One simple thing that would have definitely, without question prevented the school shooting in Texas

[Ohioboy]

That something would have been a simple waiting period!

The shooter literally bought the guns mere days before the shootings.

The kids were 2 days away from being on summer break. Even a short waiting period of a week would have prevented those kids from being shot in that school.

Tell it to the gun humpers that always claim nothing could have prevented it.

[Srkdqltr]

1. If they had locked the doors.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. That Shocks Me

I sub at 15 different schools. There are NEVER any unlocked doors from 15-20 minutes before students go in, until final bell.
I have to get buzzed in, even if I only went to the car to eat lunch with sports radio on. EVERYWHERE!
I'm shocked this school didn't have all outside doors locked.

[Srkdqltr]

7. Yes my first thought too. I have to be buzzed in to pick up my granddaughter and sign her out.

We don't have the luxury of not locking doors anywhere.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. In Many Of The Schools I Visit...

... exit doors are alarmed.
In one school during COVID, when giving junior high kids a mask break, we were instructed, day by day, which doors were disarmed in the morning & which were in the afternoon. Then every class taking that outdoor break went out that set of doors.
The next day the set of doors were different.
So, they even had a strategy for disarming the alarms on the exit doors.

[Ohioboy]

4. I'm talking about a gun law that would have prevented it

They always claim there are no laws that would prevent things like this. Well, in this case, a simple law would have prevented it. And, it would not be a law that goes against the 2nd Amendment.

[Srkdqltr]

8. Lock the g.d. door. Laws are good but safety measures are best.

[Ohioboy]

9. Locking the doors is good. Safety measures are great.

But, in this case a waiting period may have kept a gun out of this guys hands until after the kids were out of school for the year.

[Scrivener7]

11. Keep the g.d. gun out of the hands of the 18 year olds. There's a safety measure for you.

[uponit7771]

18. ... then he would've waited till the got out of school onto the buses.

[Zeitghost]

2. Prevented?

Or delayed? I haven't seen anything that leads me to believe he would have changed his mind.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. In 3 Days, The School Would Have Been Empty

I get that he might have found another soft target, but those kids wouldn't have been in that building.
Their last day of school was to be the 27th.

[Ohioboy]

6. Prevented! My point is school would have been out for the year

I guess he could have delayed it until next school year.

[librechik]

10. Thanks for this, although I don't know why.

I guess it gives me hope that someone in the future could be saved by that one action.

[Ohioboy]

14. It's one of those things that nobody knows

In other words, if there had been a waiting period that would have allowed the school to be empty before the shooter got the gun, we would not even be talking about this.

That's the beauty of certain regulations- we never know just how well they might be working.

[msongs]

16. school I worked at doors were supposed to be locked at all times except when actually going in and

out and if the intruder on campus warning was announced we were supposed to not open the door and let anyone come in no matter what. sorry kids, if u got stuck outside then

[Scrivener7]

13. Beto's 4 points:

1) Universal background checks
2) stop selling AR15s
3) red flag laws and extreme risk protection orders
4) safe storage laws

All have widespread bipartisan support.

Those are things we could do. If only the NRA and their acolyte "responsible gun owners" and their bought-and-paid-for politicians would get out of the damn way.

[brer cat]

15. I agree with Beto.

[uponit7771]

19. +1,

[Lunabell]

17. No legal guns until 18.

No military weapons for civilians. And no body armor for civilians.