I have to wonder where all the money will come from.
Will there be an officer on every school bus ball field rec area the library ?
These incidents seem to make parents believe all can be cured with one officer in the building. It was a planned attack and the tactics could have changed if an officer was in the school . A bomb , chlorine gas I could go on . Lets focus on the things that cause these attacks . Mental Health issues.

Renee, it was a planned attack. He could have got on a bus and killed all the kids on it. There is no way to plan for every attack. The common thread is mental illness and bullying . We need to focus on those issues . We have limited resources and need to spend them wisely.

Joe Sousa says:

"I have to wonder where all the money will come from."

As usual, we have Joe Sousa putting a price tag on children's safety, after 20 innocent toddlers were slaughtered by a high powered assault rifle in nearby Connecticut. There has NEVER been a mass shooting in a school in this country when a school resource officer was on duty, but Joe Sousa is worried about the cost.

Where are your priorities Joe? The safety of our children is well worth the cost.

I'm not going to take a stand on the control issue one way or another. I am going to say what is the one common factor in all of these shootings other then a firearm? It's the mental stability of these people who do these acts of violence. The same day we had our tragic loss so did families in China where over 22 children were attacked by a mad man with knives. Those families also had a huge loss and by a man with mental issues. This is where we need to address the issues and help insure those who need help can get it and not just a diagnosis of they are not a threat to themselves or others because people like that can and do change. They need help to prevent that change from happening and returning to society as a productive member. We have left those people out in the cold for too long and they need our help too.

Everyone wants to be able to have their child go to school and come home safe and sound. I do and I hope that the suggestions made / implemented will do that. Unfortunately, some of the proposals made don't seem to be geared toward that goal. Adding another administrator to the schools (a school resource officer - for a $100,000 / year ?) sounds like a waste. If he / she isn't a trained police officer who can handle themselves in a crisis then it is a waste. The schools don't need another bureaucrat but they do need to be better prepared / equiped to deal with situations

How about doing simple things like adding video / voice monitoring to school buses / giving them the capability to instantly get access to the police. Some bus companies / school systems have this technology already (Middletown for example). That is a suggestion that makes the students much safer and helps with non-crisis situations as well.
Another proposal would be to put in panic alarms similar to what one would find in a bank in certain sections in the schools (principle's office / reception area, etc). This would be tied to the police network and would lessen response time from the police. Also making entrances into schools more secure would be another good approach.

John M

Tuna man I will agree slightly with you and say mental illness is ONE part of the problem. The other party of the problem is the psychotropic medicines they are giving these individuals as well. Giving people these mind altering drugs such as prozac, zyloft, adderral, and the list goes on. Most of the side effects on these things have a chance of sucidial or violent tendencies. Just like a person who has been drinking with a car, a person whose on these kind of meds should maybe not have access to guns. Truth is, banning guns isn't going to solve the problems. It will do two things, people will NOT turn their guns in and it will bring guns underground putting them in the hands of criminals even easier since the black market will take the white markets place. Just look at prohibition. Not only that, the CIA backed cartels will probably change over from drugs to drugs and guns. Brave New World.....

The answer is all of the above. Mental illness, access to guns and tighter security in the schools all need to be part of the solution.

As with any complex problem, the solution too will need to be flexible and complex. I agree with John M - throwing an expensive resource into each school is not the answer. His other suggestions sound good as well. I can tell you first hand that today, anyone can walk into one of several entrances at the schools unnoticed and unquestioned. Tightening up existing security supplemented with video surveillance and panic alarms makes sense. Beyond the topic of security in school itself, we need to acknowledge both the need for rational gun control and better mental health treatment. I don't know what it was like to live in the perpetrator's house, but I can tell you that if this young man had not been introduced to guns and if his mother had not kept these weapons in the house the chances of this happening may have been reduced.

On the topic of mental health, I am not an expert regarding appropriate courses of action, nor can I render an opinion regarding this particular young man. What I would like to see is an honest evaluation at the national level of mental health services and policies in general. If a person is slipping into an "abyss", famiies/loved ones should have it easier to reach out to the appropriate professionals for help. And if a person wishes to refuse that help, then the professionals need to have more power to mandate it and incarcerate if needed, for the benefit of the sufferer as well as society.

Again, complex problem, complex solution.

Hiring temporary resource officers is a good start, but the schools should also consider hiring a security consultant on a contract basis to evaluate existing security and procedures at all of the schools and make recommendations to improve them.

