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Well it was a game here in Centralia Washington om 10/02/2015. Threat not found, school locked down from 10:30 am to after 9:00 pm. Students was released one at a time. Hand patted down, wound down, and stiffed by a dog. Was only allowed to take their keys and cell phones when let go. All back packs where gone through, cars gone through. Found one note to set it off, threat to hurt or kill someone at the home coming assembly and or dance. Lockers was being gone through. Some kids was not out of the school on tell after 9 pm. Two city police department respond, State police respond and county sheriff respond. They think they know two that was involved and maybe three. Centralia, Olympia, Seattle, Eatonville all went on lock down because of threats to those schools on one day.

Instead of sticking up for Bush, let's see it for what it is. First, he was governor of Florida for a number of years. For an experienced politician he should know about the dangers of speaking w/o thinking. Now he wants to be Pres. Well, sounds to me he WAS speaking out EXACTLY how he feels. After all, didn't his dimwit brother accidently shoot Cheney ???? Gun or with the mouth, the Bushes do a lot of shooting off. Time for that family to FUCK OFF. 'night.

Speaking without thinking is usually a forgivable offense. We're all guilty of it occasionally. (Although in this case, its a Freudian slip quite revelatory of Jeb's lack of character, specifically his depraved indifference to humanity.) On the other hand, conducting wars for corporate profit without thinking is a demonstrable part of the Bush family DNA for three generations, a recessive trait which, one hopes, automatically prohibits any future Bush ascensions to high political office, and a pattern of behavior that in a more just world would compel the appearances of W./Dickhead Cheney/Rummy/et.al, before an international war crimes tribunal.

Jeb just spoke without thinking. It's the Bush way

Indifference to the suffering of others is a notable characteristic of the sociopathic personality. Jeb's comment reminds me of one that his awful mother, Barbara, made during the run-up to the second Iraq War, when she said: "Why should we hear about body bags and death? I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?" Obviously, this nasty little acorn named Jeb didn't fall far from the monstrous poison oak called Barbara. (And Jeb is supposedly "the smart Bush!") The only bushes that we should ever again permit anywhere near the corridors of power are the kinds that you water daily and are firmly planted in the ground.

And JEB!'s response? "Stuff happens". What a piece of shit. And he wants to be President.

Yes, XYlover69, I also believe that the media glorification of gun violence is a huge factor in these increasingly frequent tragedies. "If it bleeds, it leads" is the mantra of most local television news, and my indictment of our culture of violence encompasses video games and especially Hollywood as well. Sadly, the number one movie at the box office during the last Christmas season was "American Sniper," an uncritical, hero-worshiping, fascist wet dream, loosely based on the best selling autobiography of a psychopath, who bragged about killing women and children, and unashamedly regretted that he was unable to go back and kill more. (Venturing out to the local multiplex to see it was such an appropriate way for Christian America to commemorate the birth of the "Prince of Peace.") And of course, this film was directed by an American icon, old "Dirty Harry" himself, Clint Eastwood, no doubt because Kathryn Bigelow, our modern-day Leni Riefenstahl, was unavailable. Just to be clear, I'm not advocating any censorship, but I do believe that artists have some moral responsibility to the wider culture in choosing the manner in which they present their subjects, and to be fair, there are many artists whose understanding of this is reflected in their work.

And there be the problem, XYlover69- the right to own an instrument that was invented for the sole purpose of killing a human being trumps any right for an individual to live out the remainder of his life. Am I the only one that sees this as extremely fucked up?

What if need another revolution? It's coming

And I still definitely remember from high-school Civics (Government) class: Everyone in the U.S. has rights. Everyone in the U.S. also has responsibilities. The media focuses on "gun rights", but not on "responsibilities" which is the other side of the same coin. (To be blunt: yes in America I, if I chose, have the right to purchase a gun or more. BUT, I ALSO have the RESPONSIBILITY to not infringe upon OTHERS' rights, for example shooting someone for no reason. It kills me, that gun-toters so often invoke "The 2nd Amendment" — when that very amendment says, in its very first words, "well regulated"! Regulation = Responsibilities. There's a limit to everything. If I come up to you and shoot you in the leg for no reason, it's less "my right to do that" and much more "your right to NOT have that done to you, and my responsibility NOT to do that".

