History shows us that armed school security didn’t work at Columbine HS, which had an armed security guard who was a 15-yr veteran of the Sheriff’s office there, yet it didn’t stop the infamous rampage there.  Virginia Tech had an entire armed campus police force, yet 32 people were killed by a lone gunman.  Eliminating access to “assault weapons” & expanded pistol clips is a start, and though it will do little in the long run, it’s still a must as every little bit of effort counts.

More importantly to the issue is proper parenting & proper education, and even more important is teaching our children (and our adult peers) not to exclude & bully people that seem different or weak to them, as these societal victims are the ones who invariably end up on the front page for these horrific crimes — after all, it’s not the Homecoming King/Queen or the BMOC perpetrating these crimes, it’s the downtrodden souls who don’t feel they fit in because our society treats many people as social outcasts, especially those who don’t support the status quo.

Unfortunately, a few of these ill-fitting outcasts decides in their deluded mind that the only answer for them is to go out in a blaze of notoriety/glory & they take out a bunch of poor innocent souls with them, and then we wonder why it happens.

We need to show more compassion & tolerance with others & learn to incorporate everyone into our inner circle & not ostracize people, and provide quick access to help, counseling & treatment for those who don’t/can’t fit in and ask ourselves why everyone must conform to certain standards and why we must exclude people in order to make ourselves feel superior, and why must we strive to feel superior in the first place? Maybe there will be a future where people respect and love each other without demands, where people feel accepted, wanted & loved, and can get free & good mental help (and get real help from those in control in our society, like teachers & school counselors) when they feel they don’t fit in.

Like all cops, armed school security can’t be in all places all the time.  We need figure out what does work most effectively in securing the schools until we can make changes in our society to help rid ourselves of this phenomenon by getting to the core of it.  Stricter gun laws will help, but they aren’t the foolproof answer either.

The best answer we have to prevent mass shootings like this is rooted deep within our society in how we treat each other.  The people who do this are typically those who are alienated from mainstream society by socio-political forces within it.  The more inclusive we become of everyone in our society, the faster we heal those mental wounds.  We also need people to act more responsibly in parental guidance & teach their children to respect everyone & be compassionate — like Jesus.  

Funny how the religious crowd and those who have the money & power in our society are typically the ones who don’t show compassion for those who have-not or are on the outside. Those are the folks who would’ve kept & ate the 2 fish & 5 loaves of bread themselves.