Mental health is definitely a big part of the problem. Mental health services have not been adequate since the Reagan cuts in the 80s. Congress needs to allocate funds for free mental health screening and treatment, and to increase the number of beds in mental health facilities.

The easy availability of guns, especially weapons like the one used by the child killer in Connecticut, is also part of the problem. Out of the 25 worst mass killings with guns, 15 occurred in the US. The next highest country had two. The availability of guns makes it too easy to carry out attacks like this in the US.

i think you have a point joe..we need to do more for people with mental problems..lets start with the clowns that tripled my taxes and think it was ok!!

From Sen. Bob Casey-One of the MOST gun friendly members of Congress:

There is now a growing list of lawmakers who are willing to consider gun control, including Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, a conservative Democrat who has an “A” rating from the NRA. Senator Casey told the Philadelphia Inquirer today that he would support reinstating the 1994 assault weapons ban and a ban on high-capacity magazines.

“The power of the weapon, the number of bullets that hit each child, that was so, to me, just so chilling, it haunts me. It should haunt every public official,” said Casey. “I just believe that in light of what’s happened, in light of measures we can take to lessen the chances that will happen [again], that these are two steps we can take.”

Thank you Senator Scott Brown:

And yesterday, Senator Scott Brown became the first Republican Senator to support a federal ban on assault weapons, although he was a longtime advocate of leaving the issue up to the states. “What happened in Newtown where those children were subject to that level of violence is beyond my comprehension,” Brown told the Springfield Republican on Wednesday. “As a state legislator in Massachusetts I supported an assault weapons ban, thinking other states would follow suit. But unfortunately, they have not and innocent people are being killed.”

Bullying needs to be addressed in Tiverton schools that is a huge problem that does not get handled in this town. That should be brought up also no one wants to step on anyone toes. Between the drug problem and the bullying issues you parents should be concerned. Where is the focus on that. Oh if your child is not having the issue it does not matter well you know those issues can build and be a recipe for disaster in a small town. Have a officer but let's try to resolve the issues not put a bandaid on it and say well at least we have an officer to protect our children. Everyone looks for a quick fix . Oh and all the money invested on the schools for a sink that turns on and off from a sensor could have went into protecting our kids but that did not matter it was all about the school looking fresh and new. Safety measures should have been number one when the schools got redone if everyone . Safety first that is what we teach our kids right?

Locked doors and police officers in the schools is a fine idea but what everyone is forgetting is that the kids in elementary school are outside for recess twice a day you don't need a nut with a gun anyone with a car could run down 20 or 30 kids in a blink of an eye.

I would just like to say that childrens safety is the key issue and true putting a qualified police officer in every school will help to better protect our children one officer cannot cover everywhere, and if by chance the person that is shooting gets the drop on the officer then he has another weapon with more lethal ammunition to reak havoc with. I feel that if we make the classrooms safe by making the doors and walls bullet resistant and classrooms able to lock from the insides.The children in the classrooms would be protected from not only the gunperson but stray rounds from either the police shooting in a standout or the gunperson firing his or her weapon trying to cause more harm.

How can one resource officer cost $100,000. for the rest of this school year ? What they get paid $200,00 for a full year please come on. Come on please why cant they hire someone who they can train for less money .

You live and pay taxes in Little Compton, why should you care what it costs for a school resource Officer in Tiverton?

Well, I live in Tiverton and I care about the schools / safety for my children as well as the cost. I would like to see solutions that would actually provide great safety for our kids. The proposal for a full-time resource officer at a cost of $100,000 or whatever that proposal would cost isn't going to make the schools safer because that person won't be able to patrol each and every school (there are 5 of them). So that person will just be an administrator and not someone walking a beat in the halls which is what some people are asking for each school.
So either, the schools hire private security (is there an issue with actually going to the private sector for this work) / use police to guard each school or you try to maximize the resources you have and make schools more secure by improving police communications / response times to schools and schools buses; making entrances to schools more secure; and by improving lock down training / etc.). It might not be as showy but those things would provide better security than what was offered by the school committee.

The unfortunate reality of the tragedy in Newton and other shootings is that anywhere people gather (church services, ball games, day care centers, movie theaters, army mess halls / etc.) is a target as long as people who are imbalanced can gain access to military type weaponry. The police can't cover them all.