DrMora, everyone here's pointing fingers, so I'll join in too. Look in the intro to this blog: Hollywood (American movies & TV) have been glorifying gun-violence for decades. Now shoot-'em-ups are increasingly in "video games" as well. And the TV news certainly does NOT shy away from telling us stories of violence on a daily basis — it's what gets them the ratings!

America lives in the past with the right to carry arms, we Brits were beaten, you gained Independence, the West was won, you are the most powerful nation on the planet .There in no one to fight (kill on mass) now within your own borders except yourselves. it will be long and hard road ,but you must stop selling arms like candy ( yes know there there some rules but they are not good enough) or simply accept 2015, 204 mass shooting so far this year. That is not counting the shooting of individuals, suicides , accidents with guns etc etc etc. We all know United States of America is the home of the free and brave you now need to free and brave and control and ban your guns.

You made several excellent points in your response, Runner95, but your last sentence demonstrates that you're missing a serious understanding of the big picture. Yes, the vast majority of Americans are "decent, law-abiding people," (about 80% favor stronger gun control laws, but their aspirations are held hostage by the stranglehold the well-funded gun lobby has on legislators at both the federal and state levels. This situation has been exacerbated by the Supreme Court decision in the "Citizens United" case, which allows the wealthy to outright purchase our political process.) Every year in America, we lose 12,000 people to gun violence. In the aftermath of Newtown, the historian Garry Wills called these habitual mass slaughters ritual sacrifices to "our Moloch." On 9/11/2001, some 3,000 Americans were killed. In the on-going response, the US government has spent TRILLIONS of dollars, launched wars all over the Moslem world, killing untold numbers of people, including over 8,000 US servicemen, and taken a meat axe to many of our Constitutionally guaranteed liberties. Yet each and every year we witness a domestic death toll four times that of 9/11 and DO NOTHING but offer prayers and mouth platitudes! President Obama alluded to this fact yesterday in his speech on the Oregon tragedy. I stand by my characterization of this situation as both "sick and stupid." The fact that so many third world people desire to emigrate to the US (and western Europe) is testimony to the hellhole that first world imperialism, militarism, support for brutal dictators, and global finance capitalism have created in their native countries.

Arming schools is not an answer. Of course teachers in Israel carry guns, they live in a fortress society.

in the uk we have strict laws as to who owns a gun - school shootings are rare - in switzerland most people own a gun - school shootings are uncommon - in america seems like its your right to make a statement by killing folk hey land for the free untill you diss me - no point in polite disscussion - bang bang - your problem im sorry for you

When the government REMOVES gun free zones there will be less gun violence in schools. When schools TAUGHT students how to use guns there were NO shootings in schools UNLESS it was target shooting and STUDENTS were never the targets.

If schools weren't GUN FREE ZONES then those poor people wouldn't of been easy targets. In Israel, the teachers are required to carry an assault rifle. No school shootings there

There are by most estimates about 300 million guns in the hands of private citizens. No laws will ever change this situation. And the only thing more criminal is the lack of resources for mentally ill people, the ones who usually commit these crimes. Kinda like the ones who fly European Airbus jets into mountains. And what a small-minded thing to call what is still a great nation, filled mostly with decent, law-abiding people, and the country which so many flock to for freedom, opportunity, and a decent standard of living "sick and stupid".

I dislike guns of any type myself. The government can pass all the laws they can for more gun control. But what good is it going to do? Anyone who is forbidden to have a gun can get a gun illegally.

There are laws already on the books that should be enforced. Unfortunately when it comes to sentencing the judges lean more towards probation which basically means back on the street doing the same thing that got them arrested. The shootings in Chicago are mostly gang bangers that were once arrested for gun offenses but put back on the street on probation only to wind up killing shortly after that. All of law enforcement needs to be held accountable from police on up to the judges. The other part of this is unfortunately mental health related. People aren't getting treated either due to cost or being afraid of the stigma attached to treatment that sadly still exists. There are always warning signs that the person may be capable of doing something like this mass shooting but no one pays attention until after it happens...then it's always oh yeah we thought something might be wrong but brushed it off.