19 May 2018 - 10:10 AM, said:

What was Trump's response to the students' response? He went to the NRA and commended their work. On this issue, Trump is a coward; not just him but every American senator who supports the second amendment that was drawn up in the 1770's for goodness sake when flintlocks were used to protect themselves from marauding Indians.

What is Trump's solution? He hopes that god will sort it out. Meanwhile America's young, beautiful children continue to be slaughtered in the one place they should feel safe; school. What a f****d up country. Damn them all who perpetuate this lawlessness.

And an exchange student from Pakistan.

[Search & Destroy]

Not much better in London at the moment

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

frearsghost, on 19 May 2018 - 10:10 AM, said:

What was Trump's response to the students' response? He went to the NRA and commended their work. On this issue, Trump is a coward; not just him but every American senator who supports the second amendment that was drawn up in the 1770's for goodness sake when flintlocks were used to protect themselves from marauding Indians.

What is Trump's solution? He hopes that god will sort it out. Meanwhile America's young, beautiful children continue to be slaughtered in the one place they should feel safe; school. What a f****d up country. Damn them all who perpetuate this lawlessness.

I think you offer Trump too much integrity, my friend.

He panders to the NRA because they vote for him, simple as that.

Infact he's a president without any real ideology - other than his own self promotion and arrogance, that is.

Just once, just once I hope some lunatic runs amok at an NRA rally so we can see how courageous they are when faced with the assault weapons they expect Mrs Shufflebottom taking second year maths to confront with the handgun she neither wants or knows how to use...

[Misnomer]

frearsghost, on 19 May 2018 - 10:10 AM, said:

What was Trump's response to the students' response? He went to the NRA and commended their work. On this issue, Trump is a coward; not just him but every American senator who supports the second amendment that was drawn up in the 1770's for goodness sake when flintlocks were used to protect themselves from marauding Indians.

What is Trump's solution? He hopes that god will sort it out. Meanwhile America's young, beautiful children continue to be slaughtered in the one place they should feel safe; school. What a f****d up country. Damn them all who perpetuate this lawlessness.

Well said.