Keeping a level head is key to any situation . For the most part Tiverton's School Dept. has planned in advance for many types of incidents that have happened in other areas. 911 taught us these nuts think out side the box . If you fortify one area they attack another. The best defense is a good offense. Training and prevention. Catching these kids before they get to this point is the challenge we face . Reaching out to others and befriending them. If you see some bullying step in and stop it. Working together to ensure every one is treated with respect.
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you. These are words that should roll off the lips of all students God Bless us all.

So Joe-Where does civilians owning high powered assault rifles such as the one that slaughtered 26 innocent women and children last week fit into your overall "security plan"?

You say keeping a level head is the key to any situation-Does that mean allowing you to amass a stockpile of weapons over at your fortified bunker at 49 Hancock St. is level headed?

Face it Joe-You and your cronies over at the NRA are nothing but a bunch of gun worshipping crazies, and that point was driven home by the press conference by that lunatic Lapierre yesterday. Tell us Joe-Why wouldn't he answer questions from the media? And why didn't you and him go to Newtown this past week to hand out NRA applications?

The days of the NRA having any political influence in this country are over, and not a moment too soon.

Do any of you actually know anything about the current gun laws? There are long forms and expensive training required. There are also requirements for secured storage. The only easy way to get any type of firearm is 'illeagly'! Anyone with any type of mental condition, is prohibited from owning or posessing a firearm. The people who are commiting these acts DO NOT CARE about the rules or the laws. Therefore working on more laws will not effect these people. Why not try better enforcement of the laws we already have? If you disarm the law abbiding citizens, then we are all easy prey for the criminals who don't care what thre law says. (Ask anyone in England or Austrailia) I do not believe that there is an easy or fast solution to this problem. I hope we can all work together to try and change the loss of respect for other people's opinion and beliefs (as evident by some comments here) and low value our society places on other's life.

I just read on chanel 12 that RI hasn't submitted mental health info to national background check since 2011, and the courts only foward convicted mental persons. This is one way we are ignoring the laws we already have, and why more laws will not help!

(Ask anyone in England or Austrailia)

Do you know anyone that lives across the river, let alone across the ocean?
This ridiculous notion has been debunked repeatedly.

How many gun murders in Oz since 1996?
How many gun murders in the UK since their ban?

Read the reports - simple assaults are now reported as violent crime.

Why are so many of the gun-rights advocates here so painfully oblivious to facts?
It would appear that those most desirous of weapons are least informed.

Those of you staunchly defending this position are the source of the problem.
Every one of the weapons used in these murders can be traced to legal sources.

The law is insufficient to police guns, any longer.

When did the obvious become inconceivable - this is about gun violence.

http://www.demandaplan.org/

http://www.reed.senate.gov/contact/

http://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/

You're absolutely, positively, 100% on-spot correct Naome.

Joe-As you noticed, the two posts by "Dingus Kahn" and "Felix Applegate" were criticized, as their comments had nothing to do with this article.

As far as a "sick freak", there are numerous mirrors in the world Joe.

If there were no guns and nut cases, then we wouldn't need police at the schools! Nut cases and wimps go to the schools to kill people because they know that there isn't anybody there with guns to take them out! Only nut cases and insecure people own guns that are guns made to take out numerous amounts of human beings! Right now the first step is to eliminate the guns then deal with the nuts!!! You don't see the nuts going to the police station to kill anyone. I vote to make people killing machines illegal and then get the nuts some help.

The twin brother of shot Pc David Rathband and the widower of murdered Pc Sharon Beshenivsky have demanded that British police routinely carry guns in the wake of the killing of two female officers.

Darren Rathband, whose brother was was shot and blinded by gun maniac Raoul Moat in July 2010 and was found dead at his home 17 months later, wrote on Twitter: ‘Give them more than a bloody piece of plastic and some spray. Tragic!’

His call was backed by Paul Beshenivsky, whose wife was gunned down when she attended a botched robbery at a travel agent in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in 2005.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2205389/Give-police-guns-just-

By NBC News staff and wire reports

The debate over whether to give British police officers guns has been reignited following the killing of two unarmed officers, who authorities believe may have been lured to their deaths in an ambush by a suspected double killer.
Police constables Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23, were shot dead after responding to a hoax call about a burglary in the northern English city of Manchester. A grenade was also thrown during the attack.
Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Peter Fahy said that it appeared to have been “an act of absolutely cold-blooded murder. It's almost impossible to fathom such an evil act."

The suspect, Dale Cregan, 29, handed himself into a local police station after the shootings on Tuesday.

By Mark Steyn
The Telegrafh
This is what happens when governments try to ban guns
12:01AM GMT 05 Jan 2003
Gun violence on the rise and unarmed Cops die as a result. Don't feed me your Liberal Propaganda. When the criminals are disarmed come for mine.

