A thread from a couple of days ago asked "What is wrong" with our country. Why are we having so many mass shootings, and why in schools?
Let me preface my remarks by saying this: I'm a gun owner and have been for 50 some years. I've shot in pistol competitions, am a retired cop, gunsmith and am an NRA Life Member. I own several handguns, a couple of shotguns and rifles including an AR-15. I have a LEOSA card (google it) which allows me to legally carry a gun in all 50 states though I seldom carry a concealed weapon.
The recent spate of mass shootings, especially in the schools, has caused me to think about an answer to the "What is wrong" question.
A couple of days ago a Florida teacher who was named Teacher Of The Year posted on Facebook a lengthy message that I believe provides an answer to that question as well as any other article or posting I have read.
Here is the guts of what she posted. I'll provide a link below so you can read the entire posting. I think it's worth the few minutes it would take to read it and the hours you might spend thinking about what Kelly Guthrie Raley wrote:
“Until we, as a country, are willing to get serious and talk about mental health issues, lack of available care for the mental health issues, lack of discipline in the home, horrendous lack of parental support when the schools are trying to control horrible behavior at school (oh no! Not MY KID. What did YOU do to cause my kid to react that way?), lack of moral values, and yes, I’ll say it – violent video games that take away all sensitivity to ANY compassion for others’ lives – as well as reality TV that makes it commonplace for people to constantly scream up in each others’ faces and not value any other person but themselves, we will have a gun problem in school,”
Here's the link to the article:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/1...ce-post-goes-viral-after-school-shooting.html
What say you?
Let me preface my remarks by saying this: I'm a gun owner and have been for 50 some years. I've shot in pistol competitions, am a retired cop, gunsmith and am an NRA Life Member. I own several handguns, a couple of shotguns and rifles including an AR-15. I have a LEOSA card (google it) which allows me to legally carry a gun in all 50 states though I seldom carry a concealed weapon.
The recent spate of mass shootings, especially in the schools, has caused me to think about an answer to the "What is wrong" question.
A couple of days ago a Florida teacher who was named Teacher Of The Year posted on Facebook a lengthy message that I believe provides an answer to that question as well as any other article or posting I have read.
Here is the guts of what she posted. I'll provide a link below so you can read the entire posting. I think it's worth the few minutes it would take to read it and the hours you might spend thinking about what Kelly Guthrie Raley wrote:
“Until we, as a country, are willing to get serious and talk about mental health issues, lack of available care for the mental health issues, lack of discipline in the home, horrendous lack of parental support when the schools are trying to control horrible behavior at school (oh no! Not MY KID. What did YOU do to cause my kid to react that way?), lack of moral values, and yes, I’ll say it – violent video games that take away all sensitivity to ANY compassion for others’ lives – as well as reality TV that makes it commonplace for people to constantly scream up in each others’ faces and not value any other person but themselves, we will have a gun problem in school,”
Here's the link to the article:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/1...ce-post-goes-viral-after-school-shooting.html
What say you?