The call on the answering machine was clear and concise. There would be an armed guard at every Virginia Beach elementary Monday morning and for the foreseeable future.
As the country recovers from the shock of last week's shooting, the cries for new stricter gun laws echo throughout Congress.
I'm NOT an expert but a few things seem obvious to me: These mentally disturbed, young, white men are seeking attention and fame which is exactly what they get. The feel-good bills that will inevitably be signed into law will do nothing to decrease this kind of crime. Our schools, malls, theaters, subways, trains, etc. will continue to be soft targets in some cases specifically because guns are banned.
Last year approximately 32,000 people lost their lives on U.S. roads. Over the last ten years this death toll adds up to 392,000 men, women and especially thousands of children. That's enough bodies to annually fill the average NFL stadium to 50% capacity. Yet for some reason our society determines the way you die is more important than being dead.
By all means make our soft targets less soft. Ban the bushmaster or all assault rifles if it can be shown to statistically help and for sure find ways to help these troubled young men before they become known by the masses. But the truth is, we know our schools and colleges are among the safest places our young people can spend their day and the Sky is NOT falling.