DGS49
Diamond Member
- Apr 12, 2012
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Woe is us. Lot's of school shootings, lots of kids & teachers killed, hundreds more terrorized.
We wring our hands, trade specious accusations, and collectively wonder why "we" can't do anything to prevent this carnage.
But obviously there are things that could be done. Kids could be encouraged to notify "someone" when one of their number talks crazy (and you know what I mean). But of course, the FBI is not large enough and not properly equipped, and is not properly utilized to investigate literally thousands - maybe tens of thousands - of such reports. They wouldn't have time to do anything else.
Each school should have one or more trustworthy individuals, experienced in law enforcement and technology, to whom the students can go confidentially, with some confidence that the matter will be investigated. Such people must have an open link to local Law Enforcement, and have the power to check things like gun registrations with the family of the person of interest, criminal records, psychological records, counselling records, membership records, and so forth. It must be possible for the school investigator and law enforcement to interview the person of interest and ascertain whether there is a real threat or just a messed up kid (95% of the time) mouthing off to get attention. The school investigators must have access to all of social media, and the ability to track down kids who post terroristic threads and thoughts, without worrying about those kids "lawyering up" and bring a shitload of worry on all.
Why can't we do this? Because everyone involved knows that such kids - such "persons of interest" - would immediately get in touch with the ACLU and similarly misguided "advocates" who would create a legal and administrative nightmare for the investigators, the police, the school itself, and probably the school district. Their parents would be calling the local newspapers and television "consumer advocates" and creating a mess of unwanted negative attention of the people WORKING TO AVOID A CATASTROPHE.
You want to know whom to blame? Blame the lawyers and advocates and organizations who are dedicated to protecting our "civil rights" and "privacy" to the extent that the State has lost its power to provide adequate safety, for fear of bullshit legal and "constitutional" challenges, disciplinary actions, firings, and so on.
And most of the "constitutional" basis for this endless and harmful campaign is bullshit, made up by "Progressive" justices on the USSC, pretending to protect us from "Fascists" who want to turn our free country into a "Police State."
This is where the blame lies. It's not with the NRA, Donald Trump, or Republicans.
Open your eyes.
We wring our hands, trade specious accusations, and collectively wonder why "we" can't do anything to prevent this carnage.
But obviously there are things that could be done. Kids could be encouraged to notify "someone" when one of their number talks crazy (and you know what I mean). But of course, the FBI is not large enough and not properly equipped, and is not properly utilized to investigate literally thousands - maybe tens of thousands - of such reports. They wouldn't have time to do anything else.
Each school should have one or more trustworthy individuals, experienced in law enforcement and technology, to whom the students can go confidentially, with some confidence that the matter will be investigated. Such people must have an open link to local Law Enforcement, and have the power to check things like gun registrations with the family of the person of interest, criminal records, psychological records, counselling records, membership records, and so forth. It must be possible for the school investigator and law enforcement to interview the person of interest and ascertain whether there is a real threat or just a messed up kid (95% of the time) mouthing off to get attention. The school investigators must have access to all of social media, and the ability to track down kids who post terroristic threads and thoughts, without worrying about those kids "lawyering up" and bring a shitload of worry on all.
Why can't we do this? Because everyone involved knows that such kids - such "persons of interest" - would immediately get in touch with the ACLU and similarly misguided "advocates" who would create a legal and administrative nightmare for the investigators, the police, the school itself, and probably the school district. Their parents would be calling the local newspapers and television "consumer advocates" and creating a mess of unwanted negative attention of the people WORKING TO AVOID A CATASTROPHE.
You want to know whom to blame? Blame the lawyers and advocates and organizations who are dedicated to protecting our "civil rights" and "privacy" to the extent that the State has lost its power to provide adequate safety, for fear of bullshit legal and "constitutional" challenges, disciplinary actions, firings, and so on.
And most of the "constitutional" basis for this endless and harmful campaign is bullshit, made up by "Progressive" justices on the USSC, pretending to protect us from "Fascists" who want to turn our free country into a "Police State."
This is where the blame lies. It's not with the NRA, Donald Trump, or Republicans.
Open your eyes.