Message #11311

[yankeestarbuck]

Where I went to high school, there was plenty of packed heat, but we kept it quiet.  It was for personal protection.  I say this not to sound "tough" or to be shocking.  It was the truth.  I carried a switch blade all four years.  But to walk through the school and brandish a weapon to just start blindly shooting, the shooter would have been out-gunned in a heartbeat.  It seems to me that we're blaming the media for putting the ideas in children's heads instead of blaming the parents who DID NOT instill positive self-images in their children's minds, and DID NOT keep those guns out of their hands.  Put the blame where it belongs.  The media just shows what we want to see.  If we didn't give them amazing ratings, would they put this on the news?



My old high school now has metal detectors.  They'd had them for years after I left, about 10 years.  If people don't want children sooting their classmates...talk to them.  Join an after school program as a volunteer or an evening program.  Get involved in the school activities that your children belong to.



I can probably say that not many of this site's members will need this advice.  People who are active enough to positively post on our website are probably pretty together at home. I'm just scared for the people who have no idea what their children are doing, won't go in their rooms.  Yes, I think that parents should know who their children's friends are, and their friends' parents as well.  It IS frightening for children, but being shot is probably worse.