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It's federal law. Maybe there are some loopholes, but if you have a record it's going to be known when your paperwork is being done. Additionally, if you buy two or more firearms at once, the ATF is going to get a form with your info. At this point, they may monitor your social media if they can find it. Not 100% on that and I don't really care what their policy is. There aren't enough 'local authorities' to actually keep up with that monitoring. Red flag laws supposedly work where they are in place, but it's a system that can be abused very easily and there are questions about violation of privacy, and unlawful search/seizures.",Gun control laws don't work,x -Reddit,"It sounds like you have been listening to CNN too much. We don't have a gun problem despite what you have heard. We have a mental health problem. Just based on FBI stats, a person is much more likely to be stabbed to death or beaten with a blunt object than a gun, any gun. Even then, 60% of all guns are suicide. All rifles make up 4% of guns deaths and what you call ""assault style"" rifles make up a percentage of those, mass shootings a percentage of those, and school shootings a percentage of those. The chance is 1 in millions.",This is because of mental health, -Reddit,"Fact: Every time you leave your house, you are roughly 100X more likely to be killed by a drunk driver than by a mass shooter. One. Hundred. Times. More. Likely. There are more than 10,000 killed by drunk drivers in the US every year — more than 27 a day, every, single, day. Mass shootings are virtually non-existent by comparison. So if you are going to lose sleep, lose sleep over drunk drivers. If you want to ban something and have it actually make a difference, ban alcohol.",, -Reddit,"Very complex issue. Unfortunately, even if all these things went right and worked, we'd still have mass shootings. Why is that? Million dollar question. Is it guns? I don't think so. Is it mental health? Maybe. The economy screwing people over? That happens, but then why harm so many others? Maybe it's a combination. Maybe there's an underground terror ring that wants us all disarmed... alright no tin foil hats lol.",We don't have enough data,x -Reddit,"Don't take you legal knowledge from TV or movies. Writers can only knowledgably write about things they know about, and then follow cliches for what they don't. The amount of fertilizer that you need to buy in the US to get put on any kind of RADAR is crazy high: it is typically more than the typical garden supply store will have on hand and of a specific kind that isn't available at the majority of them anyway.",, -Reddit,"What you are recommending definitely violates the 4th (searches and seizures) and 5th (due process - innocent until proven guilty) amendments. In the US, law enforcement is not permitted to snoop on people unless there has been a quantifiable belief that they are committing a crime, not just they ""could be"" committing a crime. You are proposing that someone that simply ""could"" commit a crime be investigated.",, -Reddit,"There's nothing in the 2nd amendment that says what I'm suggesting is a violation. Having and owning a gun is a big responsibility, in fact, you have God's power when you wield a gun, because God has the power to take someone's life, and you as a gun owner have that power too, and as Spider-Man says, ""With great power comes great responsibility,"" and I feel like most Americans take that power for granted.",, -Reddit,"Also, it's worth it to point out that in terms of risk, your nephew is far more likely to be injured in a lightning strike than die in a school shooting. School shootings (like the type you are imagining, the numbers on this being such a rare event are easily manipulated) are incredibly rare. I forget the statistic but he is in multiple times the amount of danger riding in a car vs school shootings.",, -Reddit,"Pretty much everything you just said is a violation of the second, fourth, and fifth amendment. Police don't get to ask me about my purchases because I haven't committed a crime. Per the Constitution, the police are not even supposed to look aty activity unless they have evidence that I have committed a crime. Also, per the Constitution, I am under no obligation to answer any questions.",, -Reddit,"So since you have nothing to hide, you would be fine with your Countries IRS looking at all your bank information and searching your house? Since you have nothing to hide you would be fine with the police searching your car and house whenever they want? You would be fine with the police being allowed to put a tracker on your phone and search your phone and computer whenever they want?",, -Reddit,"Now, for me, the only people that would be against the local authorities snooping on them when they buy lots of guns and ammo, especially assault style ones, are those with something to hide, those with criminal records, if you are a law abiding citizen with no criminal record, then you'd welcome the authorities looking you up, because you have nothing to hide.",, -Reddit,"As a liberal atheist gun owner, and near 2A absolutist, guns are a big responsibility to be soberly and strictly protected in the home. The government has absolutely no business harassing or questioning what is, in our ultimate legal document, a 100% legal behavior, regardless of the type, number, configuration, appearance, etc of that type of arm.",Protect gun rights, -Reddit,"How would you like to be that one federal agent? The one that goes around asking everyone about stuff they bought that's none of their business? I figure that would be the one guy that nobody liked. ""Hey make Phil do it, I'm tired of telling him to go fuck himself, let's put that burden on society today and have some peace around the office"".",Protect gun rights, -Reddit,You do realize you are more likely to be struck by lightning then die in a school shooting right? Why not be worried about thunderstorms? The only reason why you think guns are so dangerous is because you are the victim of a media propaganda campaign to convince people to willingly give up their right to self defense.,, -Reddit,"Also, ""assault-style"" is a term devoid of meaning in a legal or practical sense. It's a nebulous term that people who find guns personally disagreeable use to make things more emotionally charged. There is no appreciable difference between the category ""assault style"" and ""non-assault style"" on a practical level..",, -Reddit,"TL;DR Authorities are already spread too thin to monitor every new AR owner. It's a very complex problem and nobody has an answer that would please everybody, and there's serious concerns about privacy and rights being violated in an irreversible way, without knowing those measures would even help.",, -Reddit,"They also have to guarantee you a speedy and public trial. They can't hold you in secret and not hold a trial. They also can't use secret witnesses, and you have the right to see all of the evidence against you. Again, criminals have been set free because the Government didn't follow the rules.",, -Reddit,"You either respect the right to privacy or you don't. Using the ""You would only care if you had something to hide"" line is weak. Would you be fine with the police being able to search your house whenever? If not, then you might understand. If you don't mind, then we simply disagree.",Protect gun rights, -Reddit,"What quantifies ""a lot of"" A lot to me is different than you. When I was thinking I was going to be a competitive shooter I shot 200 rounds a day minimum. Sounds like a lot? I bough ammo by the case every week. Plus more if I was ""just having fun"" or having some friends over.",, -Reddit,"Psychpaths will kill no matter what if it's in their twisted mind to do so. And they will use whatever means necessary, like knives, bombs, or gasoline. Where do you start with ""notifying the police""? More importantly, where do you stop? It's not a Second Amendment issue.",This is because of mental health,x -Reddit,"Similarly, should the government be informed when I buy ""a large amount"" of gasoline? What is ""a large amount"" and who gets to say? I used to have a minibike and kept a 5 gallon can of gas. Sometimes I'd fill up mine and my friends. Should the police have been notified?",, -Reddit,Your nephew has a much higher chance of being run over in the street by a drunk driver than he has being even at a school that has an active shooter event. A combination of the size of the US and the media overplaying them makes them seem like an everyday event here.,, -Reddit,"Having and owning a gun is a big responsibility, in fact, you have God's power when you wield a gun, because God has the power to take someone's life, and you as a gun owner have that power too, and as Spider-Man says, ""With great power comes great responsibility,""",It's a societal decline problem,x -Reddit,"If you weaken the right to keep and bear arms, you can by analogy do the same exact thing to all of the other rights. The Bill of Rights is not ala carte: You don't get to pick and choose which rights you can protect and which ones you can let fall by the wayside.",Protect gun rights, -Reddit,"In addition to the whole ""if you're not doing anything wrong, you don't have to worry"" problem, you should probably familiarize yourself with the existing laws and regulations that are already in place. I know everyone on the internet is an expert but seriously.",Protect gun rights, -Reddit,"And the majority of the people who do that kind of thing are likely to be collectors. I mean, honestly, you can't wield more than two guns at once, and if you want to hit anything and you aren't Jerry Miculek, you can basically only wield one at a time anyway.",, -Reddit,Your nephew will be fine. Most school shootings are usually two adults at a football game who get into an argument. Targeted mass shootings like sandy hook are much more rare and your nephew is more likely to be hit by a car than be shot by any gun at his age.,, -Reddit,"Actually, the Second Amendment prevents that in the same way that the First Amendment prevents the government from spying on you or putting you on a list because you bought a book or books of a certain type, or joined a certain church or organization.",, -Reddit,"What do you mean by a lot of ammo? I'm genuinely curious. Most people that can afford it go through a thousand rounds in a single range day. I know I do. If you are questioning every person who does that, you will need massive resources and manpower.",, -Reddit,And those that report school shootings lack ethics on what they report. A bus window is broken by a BB (2mm hard sphere)? It’s a school shooting. Two teachers have a fling & one brings a gun & shoots the other? It’s counted as a school shooting.,, -Reddit,"<<>Rachael Kares, an 18-year-old senior, ...............said she heard additional shots while she fled, but was most concerned about getting home to her 3-year-old son.<<",, -Fox News,Keep your kids off social media and keep them more safe. It’s criminal how these platforms have been allowed unabated and unaccountable destruction of our social fabric. ,This is because of social media, -Fox News,"Yes, because people can’t defend themselves. The people who wish to do harm aren’t going to say oh I can’t do it here. It’s a gun free zone. Let’s have some common sense.",, -Fox News,"A school official already has lamented the fact that there are too many guns around. Well, there were plenty of guns around 60 years ago and these shootings didn’t happen.",, -Fox News,You think every school can afford what an international airport can afford? That's gonna be a huge expansion in government spending. Are you willing to pay the extra taxes? ,, -Fox News,This one time at Band Camp... lol... but good for her. She is back in school and she is playing jazz. Probably going to be a great human being. Sounds like a good mom too.,, -Fox News,Brace for ridiculous amounts of blathering about Gun Control and how disarming the law abiding citizens will somehow make them safer from those who care nothing for the law. ,, -Fox News,"Perry High School is ranked 212-317th within Iowa. The total minority enrollment is 64%, and 51% of students are economically disadvantaged. That tells us a lot right there! ",, -Fox News,"The population is predominantly white (92.3%), followed by Hispanic/Latino (3.4%), and smaller percentages of other ethnicities? We, the people want to see the suspect/s face",, -Fox News,"Luckily, there was very few students and faculty in the building, which I think contributed to a good outcome. No other developed nation would acknowledge this as a success. ",, -Fox News,"Now that the suspects social and political beliefs are known, at least based on his social media..this story will disappear fast from the media. Not the narrative they wanted.",Democrats are the problem, -Fox News,"So, a criminal ignored the ""Gun Free Zone"" signs. Huh, I thought those were put there to protect the students? And he's a minor, so I'm guessing he did not obtain the gun legally.",, -Fox News,"when seconds count, the police will be there within minutes.... It took 7 minutes for them to arrive, this is why every school should have armed guards with long guns and handguns. ",, -Fox News,"More guns = less crime as Dr. John Lott proved years ago. Time to have armed cops on campus, problem solved. Aren't the kids worth as much as a bank or courthouse or weed dispensary?",, -Fox News,"If the govt was serious about “gun free zones” they would install metal detectors at every entrance of a school. Our children, who need protected the most, are the most unprotected. ",, -Fox News,Banning citizens the right to own firearms in an effort to eliminate gun deaths is akin to banning sober drivers the privilege to drive in an effort to eliminate drunk driving deaths.,, -Fox News,How many terrorists have commandeered our planes since 9/11? So does the government really care about solving school shootings or is it more valuable to them as a political chess piece?,, -Fox News,"Brandon's America is the catalyst for mental issues and rage. The stress, anxiety, lack of purpose, coordinated confusion, and the propagating of division and hate are too much to bear.",Democrats are the problem, -Fox News,Nice deflection. So how do you explain that murder rates in the U.S. are off the charts higher than all other western nations. Similar culture to U.S. (maybe a bit more liberal). Why? ,, -Fox News,"Let's go back to love of community, country, family and support kids playing. Time to ditch the isolation victim hood and ""political attacks"" which have dominated the fn left for decades. ",, -Fox News,"Quick reminder Biden served in the US senate from 1973-2009. Then was VP from 2009-2017. And has been ""president"" since 2021. No one is more responsible for the national debt....than Biden.",, -Fox News,"When you control guns, you only control the law abiding. Chicago and many, many blue crime ridden streets have proven this time and again. Those places have the best gun laws on the books. ",, -Fox News,And those same guns in those rifle racks stayed right there. No one messed with another person’s guns and those guns didn’t jump out of the pickup and harm anyone. It ain’t the guns people. ,, -Fox News,"No it is not. Until we go back to being tough on crime, none of our communities will be safe again. Outlaws don't fear real prosecution because it no longer exists as a deterrent to crime. ",, -Fox News,"Anyone here surprised this doesn’t happen more? With mental health going downhill faster than Bode Miller, why isn’t this a daily occurrence? THAT is more shocking than the actual shooting…….",This is because of mental health, -Fox News,"Mostly because we don't want to fortify schools. What we want - more than half the US - is to limit the type of rifles available to the civilian population, as well as limits on magazine sizes.",, -Fox News,"In addition to looking like a federal holding facility, every Midwestern school has a giant electronic sign outside displaying the time and temperature, like they're the Farmer's Bank and Trust.",, -Fox News,"If Governments can afford to put metal detectors and other security measures, including armed police in courthouses and courtrooms then they should be securing schools the same way or better. ",, -Fox News,"Remember in 22 when the Republicans put forth a bill to put armed security in all the schools, and every single Democrats voted against it? Read about it. Then you will know exactly who to blame.",, -Fox News,I graduated in 1992(South Louisiana). We carried guns in our cars and trucks. Most were hanging on a rack in clear view with doors unlocked. Never had a school shooting. Guns aren’t the problem. ,, -Fox News,Why doesn’t the government put a magnetometer on the entrance of all public schools? Maybe it’s because the ceasing of school shootings puts a damper on their ability to trash the 2nd amendment.,, -Fox News,I went to a small school in Iowa in the 70s. We had guns in our window racks on our trucks. We didn't have the nonsense we see in every single institution we held dear. My how times have changed. ,, -Fox News,Officers responded within seven minutes of the active shooter alarm....that's a lifetime when someone is trying to kill you and why gun-free zones are nothing more than target-rich environments. ,, -Fox News,Why can’t we take some of those billions going to Ukraine and fortify our schools? The US department of state funds millions to international schools overseas for security but does nothing at home. ,, -Fox News,"So how many more years before Hunter goes to prison and Joe gets impeached & prosecuted for his crimes against America (stealing, lying, the border and NO law & order enforcement with consequences!?",, -Fox News,"I tell democrats, you may not like guns and that’s your right. You may not believe in God, and that’s your choice. But if someone breaks into your home, the first two things you’re going to do are…",, -Fox News,That figure is just a random guess that was first made in the 1960s. It is unsubstantiated and meaningless. It doesn’t matter how many gun laws there are … what matters is whether they are effective. ,, -Fox News,I used to goto school with a gun rack in the back window of my truck. Never ever a school shooting. Then liberal zero brain politics banned guns everywhere. And this is the result. Thanks dems. ,, -Fox News,18-year-old senior student had to run with her 3 yr old son. The assault on the nuclear family by the government has created all these issues. It shouldn't be mass confusion on Father's Day in Harlem.,, -Fox News,So ban guns? Is that the answer? And then when we’re an armless society the government can do what ever it wants. I am not a gun guy or a conservative but I can see the importance of the 2nd amendment!,, -Fox News,"This is tragic, however it has nothing to do with my right to bear arms. Actually, it wouldn’t surprise me if the government isn’t sending these shooters in in order to use it to take away arms rights.",, -Fox News,It's amazing how many Democrats think it's perfectly reasonable to expect that I should have to surrender my rights as a gun owner because some lunatic kid shot up his own school a thousand miles away. ,, -Fox News,"A metal detector and armed security guard at the only open entrance, and all other entrances locked, would have prevented this. ""Gun control"" will only protect the criminals who want to commit gun crime. ",, -Fox News,Midwest and that school is 55% Hispanic. Could be gang issues and since most of the students are likely illegal ( that’s not racism it’s just considering the demographics) the gun was likely also illegal. ,, -Fox News,"So this administration hired 87,000 new IRS agents but added no extra security measures for school safety officers when they allocated that money for collecting revenue. What a waste these politicians are.",, -Fox News,Watching the sheriff’s press conference revealed so little. He did say that the there was longer a threat. Did shooter take his life or was he shot? Are there any fatalities? Lots still not known. ,, -Fox News,"Sad that we have people who are mentally unstable to this degree and being ignored by those who could keep these things from happening, in must instances. It’s not guns but person using that’s the problem. ",This is because of mental health,x -Fox News,I'm always amazed that people will agonize about needing a new law... what? I thought murder is illegal. I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest these perpetrators aren't concerned with the law in most cases.,, -Fox News,Train teachers and allow them to carry at school. That seven minute response time will go to seconds and save possibly hundreds of lives per year. It also will possibly make potential shooters go elsewhere. ,, -Fox News,"We know the guns are out there and we know the bad people are out there too. Even in the places that have banned gun ownership for citizens, they still have as many or more armed criminals as anywhere else. ",, -Fox News,Police were on scene within seven minutes... seven minutes is an eternity when you're under fire. I prefer to carry my concealed weapon and take responsibility for my own safety and the safety of my students.,, -Fox News,Many of those air marshalls have been redeployed to the Southern border to make sandwiches and travel arrangements for Joe's invading hordes. Don't look for Biden's administration to protect Americans anywhere.,, -Fox News,"Anyone with intelligence knows the root cause of this. All others want to make it political. If we had any passionately intelligent politicians, this issue would be at least halfway to being solved already. ",, -Fox News,Schools are trying to get into the parenting roll totally agree and the people voting for the same school board year after year are the ones responsible. My school district does not have any of those problems. ,, -Fox News,My husband and I have been to Perry a few times. We used to stay at the hotel patee. Had cousins that lived in Minburn Iowa. Haven’t been back in about 20 years. Yes it was a very small town. Very quiet community.,, -Fox News,Democrats are really pushing their anti gun agenda hard. Hardly had any mass shooting while trump and presidents were in office. Since biden came in they are practically common place anymore. Research the numbers. ,, -Fox News,"Fantastic work by law enforcement in their response time. Can't wait to here Uncle Joe and the Democrats later today. Should take them all of 45 minutes or so to start demonizing guns, the NRA and the 2nd Amendment. ",, -Fox News,The solution isn't to abolish the second amendment. Because it is a God-given right to be able to defend yourself. It's enumerated in our constitution so people like Democrats can't just take it away on any given day.,, -Fox News,"While other countries have similar levels of mental illness, none have the levels of mass shootings that the United States does. Moreover, countries with strong gun oversight experience significantly less gun violence",, -Fox News,"I recognized that as well. It was meant to pull your heartstrings and signal what a caring single parent she was, but all I could think of was she reproduced at 15 with no means to support a child. Complete parent fail.",, -Fox News,"There is no ""maybe"" to it....parents MUST start paying more attention to their children, their friends, their teachers and where they spend their time. Parents absolutely can not rely on others to raise their children!",, -Fox News,"Getting rid of guns won't change the makeup of young people today. They are either good of bad. People best wake up to the fact kids today lack a moral character. A moral character is taught, it doesn't come naturally. ",, -Fox News,Zero wrong with a culture that values and respects gun rights....the issue is not related to restricting guns.....its the culture that tries to. Making kids conform to bizarre left insanity has broken our young people. ,, -Fox News,"Not to distract from a sad story and another mentally ill person harming others; however, I do feel sorry for the 3 year old with an 18 year old student mother mentioned in the article. Separate issue but important one.",Other, -Fox News,"Before the screaming for banning firearms begins on the left, I want to scream for realistic armed security. Including scanning backpacks and wanding those wishing to enter and better access control. This is simple to do",, -Fox News,Not sure but the Democrats want to put all Republicans Trump the NRA the gun Manufacturers the whole town of the manufacture that sold the gun the bullet manufacturers and GOD in jail because of it instead of the shooter,, -Fox News,Democrats (gun Grabbers) don't care about your kids. Theirs are in private schools with public or private security teams. Yours make for good political fodder. Evil exists and Democrats think more laws will eliminate it.,, -Fox News,"You mean back before there was an internet? Life has changed, and society has changed, so we must decide whether doing nothing is the solution. I don't have a solution, but doing nothing does not seem like a good plan. ",Other - policy, -Fox News,"The right to own guns is not up for arbitration, negotiation or debate. It is a directive to the government that they do not have the authority to infringe upon our rights because they come from God and not a government.",, -Fox News,"The real senseless tragedy is the media coverage of these things, which encourages others to seek their own moment of ""glory."" Narcissism at its worst. Of course our twisted desire to know all about it feeds the process.",, -Fox News,"While there is a second amendment to the constitution, I will continue to own my guns. Neither I nor my 20+ guns had anything to do with this shooting and I refuse to allow the actions of others to impinge upon my rights.",, -Fox News,I told my husband bet nickels to donuts this was the case before it came out. The mass shooter at Perry High has been identified as Dylan Butler It appears that the shooter was an online LGBTQ activist & part of the community,, -Fox News,"It happened, even then. It just wasn't media blitzed the way it is now. You may have heard about it on the 7:00 national news the day it happened. Now, we get 10 days of constant coverage and many shooters want that ""fame"".",, -Fox News,More minors are killed in one year from texting while driving than 20 years of school shootings. Start banning cell phones in cars for minors. Then I just might believe people care about children’s lives as much as they say they do.,, -Fox News,"Did the school have an on duty cop stationed at the school? At the high school where I work, there is a city cop or a state trooper on site every school day. They have their cruiser parked in front of the school for everyone to see. ",, -Fox News,"Try the ACLU for starters. They're the ones who insisted on shutting down the state-run mental hospitals back in the 1960s, claiming that the patients should be allowed to live without restraints...all backed by the Democratic party.",, -Fox News,"Thankfully all of the students had not yet arrived. America has a very high percentage of school shootings and should be taking a long, hard look at themselves. This certainly wasn't the case when I was in school, wonder what changed.",, -Fox News,"This country has lost it's moral compass. Law and order, the nuclear family, respect for authority, secure borders, decency, and each citizens ability to handle loss, stress, and disappointment are requirements for a civilized society.",, -Fox News,"State Mental Facilities started closing in the 1970's and 80's. Mentally ill people are now living among us and some will act violently. I'm saying we should open Mental Facilities back up, just indicating what changed from 50 years ago.",, -Fox News,"And now, the USA is notorious for school shootings. ?? Just in mid-2K, my 3 girls had jobs the minute they turned 14. They could if they had our permission, as long as they kept their grades up, and they loved having their own paychecks.",, -Fox News,"This is the result when you take God out of school. Kids growing up now have no fear of the authorities, no accountability for their actions, no one to account for, they see no value in human lives. Bring God back. That’s the only answer.",, -Fox News,"There has been a significant uptick in Mas Shootings ever since 'No Law and Order President Joe Biden became Leader of America '. Trump will get blamed along with Republicans, none of whom were in attendance for the Alledged mass shooting. ",, -Fox News,Gun laws don't stop mass killers. Almost all commit suicide. That means punishment doesn't make any difference. Almost all show mental health problems. Like in this case. We need much better mental health care to prevent murder suicides.,This is because of mental health, -Fox News,My high school had a small bore rifle range in the basement! Can you imagine that! I learned to shoot there and led to national rifle team in later years. Camp Perry military competition after that. Thank you Montgomer Blair High School!,, -Fox News,These events never occurred when guns were more readily available and easier to obtain. Perhaps more gun control is not the remedy. How many more senseless deaths will it take before we pursue the right answer to the mental health question?,, -Fox News,"Not that simple. Can't force mental health assistance on people except for extreme situations. There is also a deficit of available professionals, especially in urban and rural communities. Waitlist can be months, even in upscale communities.",, -Fox News,"The party that demands abortion up to and immediately after birth is on here, squealing about banning guns to keep children safe. That's hilarious. The NRA has never killed anyone, but Planned Parenthood kills roughly 1700 children every day!",, -Fox News,"Lack of instilling accountability and values in kids, video games that make mass murder fun, and social media are all to blame. 50 years ago we carried pocket knives to school, rifles in pickup trucks, and rarely an incident like is common today. ",It's a societal decline problem, -Fox News,The advise our government offers is to run and hide. They train the populace to run and hide as an involuntary response which works well for them but not so much for the populace. Other nations teach to run towards the event to deter the shooter.,, -Fox News,"While a gun is not capable of transporting itself, loading itself, aiming itself and pulling it’s own trigger, politicians will (once again) scream for more gun control to combat “gun violence” which does not even exist for the reasons stated above. ",, -Fox News,"Yet another tragedy the dems will use to push their gun control agenda. Until our current laws are enforced and criminals are punished, this sort of thing is going to continue to occur. No amount of gun control will make a bit of difference. TRUMP 2024!",, -Fox News,"Yeah, where I lived the teachers and staff are armed. I went to a basketball tournament in another school district and it clearly stated on the entrance that the teachers were armed. Funny how no school shootings have occurred where teachers are armed.",, -Fox News,So sad. Too bad mental illness is embraced and celebrated by some when they actually need help. When kids can identify as something or someone they clearly are not how is that helping? Or throw them pills instead of really finding out whats wrong. ??,, -Fox News,I went to high school in a small west Texas town. I drove a 1957 Apache Fleetside with three on the tree and my easy rider rifle rack. I kept not one but two of my favorite rifles in it. The lock didn’t even work on the passenger side. Times have changed!,, -Fox News,"I went to school in South Dakota those days. I wouldn't say that we were any more moral. We just liked to punch each other more than shoot each other, but there was a lot of punching. And yes, we did have our guns in our car to road hunt to and from school. ",, -Fox News,Carried 12 gauge pump and a lever action 30-30 in my gun rack. I absolutely hated school all the teachers administrators and most of the students. At no time did I ever consider shooting anyone. I was raised differently. Only a coward would shoot up a school.,, -Fox News,It’s more of a bullying issue even than mental health. A lot of the times bullying is the cause of someone’s mental health. Kids are cruel and laws really should be passed to make it a serious crime. Fine the parents steep fines for bullying that will stop it. ,This is because of bullying,x -Fox News,Exactly. Everybody had guns back then and there was no stigma to owning guns either. Yet we never had this insanity going on in those days. Kids were suspended from school for things like smoking in the bathrooms or getting into fist fights with other students.,, -Fox News,"this was never an issue back when I went to school some 30+years ago. We didn't have so many kids with gender/mental health issues as we do today. These kids are the problem, too many mentally ill people out there. This is sad however, deal with the real problem.",This is because of mental health, -Fox News,"I think liberals actually know guns aren't the problem but their goal is to hate and fight fellow citizens. Let's face it, it's simple logic. We don't ban any cars for drunk driving deaths even though there are 3x more prevalent nor do we ban spoons for obesity.",, -Fox News,"My kids’ school just sent out a warning to parents to stay off their cell phones in the pickup line because it is dangerous and illegal to be operating a motor vehicle while using one. They had to warn parents! Ludicrous behavior from the parents of children, too. ",, -Fox News,"Exactly. No ""quick easy fix"". No ""one and done"" by passing yet another gun law, or posting more ""gun free zone"" signs. Those are easy virtue signaling measures, but will do nothing. Fixing a morally bankrupt society is a bit more complicated than that though isn't it?",, -Fox News,"The media should make a choice to never give the shooter the satisfaction of releasing their name. Just refer to them as ""Another Cowardly Loser"". I believe it might help deter copycat shooters who think such acts will earn them some twisted form of respect or infamy.",, -Fox News,You forgot to mention that also at that time period a 2 minute tops fist fight may break out with few punches thrown and all parties involved typically forget about it by the next day if not immediately as they then try to decide who can find someone to by them beer. ,, -Fox News,"Our main problem is not guns. When civilizations decline, the voiceless and powerless are dehumanized, violence increases, and mass killings become commonplace. Our real problems are the decline of belief in a good and just God, and the decay of decency and civilization.",, -Fox News,"We also do not know, and may never know, what social treatment or motivation was the cause of this. It WOULD be nice if both sides of the causes to these tragedies were known!! All too often, there's information about the shooter that would reflect badly on the victims!!",, -Fox News,"Indeed. We had the county extension agent come to school to teach gun safety. In high school lots of the boys and the teachers had guns so they could leave school and hunt during deer season. No shootings. If someone had a grudge, they'd meet after school and fist fight.",, -Fox News,This didn't happen when we had prayer in school to acknowledge the presence of God and parents took their kids to Church and Sunday school giving them the option to become a Christian. A Christian would never do this. Bet the parents never gave this shooter the option either. ,, -Fox News,"liberals today have no impulse control, back when I was in high school, almost everyone kept their rifles in the vehicles to go hunting after school, and we never thought about shoot up schools, it not the firearms, it is the lack of morals and values that youngsters don't have.",, -Fox News,So you're relying on data from 40 years ago as the problem ? What has kept ALL of the Democratic leaders from paying more attention and refunding mental health facilities if that is the true problem ? Have they been sitting on their hands for the last 40 years ? The answer is YES.,Democrats are the problem, -Fox News,"we get ""one of these"" every two or three weeks. Other countries have mental illness, video games and much lower church attendance rates. What they don't have are ridiculous gun policies with virtually no accountability or responsibility. lets keep doing that Ts and Ps thing though.",Need stricter gun control, -Fox News,"This is a broad societal problem, where we have a country full of broken young people. Blaming objects, suggesting a new law or sign, are both cop-outs. It's much harder to face the real reasons, and to realize that there is no easy fix, we are failing as a society, as families, morally. ",, -Fox News,"To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless, and that the law will permit them to have only such rights and liberties as the lawless will allow.",, -Fox News,"i remember going to school and 90% of the vehicles in the parking lot had some sort of gun in them. shotgun, hunting rifle, and even some handguns. cant remember a single time that a single weapon was ever brought out of any vehicle at any time. its NOT a gun problem, its a society problem. ",, -Fox News,"Yeah, yeah, Iowa is a ""red state"". Now in the 70s and 80s, when guns were just as available in ""red states"", and students used all sorts of ""harmful"" words, nicknames and expressions, and white males were still in charge of ""almost everything"", there were practically no school shootings. Hmmm.",, -Fox News,"It took police seven minutes to get to the school. That’s a lifetime when you have an active shooter he could’ve killed 100 people in that timeframe. This is why all schools need to have armed security, either in the form of police or trained and licensed teachers willing to take on that role.",, -Fox News,Just had real quick press conference at the school. Multiple people shot. Won't say if there are dead. The shooter is down or dead. The shooting happened at 7:37 am before school started. They are refusing to give full details for a few more hours. Multiple ambulances & helicopters transporting. ,, -Fox News,"Yes, it's the morality. It's not the access to guns, because you used to be able to go into any hardware store and buy any gun with no background check at all. And yes, semi-autos existed, just like the ones they're absurdly trying to ban today. It's the morality that's gotten worse, not the guns.",, -Fox News,"This one time, at band camp...",remove, -Fox News,"5) Home school, private schoo...",It's a societal decline problem, -Fox News,And then I and all other property...,remove,x -Fox News,But sadly a different time. ...See more,Other, -Fox News,Notice they never dispatch Social Workers...,Other - policy, -Fox News,Police officers were dispatched to the scene...,Other - policy, -Fox News,"Uvalde, you say? Yeah, I live in Texas. Uva...",Other, -Fox News,As long as our so called leaders (and society) co...,Other, -Fox News,Let's see how social media plays into the shooting...,This is because of social media, -Fox News,The harm a mass shooter may commit is limited to th...,Other, -Fox News,"Dems offer a new plan to confiscate guns in 3, 2, 1...",Protect gun rights, -Fox News,"Gee, then MAYBE we might be able to prioritize the s...",Other, -Fox News,"Who downvotes a simple honest explanation? ?? Although, d...",Other, -Fox