This a frightening bit of data if you have kids… there is a whole lot of reasons to worry - in particular the poisoning deaths, most of of which seems to be from overdoses (as far as I can tell).
Bring in guns and the problem is pretty much increased by at least a third.
My biggest concern is that as a society we fail our youngsters - often, ironically, in the pursuit of a dream to make their lives better…
p.s. data from 2019 - CDC
Alternatively the police could just arm the mob, with the massive walls they want to build around schools to keep them safe noone would be able to do anything anyway.
The sort of parents who want to stand guard around a school (a solution that has legitimately been offered by supposedly serious people) are the sort who would let an armed gunman passed if he told them he heard there was wokeness going on in the school and he was going in to sort it out.
As much as I abhor the gun laws or the lack of it in the USA, I can also understand that the police are also someone’s parent or someone’s children and if they were being commanded in recklessly without regard for their safety and well being, that would be unfair. I would think that a good commander of uniformed authorities would also in the process of enforcement would always put the safety of his team over finishing the mission. I do not know of course in this particular case whether the police had enough information and yet dilly dally on a decision but generally its not fair to say that police should just rush in without understanding the kind of firepower or number of people they are up against.
And yes arming teachers or volunteer parents to stand guard…then what if the parent or teacher decided to go bonkers? I do not know how to make these people understand that a person who decides to mass murder or perform a terrorist act cannot do more harm with a knife/baseball bat/etc compared to an assault rifle or gun. Taking away guns, you reduce at least the casualties in such instances.
Surely they need to start unarming civilians now. But what a task that would be. Cant even begin to imagine the numbers.
They could send them to Ukraine. Would probably make them the biggest army in the world.
What??? Really? 
They’d get killed within 5 minutes, wannabe Rambos.
I wasn’t suggesting sending US gun owners with their guns but you do make a very good point…
And it keeps going on and on. Seems like the frequency of these is accelerating over time!
The sick part of this is that only a fraction of the events classified as mass shootings make the national news. There was one on the weekend that flew completely under the radar. We had 3 different ones last night, amazingly two in the same city, so people in a Tulsa teaching hospital might wake up today and read that headline assuming its about their hospital and never realize that theirs was only the baby mass shooting that isnt being covered.
I remember while in Dallas a year ago they had huge ads for gun shows quite frequently. And at gun shows anyone can buy guns and ammo no questions asked
You will hear about the “Background check loophole” that is always debated when any gun legislation debate comes up. This is often referred to as the gun show loop hole as gun show sales are exempt from federal background checks. They are considered a private transactions (for some reason), which are all exempt from federal background check requirements. People always focus on the gunshow aspect of this, but its the broader private sale exemption that it is a part of it that is problematic. Someone who cannot pass a background check can legally purchase a gun from any legal gun owner in their state in a private transaction. The seller can be held legally liable if they do so knowing the person they are selling to would not pass a background check, but that’s a high bar to pass.
But all this ignores that the background checks even when performed are shit. Due to how decentralized US government is, information sharing across the various required agencies is notoriously bad. The current standard for passing a background check is to just not fail it. This can often mean that documented reasons for someone failing a background check are in a database no one knows to look in, or the information is not accessible within the 3 day period the buyer must wait. This is referred to as the Charleston loophole due to the kid who shot up the black church in South Carolina obtaining the guns he used via that loophole.
Jesus Christ!! They have no hope!!
speaking of which, we were linked to this Nunez fella from Uruaguay who amounted to the grand total of fuck all for 90min.