What about all the vet's that are unemployed and would love the opportunity to keep all our children safe? maybe the town should look into someone like that instead of paying out 200, 000 dollars a year to have a officer in all our schools! I would feel just as safe leaving my children in the company of a soldier!

Everyone can put there opinion in on here, but what's going to happen is what's going to happen with gun control! You all can sit at home and spend alot of time playing on your PC and putting in your opinions in on this or any other site, but it's like listening to school kids argue. If you want to do sometime constructive about this or any other situation then go do it. Arguing with someone on this site is ridiculous when half the people on here don't even know who there communicating with. I myself just come on here to read the entertainmentand.

Population, UK 53,012,456
Population, US 311,591,917
Hard to compare numbers when you don't use all the facts.

Knowing what we know Americans need to be protected. If you chose to become a victim it's your choice. The majority will not allow what the Crazy Liberals want.
INS/FBI Statistical Report on Undocumented Immigrants

CRIME STATISTICS 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
83% of warrants for murder in Phoenix are for illegal aliens.
86% of warrants for murder in Albuquerque are for illegal aliens.
75% of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Albuquerque are illegal aliens.
The Obama administration released illegal immigrants who went on to commit more crimes, including charges of 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes, the House Judiciary Committee said in a report Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/31/illegals-released-feds-19-murders-142-sex-crimes/#ixzz2FsBo073Y
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The UK population is 1/6 the size of the US.

In 2009, they endured 550 murders 39 committed with guns (of any type).
In the US, 15,241 murders with 9146 committed with guns (60%).

If we extrapolate the numbers based on population, multiplying each category
in the UK by 6 we find:

3300 murders
234 murders with guns

The actual multipliers?

27.7 times more muders (15241/550)
234.5 time more gun murders (9146/39)

"Hard to compare numbers when you don't use all the facts."

- Joe Sousa

Too true.

The difference? We've got guns, and lots of them. They don't.

Sorry but you leave out many of the reason for our high crime rate . Like Congresses failure to secure our borders . Your figures are incomplete since they don't show the cause of the high rate. Drugs and illegals = Murder You cant tell us how removing guns from the hands of honest citizens will help.

Still waiting for the answer. They don't have the gangs and drug problems we have. I cant wait for a cop when my life is threatened. You have it your way.

Naome-Do you really think you'll ever get an intelligent or rational answer from Joe Sousa?

Joe thinks the answer to everyone's safety is having an arsenal of weapons at their house, such as he has over at 49 Hancock St.

It's going to be a very good day when the ATF comes to pay him a visit and confiscate his vast array of weapons.

Very true Naome-If there were ever a strong case for strict and comprehensive gun control in this country, Joe Sousa would be the perfect example.

Fortunately the tide is beginning to turn in this country, and soon a civilian purchasing and/or owning a high powered assault rifle will become as unacceptable and unlawful as allowing smoking in a restaurant.

I keep my identity anonymous because of the same reason Naome. There's alot of nuts out there that could pay me an anonymous visit with a rock against my windshild? Who knows what some people will do?

This is a friendly reminder to keep things civil here, people. These are your neighbors and it's okay to disagree, but please keep comments on topic and leave personal remarks out of the discussion.
Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Fact Sheet: Guns Save Lives
A. Guns save more lives than they take; prevent more injuries than they inflict
* Guns used 2.5 million times a year in self-defense. Law-abiding citizens use guns to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times every year -- or about 6,850 times a day. 1 This means that each year, firearms are used more than 80 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives. 2
* Of the 2.5 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, the overwhelming majority merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers. Less than 8% of the time, a citizen will kill or wound his/her attacker.3
* As many as 200,000 women use a gun every year to defend themselves against sexual abuse.4
* Even anti-gun Clinton researchers concede that guns are used 1.5 million times annually for self-defense. According to the Clinton Justice Department, there are as many as 1.5 million cases of self-defense every year. The National Institute of Justice published this figure in 1997 as part of "Guns in America" -- a study which was authored by noted anti-gun criminologists Philip Cook and Jens Ludwig.5
* Armed citizens kill more crooks than do the police. Citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as police do every year (1,527 to 606).6

Gun Owners of America
Springfield Va.

Like most Liberals when presented with facts . Next will come the anonymous insults

Hey, Joe, hows the illegal cigarette trade going?

