I went to a pharmacy and I won’t say which one last night. The weather has been terrible and we have some allergies and sinus problems and upon checking out, I noticed a young lady behind the counter. She said, “ I hope we don’t get rained out during graduation”. I said, “ Congratulations”. She said, no I am afraid even for outside but if they move indoors, I am terrified. I searched for the right words and said, “It’s because of all the school shootings, right”? She replied, “ Well we already have had a boy come to the school with a gun and he was expelled after he shot himself but he is back in school now, but it scares me because I don’t feel safe”. I dropped my bag. What? He is back in school after coming to school and had a shooting?
Well, let’s start right there. There should be no school shooter allowed back on any educational campus after terrorizing the school once. Full Stop.
I got curious and this happened in 2015 and here is the info on the shooting. He had another round of ammo after he shot himself in the head in front of them.
WFLA Web Staff - LECANTO, Fla. (WFLA) -- A Lecanto High School student who shot himself in the head in front of his classmates on Tuesday morning had seven more bullets in the gun he used and an additional magazine was found that contained eight other bullets, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office said on Friday.
The 15-year-old Homosassa boy, who has not been identified, remains hospitalized. Detectives say he fired a single shot to his head in front of his teacher and classmates during the second block of classes.
He was not charged. I know this for sure, those kids were traumatized and after three years that young lady is still scared to pieces. No he did not shoot anyone but himself. I also know this. This is not just a Republican or Democratic problem because the sheriff and superintendent at the time were democrats. This is an American violence problem, although I do see more democrats wanting something done about the problems our children are facing.
I have not confirmed if that child is back in school per her statement BUT if she thinks he is there, then he is to her. She was thinking of just writing for her diploma. I cannot imagine how this affected her, but she is not excited about furthering her education. She said, “ How come they don’t just put up metal detectors? I had no answers. As of today, Florida is arming people they call “ Guardians”. Lots of them. That is stupid. There is a whole lot of stupid in this country and it is costing us lives.
I would almost guarantee that this one child, who appears to be smart as they come will be standing behind a counter years from now at a low wage saying, “ Can I help you”, when she possibly could find the cure for cancer but fear gripped her at an early age and people sent thoughts and prayers. Good luck Parkland students and I extend on behalf of my generation, my deepest apologies to you and your generation.
Polk County is the first district in Florida to institute the program and allow trained guards to carry weapons on campus.
‘School Safety Guardians': Polk schools hiring 90 whose main job is stopping active shooters
Many of the hired guards will likely be placed in elementary schools, while School Resource Officers will remain in the middle and high schools.
Let’s just walk around like it’s the old west. (snark) It is working so well. This went into effect before last week in Texas.
According to a map assembled by PBS Newshour using data collected by a website called shootingtracker.com, more than 113 people were wounded or killed during 27 mass shootings that took place in Florida during 2015. Of those shootings, the map indicates, three took place in the Orlando area. Mass shootings – like the ones that took place yesterday in San Bernardino, California, and Savannah, Georgia, yesterday – are defined as shootings in which four or more people are killed or injured. The Washington Post reports that there were 355 mass shootings around the country in 2015 – there were 336 in 2014 and 365 in 2013, according to the people who keep the Mass Shooting Tracker website up to date.
And this is an old data figure.
We will never get rid of the guns that awash America. That is just a fact. Not with the internet sales and such. I don’t have any answers and applaud the efforts of the Parkland students but the terrorists of 911 did not cause this horrific state of affairs. Not to take up for them but this problem is a fearmongering problem, along with bullying from the top. We are one sick country. We have sick people in leadership and it is so depressing. We are going to have to do something to protect our people and this business of weakening the FBI is not helping. How long before we can make our streets and schools and children feel safe? What has to happen? We as an adult presence have let our children down in so many areas. They deal with fear, climate change and terror and all many say, “ Well, we send our thoughts and prayers”. What if the latter generations had said that about polio, or Scarlet Fever, or Hitler, or Stalin? Civil Rights? Thoughts and prayers requires some legs under those prayers.