Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A Georgia lawmaker thinks it would at least send a message.
WSBTV Channel Two recently reported that Georgia Rep. Paul Battles, a Republican from Bartow County, is proposing that in the absence of an armed school resource officer, the school principal be trained and armed. There would be a cost involved — that of purchasing the guns and training the principals. It wouldn’t, however, be as costly as paying a full-time salary for a school resource officer. Battles said it would at least send a message to anyone contemplating anything like the massacre that happened in Newtown, Conn. "If you come in and try to do harm to children and administrators you are going to be met with force," Battles told Channel 2. But not everyone agrees. One parent reportedly said he didn’t believe adding more guns to the …
Saturday, December 22, 2012
We've been inundated with the arguments for and against guns. It's the wrong argument. How do we protect our most precious and vulnerable population against unthinkable violence?
I have a message for gun banning advocates and guns rights supporters... Shut Up. Just shut up. Seriously...enough! Stop yelling at each other. Stop posting memes on Facebook. It's not that your opinions are irrelevant, they aren't, but think about it for a moment...you are part of the huge, knee-jerk movement that has taken attention away from any real lessons that might be taken from the horrible tragedy in Connecticut. Just stop, for a moment, set your own agenda aside, and hear me out for a minute. Please. There is no simple solution here...more guns is not the answer. Less guns, also not the answer. No amount of weapon legislation would have an impact on Adam Lanza. If he didn't have an AR-15? He still had two pistols. Every …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
An expert shares advice for parents who are trying to explain the Newtown school shooting to their kids.
In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting tragedy, parents may wonder what to tell their children about what happened and how to help them process what they may be hearing from friends, on television and via social media. Lauren Hutchinson, LMFT, is a child and family therapist and parenting consultant with a practice in Bellevue, WA. She says step one for parents is to “turn off the TV.” “We don’t want to have the TV playing in the background all the time. It isn’t helpful and the news is traumatizing for kids to watch.” For kids age seven and younger Hutchinson says, “you want to shield them from the media coverage completely and parents should not initiate a conversation about the event because kids this age cannot make sense of…
Sunday, December 16, 2012
People all over the world want to know how to help Sandy Hook residents following Friday's horrifying mass shooting. Post "I want to help" in this comment thread to get updates on what you can do.
In the wake of the unimaginable tragedy at Sandy Hook School Friday people from all over the world—in Connecticut, California, Canada and even in Australia and India—sent an outpouring of support. They want to know how they can help. If you want to be notified via email of ways to provide comfort and support during this difficult time, please post in the comments section: "I want to help." Patch will continue to update this article with ways to help—posting updates to the story as well as in the comments thread, triggering an email notification to commenters—and if you know of an organization or fundraiser providing assistance, let us know in the comments section, too. Already the United Way of Western Connecticut, in partnership with …
Karsten Torch
5:05 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
"The gun culture includes those who use the 2nd Amendment as a front, an excuse, for whatever reason they have for justifying their ownership of military-grade weapons." Huh. You mean those that actually know the purpose of the 2nd Amendment? Yep, then we're the 'gun culture' allright. "The gun culture is the subset of society that thinks owning whatever type of gun and ammunition you want to … more ›