I'm guessing that police officers, Soldiers, armed guards, and others like that undergo a lot of checks to ensure that they are fit for their jobs, on a (very) continuous basis. I don't think that occurs with Postal workers and teachers. I guess that's where we have to go for every teacher (should we call them Teachers now?) who is certified to carry a gun in a school. Perhaps daily morning meetings? I'm sure the Teachers have time for that, and the schools have the requisite resources.

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Aren't you one of those always talking about liberals making decisions based on emotion? Your solution? It's not one. Wouldn't make one iota of difference. It obviously would make you feel better though.

I think you'd be guessing incorrectly.

When I was certified and qualified to carry a pistol, shotgun, or rifle for the Navy, all I had to do was requalify on an annual basis on a range. I wasn't ever specifically screened, and certainly not on a continuous basis, to make sure I was still ok to carry a weapon. Of course, if something odd, from a mental health perspective, came up, I might have had my certification to carry pulled.

I can't speak to police, armed guards, etc, but my impression is that they are not checked and rescreened on a continuous basis. I would guess that they requalify in the physical act of shooting periodically (annual, semi-annual), and they may have to undergo some mental health screening occasionally, probably in conjunction with other medical screening or maybe when assigned to a new more stressful job. But otherwise, the basic idea is that supervisors watch their people and if they notice a problem, they pull the person aside and make a determination about whether they need to be screened.

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I'm not always talking about libs making decisions on emotion.

My "solution" above was just one aspect of how I would deal with this. There are also other things I can get behind. It's going to take more than just one thing.

That said, given the choice when facing an active shooter, I'd rather have someone there who can shoot back (with that someone being a pro). It's really not that hard to understand.

It appears he was not for quite a while.

https://www.nbcnews.com/...he-had-woman-n852271

The Georgia teacher arrested for barricading himself in a classroom and firing a gun reported an unfounded claim to police in 2016 that he was involved in a woman's death.
Jesse Randall Davidson, 53, told Dalton police that he had an affair with a woman online who refused to end contact with him, and two of his friends offered to "take care of her," according to a 2016 officer incident report.
The teacher also had an incident near campus grounds in 2017. Davidson called his son and mother to pick him up from the school building, claiming he didn't feel well. School staff began looking for him throughout the school, but found him almost a mile away sitting on a curb. Davidson was conscious but non-responsive to Dalton staff, and was transported to the hospital via EMS, according to an incident report.
On Wednesday, Davidson barricaded himself in an empty classroom as confused students tried to enter the room, police said. Davidson surrendered about 45 minutes later. A bullet had gone through an exterior window of the room, but it didn't appear Davidson was aiming at any person, police spokesman Bruce Frazier said.
Davidson was charged with aggravated assault, carrying weapon on school grounds, terroristic threats, reckless conduct, possession of gun during commission of a crime, and disrupting public school.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

Well, the same way that mass shootings happened in Texas and Louisiana. See, those states have people packing all over the place and I have been informed that mass shootings never happen where people have guns.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

I would love to see a single quote making that assertion. Please post it. I'll wait ...

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

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It's been said countless times on here. You know how to search.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

That has never been said in the LR and you know it. Find me a single quote. We both know that statement does not exist.

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

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I agree about your data point position. I think deep down everybody does. But it’s the LR way to link to these stories and go ‘see!’

Sure cops and soldiers can, and have, gone rogue. They are in even more stressful roles. I suppose they are expected to carry and quite feasibly have to draw (and less likely) fire their weapon.

It’s sad to think that only in the USA does the notion that teachers may also need to draw a firearm seem feasible. I would argue that this is yet another negative consequence to 2A

It appears that due to the culture being that firmly entrenched that many (not you) fail to see or at least openly acknowledge these drawbacks.

I agree there are a lot of people who refuse to acknowledge the (significant) consequences of the 2A. But, I don't see that in the LR. I think most, if not all, people here acknowledge the issues. But, as you point out, there is a firmly entrenched culture in the US that is not easily changed.

I do not believe anyone could argue against the notion that if all guns in the US were to disappear tomorrow, gun deaths would drop to zero. But, with 310M firearms in the US, that ain't gonna happen.

In 1996, when the Aussie gun laws went into effect, you had about 18.3M people that turned in about 1M firearms. We have 323.1M people and 310M firearms.

Australia "permitted" its citizens to own firearms. The US Constitution forbids the government from infringement on the RIGHT to bear arms. Completely different legal standard.

The US, as a whole, is a violent society. There has been an apparent decline in the sanctity of human life. There is an increase in cultural decay. There is a dramatic increase in mental instability. We have so many issues to address, the proposed band aid of banning assault rifles is just laughable.

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

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I agree with pretty much everything you said. Obviously I disagree with the banning bit being ‘laughable’. Difficult? Yes. Political suicide? Perhaps. Unless all major parties agreed to implement similar policies pre-election. It certainly is not impossible by definition.

Tend to agree that the environment is more (or perceived to be more) violent. Not sure why. Entertainment industry perhaps.

I’m not sure why either, but it certainly is disheartening.

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

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