It is claimed there are no mass shootings in schools in Israel. And precisely because a certain proportion of teachers are trained and armed. Given the choice of endlessly repeating school massacres, and fighting the problem with trained and armed persons on the side of the children, I would justify this option. And it would doable, unlike rewriting the constitution.
My father, a petroleum geologist, was a miserable drunk and a near failure at everything he tried, including marriage. At the age of 13, I met a teacher who became, in effect, my foster father. He taught me how to weld and how to drive. He raced a Triumph TR2. He taught middle school and later high school. We mountain climbed together and I lived next door to him for many years. He has passed now, but I'll be eternally grateful to him. My mother was a teacher. I've known many, many teachers. None of them suffered anything like the mental health issues of "these 'troubled' students". Although my high school friend Don became a high school teacher, and was a lush.
Definitely. In my day and age, there was NO SUCH THING as mass school shootings by students. But now something has changed. Whatever that change exactly is, I suggest that it cannot be for the good, or for the better. I would hope that a responsible society would take steps to both understand this and implement means of bringing it to a stop, and do it without diminishing the rights and freedoms of the status quo ante.
Apples and oranges. Your list include the Charles Whitman Texas Tower shooting. Whitman was an adult, and an ex-Marine. My post was about mass shootings by students.
Maybe you have good point there, and thanks for your question, Shaun. All I can answer, not having been to Israel, is that they are said to have numerous "terrorist" threats there inside and nearby their country. It also may be that the "angry, disillusioned youth" on anti-depressants (mental health issues) are handled better in some other countries than in the USA. I wish I had all the answers. In the meantime, I'm working on a time machine in my basement, to take us back to happier, more sane times. Would you like to contribute?
Maybe you have good point there, and thanks for your question, Shaun. All I can answer, not having been to Israel, is that they are said to have numerous "terrorist" threats there inside and nearby their country. It also may be that the "angry, disillusioned youth" on anti-depressants (mental health issues) are handled better in some other countries than in the USA. I wish I had all the answers. In the meantime, I'm working on a time machine in my basement, to take us back to happier, more sane times. Would you like to contribute?
