Texas School shooting 19 children and 2 adults murdered

Teachers in the US should be armed.

America is beyond lost .......

Already all over Social media shall not be infringed is being posted ,in reference to the second amendment ,not a word about the children who were just slaughter , columbine this Will never happen again , Sandy hook this is a watershed moment now it's going to change ,Robb elementary today ....

Nothing will change

Remember more guns and less control will prevent mass shootings especially in schools .

Amazingly enough they are quick to ban school books to protect children

Absolutely I've family in San Antonio ,they have something like 10 firearms for every man , woman and child Texans tend to a different breed altogether

You would be inclined to get a gun if you lived there to protect you from loons, it's a vicious circle.

More guns? I doubt that's the solution. Just get rid of them altogether. Port Arthur in Australia had a mass shooting in 96 and the government moved quickly to outlaw most types of guns and had an amnesty. Murder/suicide rates fell off a cliff overnight. There are too many unstable people in the world to give almost free access to all sorts of dangerous weapons.

Try to repeal the second amendment in the US and it's likely they would end up in civil war pretty much overnight ,gun owners would rampage and fight to the death rather than give up their guns

Well it's not going to be an overnight solution to disarm circa a few hundred million weapons from people, especially those not wanting to give them up, an interim solution would be to arm teachers.

Hmm Dubai- live under Sharia law and face flogging and stoning for consuming alcohol or having premarital sex… Texas- risk my six year old being gunned down when learning his ABCs.

That’s a toughie… think I’ll try… literally anywhere else in the developed world.

You're right but it wasn't all that long ago the thought of abortion or gay marriage in this country was seen as an abomination yet we changed our constitution by public vote. Less then a third of Americans own a gun. Maybe they need a civil war to sort themselves out and reset. The casualties caused will be less than the numerous shooting that will be coming down the track over the next few years/decades.

Hispanic / Islamic Replacement Theory?

I beginning to think it's the only way this stops ,

Seems logical that kids and staff should have electronic passes to get inside a school, a fcking nobody should never be able to walk in off the street, apartments have it, why not schools

I've a strange phobia of guns. Just holding one or being in the presence of one would make me incredibly uncomfortable even in a very controlled scenario. It's strange because it's not like Ireland pumps out anti gun rhetoric every day to children, so I don't know where I got it from.

Going to a gun range would not be enjoyable for me for example. So I'm not sure what I'd do if I lived there. Move probably!

Awful news but not in the least bit surprised unfortunately. It’s America and if nothing was done on the federal side after sandy hook then nothing will be done. Hungerford, port Arthur, and dunblane were all mass shootings like this tragedy today in Texas, but there’s one difference, and that was that action was taken to prevent them happening again.

This should be looked at in the same light as 1996 Dunblane in Scotland. A tragedy for all the families except the shooter. Ignore all the gun rights nonsense as it’s too ingrained in US culture to change. It’s a pity this whole event will be forgotten quicker than Dunblane and the debate will rage for all but one week until a celebrity speaks some irrelevant nonsense to make the news and the world will move on.