More details will inevitably come out about this situation and it'd be wise for us all to consider the facts as they come. Typically, when these situations occur, emotions are running high and the same comments get regurgitated from their respective sides. Often times what we find is that neither side has all the correct answers.
Can we stop pointing fingers, look within, and think about ideas that might actually work?
For example, those who decry the 2A rarely stop to consider the unlikeliness of successfully stripping it from our Constitution or the length of time and resources required with such a feat. I've long opined that instead of wasting more time on that debate, which leads to only more school shootings happening (because of the all or nothing approach we've taken), why can't we guard our schools like we guard our prisons/banks? I genuinely hate the idea of what that might look like. But 1) it seems far more likely to get bipartisan agreement on required funding for said plan, 2) it can be instated immediately, 3) it strips no one of their Constitutional rights, and 4) as crazy as it sounds to have kids living in such conditions....at least they'd be living. My wife's school is 100% locked down during the day. I've always said that's a good first step, as it's basically impossible for anyone to get into their double sets of doors. But I'd actually love for armed security guards, police dogs, and metal detectors be at the entrances as well. If you have legit business at a school, there's no reason why you couldn't get in. But there is also no chance some random psycho with a gun is getting passed all of those security features.
Conversely, those on the Right who push back against any and all forms of updated gun reform policy need to really stop and think about why they're so adamantly against ANY changes. It's correct that new reforms may not have stopped this particular incident. It's correct that the Left will never stop trying to come after your guns. It's correct that "doing something may not always be better than doing nothing." But at what point is enough truly enough? Polling suggests that gun owners are in favor of some reforms, so why is nothing being done? Why aren't GOP politicians being held accountable for getting favorable guns laws passed? Laws, mind you, that still protect our 2A rights, but are common sense changes that may help to stop even one more shooting.
For the chatter towards mental health, fatherless society, desensitized children, etc....I say we address those too. Too many people are planting their flags on their respective sides, pointing fingers, and arguing passed each other. This doesn't have to be either/or situations. Maybe, just maybe, IT'S ALL OF IT.
