School Safety

RAMBLES-RANDOM THOUGHTS

The government cares more about itself than it does us when it comes to death.

The problem with people screaming about guns today is they don't know anything about them. They think assault rifles are all fully automatic, and the media does nothing but promote the falsehood. They constantly refer to semiautomatics as assault weapons firing a gazillion shots a minute, but that's just wrong. Liberals want people to believe that.

They believe the government rules the people. I feel terrible for what happened to the children. It is heartbreaking, but banning "assault" weapons won't change anything.

Here's something to consider. Courthouses, federal buildings, and other government buildings where politicians work are more heavily guarded than schools. This tells me that politicians hold themselves in higher regard than our children.

I know this for a fact because I've been in and out for decades. I have to go through a metal detector, put my personal property on a belt, take it through a machine that x-rays everything, and then have a deputy "wand" me if there is the slightest beep. Yet, on the same day, I can walk into a school. A sign tells me to check in at the principal's office. That sign is just as effective as the one that says, "NO GUNS ALLOWED!" to one intending harm.

Schools remain soft targets. Simple fix: harden the schools. It would be easy to do.