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Fumesucker

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21. The Newtown killer shot his way through a glass door

Reply to badtoworse (Reply #19)

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:36 PM

Apr 2013

Have you looked at schools recently? They tend to have a lot of glass these days for a nice airy feel.

Short of putting bars on the windows how would you keep a determined attacker out of this building?

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And this is what we have become. villager Apr 2013 #1

Along time ago. nt LWolf Apr 2013 #20

Violence in schools is down more than 50% from 20 years ago Recursion Apr 2013 #26

And you know what dad? nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #2

God forbid we fucking disarm, nooooo. Robb Apr 2013 #3

Hey, it's new markets! silverweb Apr 2013 #13

Of course. Let us all now invest in 3M Robb Apr 2013 #16

You can bet that's how a lot of people are reading it. silverweb Apr 2013 #17

I'd be happy to disarm... Alva Goldbook Apr 2013 #34

Sniff, sniff. Yup. Robb Apr 2013 #35

The Guardian, they're making fun of us you know n/t Fumesucker Apr 2013 #4

Land of the free, Home of the brave ... GeorgeGist Apr 2013 #5

Thanks NRA and right wing gun nuts Cali_Democrat Apr 2013 #6

No, wearing bullet proof clothing is a lot different from wearing a safety belt. nt ladjf Apr 2013 #7

So, school-children being massacred by guns is now considered normal and expected. arcane1 Apr 2013 #8

No, that was 20 years ago Recursion Apr 2013 #27

But then we can't forget their heads... ljm2002 Apr 2013 #9

yeah go all the way marions ghost Apr 2013 #30

Minnesota school district gets bulletproof whiteboards Eugene Apr 2013 #10

We're living in a fucking science-fiction dystopia! LongTomH Apr 2013 #11

"Homeland Security" has been bery, bery good....for some! WinkyDink Apr 2013 #12

Hey, some of this sounds like a damn good idea. Alva Goldbook Apr 2013 #14

No, you really wouldn't see any problem, would you? Pretty sad. (nt) Paladin Apr 2013 #15

Leaving aside the fact that it wouldn't, I doubt they'd be in most parents' budgets. (nt) Posteritatis Apr 2013 #23

Now we only have to hope the shooter doesn't have anything stronger than a 9mm Incitatus Apr 2013 #18

We need to protect schools as the strategic asset that they are badtoworse Apr 2013 #19

The Newtown killer shot his way through a glass door Fumesucker Apr 2013 #21

When I went to elementary school.... Alva Goldbook Apr 2013 #28

I remember those kind of windows on the doors in my school. newmember Apr 2013 #31

America has become a dystopia. Uzair Apr 2013 #22

Not really. Schools are the least violent they have been in at least 40 years Recursion Apr 2013 #25

20 years too late. That was the peak level of violence in schools. Recursion Apr 2013 #24

Yep, sell us more stuff Lifelong Protester Apr 2013 #29

Maybe 150 mass shooting a year! Kids make up very few of them..... Logical Apr 2013 #32

Sign of the times usGovOwesUs3Trillion Apr 2013 #33