News,18 year old senior student with a 3 year old son.............,Other, -Fox News,"It began with social media, which was the downfall of society...",This is because of social media, -Fox News,when we were Founded we had one Gun Control Law that worked...the 2nd...,Protect gun rights, -Fox News,"Likewise, we endure some firearms deaths to ensure the RIGHT to self-d...",, -Fox News,When will politicians who have 24/7 armed security that YOU pay for dism...,remove, -Fox News,"Of course there was still shootings back then, but it seems like the inte...",, -Fox News,I'm glad the 18-year-old senior was able to get home to her 3-year-old son...,remove, -Fox News,", but the left fights it to facilitate more school shootings and more outcry fo...See more",, -Fox News,answering that requires you to define what effective means - for me it would be eliminating fun dea...,remove,x -Fox News,I can see why so many conservatives say they'd never send their kids to public schools - their local scho...,, -Fox News,Hiding in closets or classrooms is simply waiting to die. A determined shooter will defeat most doors or windows a...,, -Fox News,"On, during debate over the Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA), Senate Judiciary Committee member Joe Biden (D-DE) sided with the ...",, -Fox News,"Not sure about others, but I for one feel really safe with 350 million guns in America. Imagine how safe we'll all be with a billion guns....",Protect gun rights, -Fox News,"I have known people that were told by their school district that their child needs to be on Ritalin, adderrall, welbutrin, etc. One of the side ef...",remove, -Fox News,"But there's stickers everywhere on that school. Every entrance. Laws have been passed! This is a ""Gun Free Zone!"" If only the shooter obeyed laws...",, -Fox News,"“ —I am convinced that a criminal who wants a firearm can get one through illegal, non-traceable, unregistered sources, with or without gun control, ...",, -Fox News,"Treating a symptom is not a cure for any disease, and this disease will never be cured until the focus is taken off of the symptoms and placed where it belon...",, -Fox News,"Someone should block these people from making stupid statements. There was no good outcome, there are better ways to say it was fortunate that the school classes ...",, -Fox News,"Japan has the lowest crime rate in the world, guns are not banned, but penalties for crime are severe. Steal a loaf of bread, 20 years, murder and you are executed. Harsh penalties are how you stop c...",, -Fox News,"The school district here is first rate but I had been critical of late that the teachers were far too left leaning. well, I still think the teachers and the administration lean too far left but the family is...See more",, -Fox News,"The gun is NOT the problem. The shooter is the problem. For the parents of the underage shooters, it is the accessing of THEIR guns by the child that is another facet of today's mental crisis that allows a child to think that shoot...",Protect gun rights, -Fox News,Sad this happens so often nowadays. And on another note. Asylum seekers use the excuse that the countries they are leaving are unsafe. All this influx of people from other countries put a strain on our school systems and support resources.....,, -Fox News,"This is a multi factorial problem, and blaming the guns is a simplistic ""solution"". And makes little sense, as passing more laws will not solve it - criminals by definition disobey laws. I mean, murder is against the law, but these shooters ignore that one...",, -Fox News,"You hit the nail on the head there. Why do so many of the under-40's turn to violent murder as their solution"" to whatever problem it is they think they have? Certainly it's not because every aspect of their entertainment culture, that they've been consuming since they were small children, is co...",, -Fox News,"Exactly and this issue was forced by the left ( the "" rights"" of the mentally ill ) and some on the right ( cutting budgets for facilities and treatments and some individual rights folks )both .The result is a lot of mentally ill who are often untreated and unsupported in a society that does not h...",This is because of mental health, -Fox News,"In 1951 when I was a junior in high school, the senior class used a fully functional, although obviously unloaded .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol as a prop in a class play and no one gave it a thought. It was simply an inanimate object necessary to the plot of the play. Also back then most of us...",, -Fox News,"Forget the idea that school shooters are Dems or Repubs, or that Trump or Biden are responsible. That narrative completely misses the mark. School shootings, as well as all mass shootings, are the result of mental illness. Political ideology may be the excuse used to justify such actions, but it is...",This is because of mental health,x -Fox News,"I think we should also examine the effects of 'media' in terms of what inspires these shootings. Our culture is inundated with super-violent video games and movies, 'true crime' shows and podcasts, etc. The increase in our society's celebration of and consumption of these things by teenage boys, in...",, -Fox News,This is completely wrong. I can't stand it when people say this. Teenagers with mental illnesses don't talk to their parents about having the desire to kill people. Teenagers don't even tell their parents that they're sneaking out to go drinking. It's mental illness. Period. Why is there more of it...,This is because of mental health, -Fox News,"Today’s kids get a phone/tablet when they are 3 and spend half their lives with their face in it. See them at restaurants with their tablets with handles, riding in the cart in stores etc.. There is a world out there they must learn to cope with that isn't behind a screen. Interactions, rejections,...",, -Fox News,"Perhaps schools are more involved in children's lives because the parent(s) aren't. I taught 1st year English and Philosophy at a Comm College in the Eighties for a short time. Even then, many of the recent high school graduates were woefully uneducated, unprepared and immature. Primary and seconda...",, -Fox News,"The number of civilian-held firearms in Switzerland is of 2.332 million, which given a population of 8.4 million corresponds to a gun ownership of around 27.6 guns per 100 residents. Pretty much proves gun availability isn’t the problem. They’re not only available there, but at one time I think it ...",, -Fox News,"The restrictions in Sweden, although very different in nature, are very different. The obligatory ownership comes through rigorouse training, registration, licensing, and accountability. The same would be possible here, but we have to sit down and agree we have a problem first and then be willing...",, -Fox News,"Many commerical airline fllights have armed US Marshalls on board but schools full of helpless children are left without protection from the mentally ill, with a goal of murdering children. Armed guards as schools would be an improvement. Also there have been numerous other protection alternativ...",, -Fox News,"Everything the shooter did this morning is unlawful. Did it stop the shooting? No, and making more laws will not stop the next one. When will people learn that criminals are in the business of breaking laws, and if you make new laws, you will only be giving them more laws to break? It will not stop...",, -Fox News,"People shoot other people. Guns don't shoot other people. And if they didn't have access to a gun, legally or illegally, they'd use an axe, a knife, a steel rod, a baseball bat, or another weapon of mass destruction. The common denominator is that a person had to be the user of the weapon, not t...",, -Fox News,"Firearms were created as 'distance weapons', wheras the other things you mentioned require getting up close and personal. Firearms with high round capacity were designed to increase body counts. If a suspect walked up to the Principal with an axe, a knife, a steel rod or a baseball bat, if the vict...",, -Fox News,When I was a kid in school the worst thing we had to worry about was getting beat up by some bully. Kids came to school with rifles in their truck back window gun racks but no one ever shot someone. There has been a fundamental change in the mindset of kids today. THAT is what we need to address. N...,It's a societal decline problem, -Fox News,"Used to be most kids had after school jobs. Large numbers of kids were in Boy Scouts (and real Boy Scouts not the watered down version they have now), newspaper delivery routes, greater participation in athletics, more parental supervision, fewer vaccinations and less prescription drug usage. Today...",, -Fox News,"When I graduated high school in the 80s, many kids drove their dads trucks in, with rifles still in the gun racks. Nobody locked their doors. Nobody locked their home either, & most homes had guns in display cases in the front room. Yet...no school shootings. If guns are the reason, please explain....",, -Fox News,"And open borders and the packing plant there on the west side of town. Yeah, I grew up there, left when I turned 18, back in the 1970s. It was always goofy, now it's just crazy. Drug searches in the HS lockers, violence against the teachers, some of my graduating class missed graduation - because t...",, -Fox News,The USA has had 57 times more school shootings than all of the rest of the industrialized countries combined. On average there is what is considers to be a mass shooting on a weekly basis. No other nation comes anywhere close to that. Also Americans own approx 50 percent of all civilian owned guns ...,, -Fox News,"Your point being? What should we do, ignore The Constitution? I might remind you also that the worst mass shooting in history was in Europe. Mass killings happen without guns as well, as illustrated by the terrorist incident in France where 86 people died and over 400 were injured. You people seem ...",, -Fox News,"Gang Shootings, School Shootings and Murder/suicides are not the same thing. Most 'mass' shootings are done with illegal guns. No law you pass will fix the problem. Most these School Shootings, there is a mental health component. How many times do we hear about them having depression or being o...",, -Fox News,"Gun manufacturers can NOT be sued for their guns being used to shoot people. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) of 2005, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7901–7903 protects firearms manufacturers and dealers from being held liable when crimes have been committed with their products. It will not be ...",, -Fox News,"Another ""gun free zone""...where people wanting to do this know there is lower risk. Another headline today from Ohio, ""Researchers say crime rates involving guns dropped in Cleveland, Parma after concealed carry law passed"" If willing teachers and administrators would be allowed to carry, it woul...",, -Fox News,"the clear tale tells of a decaying society...guns have been in American hands for centuries and none of these ever happened before..America is falling apart in the meanwhile our politicians are more worried about DEI and ""Climate Change"" ... the worst is to come..we will default and a possible civi...",, -Fox News,"The packing plant on the far west edge of town. We used to call it ""the pork plant"" back in the 60s and 70s. The smell from their settling pond drifted for miles. The new owners of that packing plant love cheap labor. Yes, it's very very true - my last visit there after my father was killed - that ...",, -Fox News,"Meh, not in Iowa. Farms here are mostly white, run and operated by whites, and they don't hire migrant workers. The work here is planting - all done by a big tractor with a 12 to 16 row planter, maybe some spraying - done by the coop and a huge sprayer, or by airplane, and then harvest - a big comb...",, -Fox News,"You all should research school shootings since the 1700s. There have been multiple school shootings every decade, but there was no internet and 24-hour news to tell everyone. Even though it wasn't a school shooting, a school board member killed more school children in 1927 than any of these shootin...",Other, -Fox News,"As an Iowa educator, I am not surprised by the time of the day in which this incident occurred. Supervision during this time is low with teachers getting ready for the day. Also, students are filtering in and security for the building is not on high alert. The fact that this happened on the firs...",, -Fox News,PERSONALLY I believe that TOO MANY parents are their kids FRIEND and not the PARENT. I'm a retired Sergeant from the NYPD. I'm also a windowed father of 3 teenage boys. I've ALWAYS made it a point to know where my kids were who they were hanging out with and what address. This means that I had to b...,, -Fox News,"Iowa has a Republican Governor. Perry, IA. has a Republican Mayor. Dallas County, IA. has voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000. With a population of 7,700, do you imagine that these citizens would vote for a tax increase to implement the sort of security measures that might im...",, -Fox News,They haven't listed any of the victims aside from the principal. I am sure there will be a lot of speculation and I will add mine. As the shooting happened before school it would seem that children were not the intended victims. This sounds like employee related or love triangle. Like I said specul...,, -Fox News,It’s always been odd that we blame guns and not hold the individual responsible or the root cause. We don’t blame bourbon industry on dui or alcoholism or bad grades on Bic pens. We need to quit focusing on inanimate objects at being at fault. Start focusing on finding a true root cause. Personally...,, -Fox News,"Everyone has an opinion or a comment but our society is broken and we can’t fix it…we have lost our values and it’s lack of faith, community, family, it’s video games, politics, TV, terrible education system, legal system, medical-mental health system - it all adds up to a failed nation, a failed s...",, -Fox News,"As I read these posts I see that every possible cause of these shooting rampages has been mentioned. And then there about an equal number of posts that claim that none of these could be the real cause. And then there are claims that there are other countries where these possible causes exist, yet...",, -Fox News,"Nothing against Law Enforcement. I'm a huge fan, but again, they arrived after the carnage has taken place. They walk around in circles with their AR-15s, on camera, like they did something. Arm some of your teachers and Staff, Hire armed security, or place an Officer in every School. Create jobs....",, -Fox News,"There are HUNDREDS of gun laws in this country at local, state, and federal levels that PROSECUTORS should be charging but are choosing not to do so. LE can arrest all they want (if they're allowed to do their jobs) but if DA's continue soft on crime policies then we'll continue to see these horrib...",, -Fox News,"There is significant peer reviewed research on why this is happening. Much of the reason is violence, sex, lies, and the lack of moral standards in the media, movies, video games, social media, etc. We have become a country with no standards regarding what might be harmful for our society overall. ...",It's a societal decline problem, -Fox News,"I grew up there. PHS grad years ago. Back in the 1970s a teacher was stabbed by a student, it wasn't a big shock to see police checking lockers for drugs. Fast forward to recent decades - the packing plant there has totally changed the town to something I don't recognize. It's probably half Hispani...",, -Fox News,"“What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.”--Elbridge Gerry of...",, -Fox News,"You are right that many are on SSRI's but it is actually the drug working as intended that reduces the fear and anxiety that one may feel about the consequences of their actions. It reduces all anxiety, that which is causing damage, but also that which we might call a conscience. Same reason that s...",, -Fox News,Liberal bastions are the harbingers of hate and intolerance. It disgusts me to no end that liberals feel they must always resort to violence and terror in order to further an agenda or vendetta. Don't obscure this fact with wayward fallacious projections to mental illness and away from political id...,Democrats are the problem, -Fox News,"“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms… disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater ...",, -Fox News,"Sadly, too many people will make this tragedy about guns and whether more laws that restrict law-abiding citizens from attaining them will prevent it in the future. On the other hand, many will suggest that the best response is to increase the number of guns in our schools in ways such as; arming t...",, -Fox News,"Shootings are morality problem and not gun problem. Gradual replacement of meaningful education with politicized indoctrination, plus misdirected tolerance of misbehavior and deviancy have their consequences. It's the proof of the pudding how the new ideas injected to American traditional education...",, -Fox News,"It happened in a town with tons of tensions dating back many years. Bullying was a big issue years ago, then the packing plant was taken over by people who love cheap labor and turn a blind eye to the lack of documents when hiring and now you have racial tensions, a town being turned to trash, it's...",, -Fox News,"When are we going to start addressing the mental health issues these kids suffer at the abuse of social media? Snapchat, TicToc, Instagram etc. Bullying at school is one thing, but no longer can they go home and be away from it. These programs allow relentless bullying. Aside from all the other...",This is because of social media, -Fox News,"Contrary to what the supposed ""experts"" claim, I believe FPS (First person shooter) ""games"" do a lot to desensitize kids to shooting humans. From the moment I saw Doom being played in 1993, I knew it would come to no good. Add to that the immense mental disorder problem within the youth of today, t...",, -Fox News,My dad coached high school basketball there and was a principal there when I was little. Grew up there through 2nd grade. Beautiful little town. Man... so tired of a lack of mental resources for our populace. We just fill kids up with pills for little to no reason and then these things happen over ...,This is because of mental health, -Fox News,"I won't blame the gun here but I will blame the parents. I admit we do not have all the facts here but the kid either stole the gun, or got it from home. If you have guns AND children in your home and you do not have them locked away, YOU deserve as much prison time as your kid gets. You are the pe...",, -Fox News,"I'm tired of everyone saying oh they were mentally ill. No, the reason is there is no punishment. They let murderers out in ten years. We need to stop protecting evil people. Life is life and bring back hanging by the neck till dead. If a parol board or governor releases a murderer if they kill aga...",Be tough on crime, -Fox News,"You want to stop this or a least make some dent in stopping this? Go after the parents. There is no mystery behind why these shooting occur. It's not the guns, but the lack of any moral compass and/or the toxic environment of how they are raised. They don't get that way by themselves. This is what ...",, -Fox News,"So, the percentage of households with guns has declined since the 1970s. We have to consider that most gun owners (myself included) own many firearms. So, whether I have 2 or 200 is very relevant to the number of guns per person in the US, but not to the number of households with