Steve CoxKonto zweryfikowane

We should have universal background checks, but in a society without universal healthcare, it’s unlikely we’ll stop many people with mental-health issues from buying guns *legally* because you need a *diagnosis* which costs a lot of money. 7/

And with this many unregistered guns out there, the bigger problem becomes our inability to stop sick people from obtaining these weapons through *illegal* means. We have 98,000 public schools. Doing the math, that’s a minimum of 3,265 *unregistered* guns *per school*. 8/

I’m sorry, but the numbers are the numbers, & they indicate that gun laws will *not* prevent these things from happening. But there *are* things we *can* do to prevent school shootings, & other mass shootings. Universal (inc. mental) healthcare is a great start. 9/

And I believe we can take a page out of what’s working in commercial flight, where Air Marshals fly while armed, and allow faculty to choose to go through the same background checks and training as Air Marshals, adjusted for schools, then carry concealed. School Marshals. 10/

Because these children are *entitled* to protection from these sick people. And frankly, I believe that many school shootings will be prevented outright just by allowing School Marshals to become reality, even if there aren’t any on most campuses. 11/

Because, as with Air Marshals, nobody would know who is or is not carrying a weapon except for the essential “crew”, and in the case of schools, that would be the Principles and Vice Principles. This is the only way I’ve been able to think of that gives these kids a chance. 12/

And the thing is, Democrats who push this “gun legislation” narrative *must* know these numbers, and if they don’t, they should not be in the business of pushing legislation. If they know these numbers, they know gun laws won’t stop these tragedies. 13/

I suggest that in order to make progress we ISOLATE each topic involved (I.e. Mental Health, AR15's, Gun Laws, Illegal Possession) and LEAVE THE WORDS "DEMOCRAT" and "REPUBLICAN" *OUT*