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Here we go again, another school shooting. This time in Texas
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<blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3785889" data-attributes="member: 35603"><p>And this provides a glimpse at how statistics can be managed to create the appearance of effectiveness.</p><p></p><p>Society: Too many teenagers are dying in car wrecks.</p><p>Government: Change legal driving age to 20.</p><p>Outcome: Far fewer teenagers dying in car wrecks, but the shift of those numbers to the 20-29 demographic get swept under the rug.</p><p></p><p>A similar thing happens when other things are banned. Suddenly VERY few people are getting shot every year, but the spike to stabbings, assault, etc. gets swept under the rug.</p><p></p><p>Humans are a species capable of extreme violence for an unfathomable number of reasons, some more justified than others. We also were gifted with a knack for ingenuity. Take away one tool and a determined person will find another tool or three to fill the void.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The part I still cannot wrap my head around is how LE was pursuing ANYONE that close to a school and the school wasnt notified and placed under full lockdown. I understand the helplessness when a student brings a weapon to a school and causes mass harm, but this wasnt that scenario at all. This was a school making itself available as shelter to someone being actively pursued by LEO. Cattle do a better job of protecting calves when a threat is in the area than we managed to do with our children in that school. Now, all of the attention is being steered to the damn rifle and there will be no real assessments of how to keep this from happening again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wawazat, post: 3785889, member: 35603"] And this provides a glimpse at how statistics can be managed to create the appearance of effectiveness. Society: Too many teenagers are dying in car wrecks. Government: Change legal driving age to 20. Outcome: Far fewer teenagers dying in car wrecks, but the shift of those numbers to the 20-29 demographic get swept under the rug. A similar thing happens when other things are banned. Suddenly VERY few people are getting shot every year, but the spike to stabbings, assault, etc. gets swept under the rug. Humans are a species capable of extreme violence for an unfathomable number of reasons, some more justified than others. We also were gifted with a knack for ingenuity. Take away one tool and a determined person will find another tool or three to fill the void. The part I still cannot wrap my head around is how LE was pursuing ANYONE that close to a school and the school wasnt notified and placed under full lockdown. I understand the helplessness when a student brings a weapon to a school and causes mass harm, but this wasnt that scenario at all. This was a school making itself available as shelter to someone being actively pursued by LEO. Cattle do a better job of protecting calves when a threat is in the area than we managed to do with our children in that school. Now, all of the attention is being steered to the damn rifle and there will be no real assessments of how to keep this from happening again. [/QUOTE]
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