guns. Household gu...",, -Fox News,The problems that we are experiencing in society today can be traced to the Left's push for diversity in the late 70' and 80's. It began to fracture the fabric of society and started to push people into their own homogenous groups. These groups were then identified by the Left as underprivileged an...,, -Fox News,"So what some are saying is a gun walked into a school and opened fire? Nobody behind the trigger that is unhinged doing the shooting? Or could it be mental illness, failed educators and their agenda over teaching basics, maybe it's a breakdown of morals. No let's blame a gun for left wing policies...",, -Fox News,"If every gun in the USA disappeared tomorrow, the killer would still murder the same or even more people using other means. It's not guns. It's not ""gun violence""; a term being used to mislead the low information voters. What's so wrong about telling kids they'll have to answer to a higher power if...",, -Fox News,"Guns were once in the back of the pickup truck in the school parking lot. What made them murder weapons? LACK OF---- Parenting, learning moral integrity, consequences, personal responsibility. When everyone gets a participation trophy, it is hard to learn self-control when you lose the game in r...",, -Fox News,"This is a result of the school system, and now it's coming back to them. They're taught at school that misbehavior has no consequences. That their parents have no legal means to discipline them except to take away their phones and they can't do that if needed for school. They're taught everyone is ...",, -Fox News,"Schools' need to add a vestibule of wired and possibly tinted glass between the outside and the school itself. Add a metal detector as affordable. Our Police station has one, with a push to talk button or someone on duty there behind (probably) bulletproof glass. Bollards out front to stop vehicles...",, -Fox News,"According to other news sources, the shooter took their own life. He was apparently the only fatality. He managed to shoot two adults, one of which is the High School Principal, and both adults were transported to the hospital. Still waiting for updates. Apparently there were other people injured, ...",, -Fox News,Here’s the difference…the ‘kids’ now aren’t treated as effectively for mental illness and instead remain with their peers. We’ve also stopped having consequences to poor behavior. All kids get a trophy… these kids don’t know how to cope or deal with conflict. They desire notoriety- blame social ...,It's a societal decline problem, -Fox News,"All the rush to judgement and why this happened before we have any factual information on which to base conclusions. We don't know the type of gun used, how the gun was acquired, magazine used, who the shooter was, or what motivated the shooter. Blaming bad parenting, video games, social media, an...",We don't have enough data,x -Fox News,"As unfathomable as it sounds, we were used to be able to take our shot guns to school to hunt afterwards and keep them in our lockers. No problems then! What really is the root cause of the deterioration of our responsibility levels and moral code of conduct? My opinion is the secular humanism reli...",, -Fox News,"School shootings are almost always carried out by a student who attends that school. Leftists try to suggest that it's nefarious gun owners who are sneaking into schools and shooting kids, but it's the kids themselves who are doing it. So rather than more pointless gun control debate, we should be ...",, -Fox News,"The bigger problem is that the government and mass media are devoted to breaking up traditional families. Outside pressures like that are the SOURCE of the mental illness in children. If the Powers that Be refuse to allow society to return to parenting and families, this problem will only get worse....",This is a sign of moral and religious decay, -Fox News,"Responsibility and Accountability has gone away compared to a generation of people that grew up in the 70s. Rifles and Shotguns proudly displayed in Pickup Truck gun racks at schools were commonplace - and because there was no diversity, there was accountability and these events were very rare. ...",, -Fox News,"It’s not gun violence, it’s people violence. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. A gun needs someone to operate it, it can’t walk into a venue and start shooting by itself. The problem is the mental health of the person holding the gun. The disregard of human life, held as disposable. Peopl...See more",, -Fox News,"In 1965, the creation of Medicaid accelerated the shift from inpatient to outpatient care: One key part of the Medicaid legislation stipulated that the federal government would not pay for inpatient care in psychiatric hospitals. This further pushed states to move patients out of costly state facil...See more",, -Fox News,"Guns have been available as long as the United States has been a country and before. But school/ mass shootings are a more modern problem. So is it the guns or Mental health, the decline of respect for human life and lack of discipline in our children. It’s too late to control the issue with gun l...See more",, -Fox News,"Again, we can put metal detectors at the gate to sporting events and amusement parks. We have to pass through metal detectors and other procedures to get on an airplane or walk into a county court room. We need key cards to access most of the businesses we work at. We can give Billions without que...See more",, -Fox News,"In the past, we didn’t know or care how many complete strangers or superficial acquaintances would disrespect us for a single opinion or physical characteristic; we could view our communities as a group of basically like-minded people who either accepted or ignored us. Now, demands are made for peo...See more",, -Fox News,"Small world and not shocking, I went to school there in 1994-1997 I was 1 of only 2 Hispanic student there, and we had 2 police officers on the town, around 1998 IBP a pork production company sold to Tyson and from that point they brought in so many Hispanics that it wasn’t long before 1/2 the s...See more",, -Fox News,"There are no viable facilities or treatments that can come even close to preventing such incidents. No gun laws either. It should be unlawful for any child to be on school property when no armed adult is present to deal with an attack. That’s right, armed and trained teachers/administrators and ...See more",, -Fox News,SSRI drugs seem to always be used by the shooters. Of course no politician wants to talk about out it because the pharmaceutical companies pouring money in their pockets. Why do kids on these antidepressants end up killing themselves and others? Seems like the drug does the opposite of what it’s su...See more,, -Fox News,It is time for several teachers in each school to conceal carry. This is a gun problem it’s a parent problem. Stop sitting your kids in front of the computer and tv and letting them raise your kids. If you don’t have time or want time with your kids then don’t have children. Most parents are to cau...See more,, -Fox News,"At this point, knowing all that we do, and the money made available for years, it's a deliberate act of ignorance and child endangerment not to secure the schools and train armed teachers. 1000% preventable. But Liberal school administrators want to create victims to support the Democrat anti gun a...See more",, -Fox News,"'Winter break'. That is not the reason for the season. Maybe if He was allowed back in school there would be less mayhem. You received two disciplines in school, one there and one when you got home. Now Dr's run schools who's belief systems are different, and that is where the problem starts. Now n...See more",, -Fox News,It is a question of priorities and lately ours seem to have jumped off the rails. We commonly spend millions upon millions of dollars to build $50-60 million high school football stadiums and then claim we don’t have any money for metal detectors! It’s long past time to select metal detectors ove...See more,, -Fox News,"Being American born and raised southern by the grace of God, I remember in High School where the principal had a rifle hanging in the rear window of his truck, as did most of the guys and girls in school had the same thing. We had some fights, but know one ever got shot. I guess we were thicker ski...See more",, -Fox News,"This is a school shooting. Neither the GOP or Democrats or Trump or Biden were involved. I guess the upcoming Iowa primaries have all the farmers excited. Also, to the person who blamed guns, implying that guns are the problem, I ask. Have you ever witnessed a gun hop up in the air, as if levitatin...See more",, -Fox News,I don’t think there is just one issue about these constant tragic events of mass shootings and murders. I think there is a decline in morals/value of life which is due to a violence addicted culture. Just watch some of the movies. How many men are shot dead in them in violent ways. The easy access ...See more,, -X.com discussion,K well we need to get rid of cars and alcohol because drunk driving kills. There’s more hammer homicides than guns so we need to get rid of them too No more doctors because they kill thousands a year with malpractice. Should I keep going or do you think maybe it’s people not guns,, -X.com discussion,"Guns don’t kill people, maybe I can put it in a better prospective for you. When you have a house built, and you move in, 2 days later it falls in while you’re at work, killing your family. You going to blame the hammer?