That statement has no connection to crime. Sorry, lots of people love alcohol - probably more than love guns. And we have scientific and historical proof of the damage that it can do to your body, or how many people are killed by drunk drivers each year. But do we get rid of it? No, we’ll never have another…

They are not taught to escape. They are taught to “shelter in place” - barricade their doors, not let anyone in, etc. So in reality less entry points WOULD make a safer building in this regard - and that is the point he was making. There are other safety considerations related to building codes, but the chance that…

What is the reform that is actually needed? In so many of these cases, people end up getting the gun through illegal means, or the system that should have kept it from their hands failed. How is adding more “system” to the mix the answer?

Exactly...the author has a presupposition that he is pushing, and he has lemmings reading that will eat it up.

So crazy white boys shoot up schools, but what about all of those black boys and men shooting up everywhere else? Check out the table “Firearms Homicide Death Rates, by Race” table: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/health/gun-deaths-in-men-by-state-study/index.html

Great point - we have ALWAYS had a ton of guns in this country. That simple fact alone shows us that guns are not the problem, the people are. And if the people are now, and were not in the past, what has changed. I could make a giant list, but many on here would refuse to believe a changing culture/society leaning…

That’s a funny assumption to make about the election. What black was running in that election? And how would a rational person think the woman running would be good for us? https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/09/hillary-new-lies-lies-lies-list-grows-longer/

Actually no, the reality is that there are more guns per person in this country than any other on the planet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country). And the FACT is that an OVERWHELMING majority of those legal gun owners (like in the 99+%) don’t ever commit a crime or kill…

Actually, science today is probably more mushy than at anytime in modern history. And that is sad. You, actually, are the problem if you think all of science is “settled.” And where did you get that the commentor wanted “less science” in school? Seen any strawmen lately?

So if the bad guy has a gun you are “man enough” to take him on with your bare hands? Good for you...most aren’t able to do that.

Dang ‘ole facts!!

I love how people start from a presuppositional position (guns are the problem), and then write everything on that foundation - but they don’t acknowledge it, or maybe even realize it. Just b/c his statements don’t follow the author’s belief that guns are the source of the problem doesn’t mean what Patrick said was…

Except that he didn’t and it has been conclusively shown that he didn’t mock a reporter b/c of his disability: