'At least EIGHT people' are killed after gunman storms Texas high school before being taken alive by

[Soph0571]

police

A gunman was taken into custody after opening fire and killing at least eight people inside Santa Fe High School this morning.

The Santa Fe Independent School District said in a Facebook post just after 9am local time that the situation has been 'contained' and 'there have been confirmed injuries.'

The station KHOU reported, citing a federal official and a county official close to the investigation that at least eight people were fatally shot and a law enforcement officer was injured.

Law enforcement officials were sweeping the campus for possible explosives after students reported seeing the gunman toss something into a classroom.

But ...But... Guns don't kill people... Those poor children

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Horrible, horrible...indeed, those poor children. n/t

[KG]

2. I take comfort in the notion that guns arent a problem

[GeorgeGist]

3. The 2nd Amendment has become a death trap.

Time to repeal.

[hack89]

4. It would make no difference

it already allows the type of gun control that could potentially prevent incidents like this.

[Ohiogal]

5. The next person I hear who says

that crap about "a good guy with a gun"........."guns keep us safe...."

POW, right in the kisser! Or a brick through the TV!

[yallerdawg]

6. Unbelievable and unspeakable tragedy.

This cannot go on.

Just yesterday - I shit you not - my wife dreamed a shooter was at my son's work/study at university. She called him and warned him to watch out.

This is now in our American psyche, our American zeitgeist.

An American tragedy we watched unfold.

[Soph0571]

7. It will go on

I am sure that there will be parents of children killed today who will swear on the 2nd amendment as their children are put in their grave. This is Texas after all