Facts are facts. you cant dispute honest data collect by a legitimate source . Gun owners are safer than non gun owners. Sheep easy for the picking. Lock your door and hide in your moms basement .

Joe, one last question(I don't want to overload your circuits.) Where has TCC CARES been during this discussion regarding the tragedy at SHES? I thought your fellow Teapublicans cared about our community? Why haven't they spoken out against this act of terrorism? Where are their ideas to help make our schools safer? Crickets.....

You'll notice, Joe Sousa cannot bring himself to admit the United Sates has by far the highest death rate in the world among industrialized countries due to firearms, but he chooses to blame all gun violence on "drug dealers and gangs".

Do some research Joe-99.99% of gun violence committed by drug dealers and gangs are perpetuated by other drug dealers and gangs. For the less educated such as yourself Joe, that means they shoot and kill EACH OTHER-they don't committ mass murders of first graders.

Who knows, maybe your craving for guns is due to the fact that you belong to one of the afformentioned groups, and you feel the need for protection. Based upon your nefarious past, it wouldn't come as much of a surprise.

I am a registered Democrat and not a member of the TCC. So how would I know ? In my opinion our School Administration is all over the situation. They have been working to end the Bully problem and too Identify problem children. What else do you recommend ?

But Joe-The TCC endorsed you for town council, and you accepted their endorsement with open arms. Why don't you just admit you were a stooge for the TCC?

In any case, this discussion is about gun control, and Joe has not put forth one valid argument about why civilians should be allowed to purchase or own high powered military style assault weapons. Every time this question is posed to Joe, he either posts a bunch of nonsense about illegal aliens and drug cartels or he runs and hides. Who knows, maybe Joe needs to own these weapons to protect his loads of illegal tax free cigarettes that he brags about bringing into Rhode Island and selling at his social club.

And stand by floks, it won't be too long before Joe sobers up, re-reads his belligerent posts, and quickly removes them. It's been a hallmark of his posting style since he and Dan Gordon forced the eastbayri.com website to shut down.

Poor Naome, You are wrong again I have 2 kids. Amd again you name call when you have nothing constructive to say. I think after seeing all of the spam you are putting up that maybe it might be time for you to seek some mental health care.

Sorry NL but I never tried to pass off anything as my own. I posted the site below my post. Just eat it up because you are losing the argument. You have no data to back up your diatribes.
b kcaj " And stand by floks"' What a loser. Who do you think is reading your junk ?

Gun Owners of America
Springfield Va.
Here it is again for your viewing

Joe-There's quite a bit of a difference between hitting a key too quickly as in "floks" vs. "folks", and your grammar, spelling, and punctuation, which more closely resembles a third grade dropout rather than an intelligent adult.

In any case, in regard to your constant spamming of the address of the Gun Owners of America, why don't you make some posters for that organization and put them up all over Newtown. Do you think those poor people would welcome you with open arms Joe?

"Last year, handguns killed 48 people in Japan, 8 in Great Britain, 34 in Switzerland, 52 in Canada, 58 in Israel, 21 in Sweden, 42 in West Germany and 10,728 in the United States."

That Joe, was a word for word quote from today's Providence Journal. You might want to read the entire article, but you probably only read propaganda fed to you by the NRA and the TCC.

Face it Joe, every person or group who you support has been defeated, from Romney to Doherty to Hinckley to Chafee to Fox to Paiva-Weed to Dan Gordon to the TCC, and now the NRA.

Can't you ever back a winner Joe?

NDAA Bill, Currently in Conference
Would Strip Servicemen of Their Constitutional Rights
Over this past year, we have alerted you to the dangers of last year’s National Defense Authorization Act (or NDAA for short).

The NDAA could impact all Americans, including gun owners, by allowing them to be indefinitely detained without trial, based on simple membership in certain pro-gun groups or because of particular firearm-related activities. ...

This is what the liberals want. suspend the constitution . All of our right will then come from The Government. Isn't that what we revolted for. Those of us who can read find the time to look at both sides. The assault rifles , any clip over 9 rounds and an end to gun show sales without the same guild lines the state of sale requires. If that was all they wanted I would concede. I know the goals of the left.

Joe-You still have not answered any questions posed to you such as:

Why does the United States have the highest rate of gun violence of any industrialized country in the world?

Why was it that the guns in the Newtown, Columbine, Aurora, and Virgina Tech mass murders were obtained legally?

Why were no drug dealers or street gangs involved in any of the mass murders mentioned above?

Why do you feel the need to keep an arsenal of weapons in your home?

