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qzjul:
Maybe they should issue handguns to every student in school, and give them range practice instead of recess? More guns is always better.
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Your hyperbole aside, American public schools often do teach about major life-altering events. For example, most have mandatory sex education, say no to drug classes and don't drink and drive/don't binge drink/etc in their curriculae.
I understand the emotive response, but it comes absent a real dialogue about the difference between identifying the problem and identifying tools the problem uses. In the modern age where the anarchist's cookbook can be downloaded in a second to a smart phone, I don't think it's realistic to expect some deganged kid hell-bent on killing classmates from not downloading because he doesn't have access to a firearm. The broader discussion should be what's causing this/how do we treat it (if possible) and what reasonable steps to slow or hinder the person from committing such a heinous act.
I just find the knee-jerk reaction to be tiresome. It's like some people following 9-11 saying don't let any Arab looking people on an airplane. We know those bent on evil will find a way so we should really be focused on mitigating the evil and seeking a reasonable balance on everything else.