| Re: "Humans 'very likely' making earth warmer" is wrong
Bill Baka <bbaka@comcast.net> wrote:
> adm wrote:
>> "dgk" <dgk@somewhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:g6nps2hj5ou3d3t5r44umm4odrtvl0j745@4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:55:47 -0800, The Real Bev
>>> <bashley101+xp@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bill Baka wrote:
>>>> My grandkids live in an affluent (not rich, but containing mostly
>>>> those monster tract homes that are going for $3/4 million now)
>>>> district. They have "lockdown" drills. That's what's supposed to
>>>> happen when a weapon or other threat is discovered. The kids drop
>>>> flat on the floor and the staff turns out the lights. I need to
>>>> find out more...
>>> Unfortunately that would appear to be a smart thing to plan for
>>> considering the number of actual incidents. Back when we were kids
>>> we had those idiot abomb drills. Climb under the desk and put your
>>> head between your legs. And, as the precocious kids added, kiss
>>> your ass goodbye.
>>
>> Do you not think that making weapons far harder to get hold of might
>> help a bit ?
>>
>>
>>
> No. There would just be a black market for guns. We just need to get
> rid of some people and maybe arrest them before the fact. Many times
> the shooter has had a history of animal abuse or other signs that he
> is whacko, and the police never put 2 and 2 together.
Trouble is the huge numbers who abuse animals and who never gun down kids in schools.
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