The questions keep coming Joe, but you always avoid the answers-how typical.

Thanks for the filthy language Joe. Maybe when you sober up in the morning and re-read your post, you'll delete it as you normally do.

As you always do, you choose not to answer any of the questions posed to you, and respond with the usual "multiple name" nonsense. Just for the record Joe, what are the multiple names? Do you really think there is only one person in town who disagrees with your extremist views? Last month's elections surely proved otherwise.

Fortunately Joe, the world is changing, and there is not one thing you can do about it. Be sure to squeeze your guns extra tight tonight-the Honorable State Representative Teresa Tanzi is drawing up gun control legislation to be introduced as soon as the legislature goes back into session that will be even stricter than the federal gun control legislation that will soon be following. You might be losing your precious killing machines sooner than you think.

Don't worry Joe-The profane post you just deleted was saved via your favorite method-cut and paste.

But instead of re-posting it, your vile remarks will be added to the rest of your remarks that have no place on a family friendly website, and will be saved for memorialization.

Give your guns an extra hug tonight Joe-your days of hugging them are soon coming to an end.

" If the anti-gun people put the blame where it belongs there would be that many more people pushing for Better mental health and the root of the problem might get addressed that much faster." - Ken, the mental health expert

If guns are so incidental to the act of killing, why then do we arm soldiers? Should we not instead send them into battle with a drunk driver, or perhaps a ceramic carving knife?

As usual, you can't keep your powder dry, Ken.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/us/felons-finding-it-easy-to-regain-gun-rights.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The firefighters were killed this morning, and you're already using them.
Even vultures have better table manners than you Tea Party hyenas.

Have you no shame?

Robert I think it is very clear after Naome's last post that her hatered of guns far out weighs her careing for human life. Again when she is faced with the possibility that she may be wrong she resorts to name calling. I now have "no shame" because I want to see something constructive done as soon as possible. Im sure the murdered firefighters would want us to wait until 5 or 6 more people are killed before we take action. I guess I should thank her though for letting me know Im part of the "tea party" Whatever that is. Have a great Christmas day Robert. I need to go and dry my powder I guess. Thank you Naome I didnt know my powder was wet. Whatever that means.

The media continues to give these murderers what they seek the most. Their five minutes of fame. They are the talk of the town and nation. These killers seek the spot light and the media is their to fulfill their desire to be famous . If it bleeds it leads. If the killing by copy cats is going to stop the media has to stop glorifying the perpetrators . They think they will become popular after watching the media attention given to these killers. The copy cat attacks are directly related to the 24/7 multichannel coverage of these events.

I agree that they are driven to do these thing to make a statement and became famous for whatever period of time. I dont see how we can fully blame the media though. Maybe if they refused to print the names of the loonies that are doing this it might help but I dont see how they could just stop reporting these tragedies. Here is some news that the anti- gun people will never talk about on their own. http://www.news10.net/news/article/222195/2/1-dead-in-Sacramento-home-invasion

Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday's To All
Peace !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We don't negotiate with Terrorists for a reason. The media should show more respect for the families to begin with . When they continue to show these images it's disrespectful. Do you know why they wouldn't show the pictures of people diving out of the top floors on 911 ?

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.”
― Thomas Jefferson

So Joe-What are your thoughts on the lastest massacre-this time the firefighters in upstate New York?

Looks like another Bushmaster .223-One of your favortite types of killing machines.

Give your precious guns an extra hug tonight Joe-You won't be owning them for much longer.

I find it ironic that we're being admonished for our indiscretion in response to an atrocity because it's "disrespectful" and yet carry on Christmas day.

I think anyone still supporting this outrageous notion should be required to work at a trauma center holding the hand of each gunshot victim until the shooting stops.

If photos of the carnage at these shootings were released, we would be voting
not which weapons to confiscate, but where to slag the lot.

The Second Amendment wasn’t included in the Bill of Rights so that crazy people could buy guns and go around slaughtering kids and innocents so gun-rights advocates could then claim that as the price of freedom.

If you do, you're a hysterical idiot. Your argument is invalid.

The Founding Fathers never said anything about sending your kids out to
pursue Life, Liberty and watch out for crossfire in the cafeteria.

If you're still on the fence about this, you fail at America. Sit down and STFU.

To defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We are allowed to hunt and defend our selves from all enemies . That means crooks and murderers.

Joe Sousa said:

"That means crooks and murderers."

For once Joe, you spoke the truth-how ironic.