First school shooting of the fall

"Police were alerted to an Instagram post displaying images of weapons alongside a list of D.C. schools on Thursday, September 19, at approximately 8:00 p.m. An increased police presence at schools throughout the District was added out of an abundance of caution."
"According to police, a 15-year-old boy of Brandywine, Maryland was charged with threats to kidnap or injure a person. Police say the boy found the image online and recirculated it with edited text identifying schools in the area. The teen was not in possession of the firearm during his arrest."
 
One kid arrested earlier this week, brought a gun to middle school. One of my kids knew him, kid was bullied mercilessly appearantly.

High school kid was taken out in cuffs today, no idea on this one.
 
One kid arrested earlier this week, brought a gun to middle school. One of my kids knew him, kid was bullied mercilessly appearantly.

High school kid was taken out in cuffs today, no idea on this one.
Look at how easily kids these days get triggered after the devastating results of years of COVID era online only classes, these young kids now are missing critical social and emotional development robbed from them. Surprised we don't hear more of juvie murders. Would be easy to sneak in a polymer FGX knife thru a school's metal detector if some kid wanted to shank a bully prison style.
 

As expected, the top comment is all about guns:

"Do you want to know what really makes a person a school shooter? A gun. A semi-automatic rifle. A weapon that fires bullets."

The number of households that survey as having guns has been constant at 40-50% since the 70s, and as many adults were exposed to mental or physical family stress growing up. But very, very, very few troubled kids become mass shooters.

Somehow, a rifle with 30 rifle rounds is so much worse than a pistol with 10+ pistol rounds, the AR15s must be banned. And yet kids have access to smartphones that expose them to virtual bullying, antisocial behavior and violence ~6800 waking hours per year - maybe ~1000 hours less if schools ban phones.

More kids are raised in single parent homes or in two-parent families with less time to oversee their kids. The risks have increased but the traditional controls have decreased. But it must be the guns?

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