Great article I saw

[scon]

Here is a great article I saw from a resident of Chardon, where there was a school shooting recently...

http://theseanroy.com/life/the-firearms-factor/

 

[Uncle Buck]

OP, Please come back and add a few more comments to your post, I am afraid this will be closed as a drive-by posting.

Not only is the article pretty well done, most of the comments are very supportive. Thanks for sharing this one.

 

[Armorer-at-Law]

From the blog:

Statistics gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics calculates that school shooting incidents happen at a rate of 9.3 cases per year. There are 119,000 schools in our nation, so the average school can (statistically speaking) expect such an event once every 12,800 years. These numbers frame just how rare these incidents actually are.

And this:

The most effective way to prevent violent firearms crime is to continue to eliminate the underlying cause of the criminal behavior itself.

In short, take away the motive, and the firearm is not even an issue anymore. People do not see a firearm, then make the choice to kill- in fact it’s just the opposite- people make the choice to kill first, then choose a firearm to do it.

Comments appear to be 100% positive.

 

[Don H]

Some interesting graphs/statistics regarding school shooting/violence can be found here: http://youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu/violence-in-schools/national-statistics.html

Despite the media coverage that would suggest ever-greater crime in schools, the trend seems to be toward less crime and violence over the last decade.

 

[Gbro]

Took a little searching to find the article but well woth the time.
Could someone please ask the writer to submit it to the AP.

 

[Glenn E. Meyer]

The rules are the rules. I suggest new posters read them.

Closed.