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Another shooting !!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Lu

Dec 14, 2012

I am in shock! what is it in this country that the shooting happen in schools???? I know shootings happen around the globe, but why only in USA this happens in schools? What are we doing wrong as a society? as teachers what can we do???

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sped On 12/14/12, Lu wrote: > I am in shock! what is it in this country that the shooting > happen in schools????

Guns. Lots of guns sold to people who may not qualify for a driver's license, but they can buy a gun without a test or qualification. You need to be 21 to buy a beer, but 18 to buy an AK-47 in most states.

I know shoo...See MoreOn 12/14/12, Lu wrote: > I am in shock! what is it in this country that the shooting > happen in schools????

Guns. Lots of guns sold to people who may not qualify for a driver's license, but they can buy a gun without a test or qualification. You need to be 21 to buy a beer, but 18 to buy an AK-47 in most states.

I know shootings happen around the > globe,

Not nearly as much. In Canada there were under 200 gun homicides. About 1/3 of those were from guns illegally imported from the US. 15 percent of them were committed by Americans. That's a significant number! 15 percent of gun murders in your entire nation were committed by another nationality visiting your nation! Americans love gun murder SO MUCH, we export it to Canada! BTW, there were over 10,000 gun homicides in the US. Yes, Canada has 1/8 of the population of the US. So, if you multiply Canada's 200 x 8, you get 1600. And, remember, a significant chunk of those murder were committed by violent foreigners who live next door (Americans), so if they banned Americans, they would drop their gun murder rate significantly. If the US had a similar gun homicide rate to Canada, there would be more than 9000 fewer gun homicides.

Why does Canada have so many fewer gun homicides? Fewer handguns and almost no assault weapons. They can still hunt, and even protect their home with a shotgun, but they can't have an AK-47 or order 10,000 pistol rounds online.

> but why only in USA this happens in schools?

There have been a rash of attacks in China on school children with knives. Now, there are almost no privately owned guns in China. On the same day as the Connecticut shooting, a Chinese man attacked a Chinese school with a knife. 22 children were WOUNDED. Now, that's terrible, but what's the difference? Those children LIVED! Again, they've been through something terrible and were hurt, but they lived. If that crazy guy was able to get ahold of an AK-47 or a Glock-19, as he would be able to easily in the US, what might he have done? Well, we need only look at Connecticut to figure that one out.

What > are we doing wrong as a society?

Selling guns to anyone over 18. We license people who drive cars. We make them take tests and demonstrate competence, but guns? Eh, show me an ID, gimme $400 and off you go with the standard infantry rifle of the Russian Army.

as teachers what can we > do???

Demand gun control now. The numbers prove that owning guns doesn't make us safer. In fact, it makes us much, much less safe and less free.

Dec 17, 2012

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