#EndGunFreeZones",, -X.com discussion,"Says the person that’s supports killing babies? I’m confused here… dems kill babies, trans kid supported by Dems kills students. Repubs fault bc they don’t support life? The mental gymnastics is Olympic level ability.",This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,"Hey Jen, this kid was a wanna be transgender and gay. But let’s ignore that and act like guns are the problem. Ban guns and act like he won’t use a bomb or different weapon. Your common sense is worse than a hamster",, -X.com discussion,And you refuse to admit transgender people have mental health issues. How many trans shooters do there have to be before you blame their mental illness and not an inanimate object.,This is because of trans/woke ideology,x -X.com discussion,And you refuse to admit transgender people have mental health issues. How many trans shooters do there have to be before you blame their mental illness and not an inanimate object.,remove,x -X.com discussion,We all have the right to defend our home and family. The police do not have super powers to be everywhere whenever they need to be. Guns are a constitutional right in this country.,, -X.com discussion,You and the Iowa Republican Party have made it easier for irresponsible people to access a wide variety of guns AND for people to be more irresponsible with guns.,, -X.com discussion,"Lighten up Pat. You make it like Gov Reynolds did the shooting. Typical lib BS. Blame any one but the real culprit, as long as it fits their agenda",Democrats are the problem, -X.com discussion,By not locking up “trans” people they should be asylums not welcomed into society this is what happens when mental illness goes unchecked.,This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,Pro birth and pro slavery to the system is what they're all about. Keep pumping out those poor kids so those rich ones can stay lazy,Democrats are the problem, -X.com discussion,"Wretched are those who are holier then thou , redefining what a woman is , and having sex with young children . No more nonesense!",, -X.com discussion,You're right. It's completely predictable. The last bunch of mass murderers were all transexual and mentally ill.,This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,It’s Liberals that are ruining the fabric of society resulting in consequences like this… a failing society,, -X.com discussion,I do feel sorry for you and the hate you harbor. It's not healthy and is obviously clouding your judgment.,Other, -X.com discussion,Maybe you should find out a little more about the person who did this. It won't fit your narrative.,This is because of trans/woke ideology,x -X.com discussion,"When nut cases like this shooter rundown pedestrians at a parade, do you claim it's because people ",This is because of mental health,x -X.com discussion,Not taking a lecture about pro life from a pinhead that's fine with ripping babies out of the womb,Other,x -X.com discussion,It’s a mental illness crisis that you want to just paint over with rainbows and unicorns. ,This is because of mental health,x -X.com discussion,Maybe your party should stop grooming kids and encouraging them to turn into psychos?,Democrats are the problem, -X.com discussion,You have no right to blame our Governor. Blame the mental illness of the ABC mafia!,Other, -X.com discussion,"Show us how these laws changed and put the gun in the students hands, I’ll wait here",, -X.com discussion,"The shooter, like the last 6 shooters were all your kind. Trans / alphabet people",, -X.com discussion,GOP let the crazy person roam the streets? How do you come to this conclusion?,Other, -X.com discussion,Is it guns? What else couuld it be? Guns dont shoot on their own....say it.,Be tough on crime,x -X.com discussion,If you truly want to lower gun violence take the guns away from Democrats.,Democrats are the problem,x -X.com discussion,"All schools need to follow the Spirit Lake, Iowa school district model.",, -X.com discussion,"Ironic, since he’s a member of your mentally ill alphabet gang!",This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,If it’s so predictable how did you not predict it and stop it?,Be tough on crime,x -X.com discussion,But you are probably blind to cold hard facts at this point.,, -X.com discussion,"DNC - They're either shooting the kids, or *bleep* them...",Other, -X.com discussion,"The sho*ter was a trans - talk to your own people, pal.",This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,Your claim the gun caused the shooting is nonsensical.,Protect gun rights,x -X.com discussion,"Naw, it's clowns like you who push the trans agenda.",This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,He was not trans. Stop repeating complete bullshit.,This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,You are so vapid just regurgitating lib rhetoric. ,Democrats are the problem,x -X.com discussion,"Oh, he wanted to be trans and gay? Anything else?",This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,What law or policy would have stopped this event?,, -X.com discussion,"The shooter was an alphabet freak, just like you.",This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,You know this is another trans kid right? Clown.,This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,The trans kids keep shooting up schools though,This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,Pro life? Jesus man you actually went there?,Other, -X.com discussion,Shooter was a gender confused liberal sheep…,This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,"Pat, girl. Be a man for once in your life.",Other, -X.com discussion,Explain how the gun caused the shooting.,Protect gun rights,x -X.com discussion,People kill people guns are just a tool.,Protect gun rights, -X.com discussion,No it’s the rainbow flag people… again!,This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,I'm sorry your morals are so fickle.,This is a sign of moral and religious decay,x -X.com discussion,Pretty sure the shooter was LGBTQFU,This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,Look at the people doing this. ,This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,You embarrass us normal gays.,Other,x -X.com discussion,"He was not trans, genius.",This is because of trans/woke ideology, -X.com discussion,Laws don’t work cupcake. ,Be tough on crime, -X.com discussion,are allowed to own cars?,Other, -X.com discussion,Robert Paris aka Cornpop,remove,x -X.com discussion,Robert Paris aka Cornpop,remove, -X.com discussion,Kirk Cousins Respector,Other, -X.com discussion,Another trans murderer,This is because of trans/woke ideology, diff --git a/twitter/selected_comments_2.csv b/twitter/selected_comments_2.csv new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f9aec8 --- /dev/null +++ b/twitter/selected_comments_2.csv @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +Topic2,Comment +Be tough on crime,If its so predictable how did you not predict it and stop it? +Be tough on crime,"If you see something, say something. If even one person who saw the shooter's social media posts had contacted law enforcement, this tragedy could have been averted. Nikki Haley responded to the shooting by saying that we had to do hard work on mental illness. The problem with this argument is that other Western nations have a fraction of the shootings that we do in the U.S. Rates of mental illness are the same in the U.S. as they are in those other nations. The difference? The easy availability of guns in the U.S. Our legislators need to enact universal background checks and Red Flag laws." +Be tough on crime,Is it guns? What else couuld it be? Guns dont shoot on their own....say it. +Be tough on crime,The gun did not do this the shooter did. +Be tough on crime,This is America. We dont punish thought crimes. Get out of here commie +Be tough on crime,Will not stop until people stop blaming the tool of choice versus the act of a person. +Democrats are the problem,"Already, one day later, this story is buried way down the scroll, below Jeffrey Epstien and several other less impactful stories." +Democrats are the problem,Guess the liberals are not happy about Iowa turning Red! +Democrats are the problem,"He identified as LGBTQ on his social media accounts, which disappointed progressives, so this incident will soon be forgotten. " +Democrats are the problem,If you truly want to lower gun violence take the guns away from Democrats. +Democrats are the problem,You are so vapid just regurgitating lib rhetoric. +Gun control laws don't work,"Exactly. No ""quick easy fix"". No ""one and done"" by passing yet another gun law, or posting more ""gun free zone"" signs. Those are easy virtue signaling measures, but will do nothing. Fixing a morally bankrupt society is a bit more complicated than that though isn't it?" +Gun control laws don't work,"So, despite what you might know, there is nowhere in the US you can buy a gun without a background check. It's federal law. Maybe there are some loopholes, but if you have a record it's going to be known when your paperwork is being done. Additionally, if you buy two or more firearms at once, the ATF is going to get a form with your info. At this point, they may monitor your social media if they can find it. Not 100% on that and I don't really care what their policy is. There aren't enough 'local authorities' to actually keep up with that monitoring. Red flag laws supposedly work where they are in place, but it's a system that can be abused very easily and there are questions about violation of privacy, and unlawful search/seizures." +Gun control laws don't work,"Those No Firearms Allowed signs work like a charm with those bad guys, dont they?" +Gun control laws don't work,"Wow, I'm sure glad that guns aren't allowed in schools!" +It's a societal decline problem,"Agreed. It's all about ""self"" nowadays. There is no thought of sacrificing ANYTHING for others. The country is doomed." +It's a societal decline problem,and public schools don't teach abstinence anymore. +It's a societal decline problem,And those same guns in those rifle racks stayed right there. No one messed with another persons guns and those guns didnt jump out of the pickup and harm anyone. It aint the guns people. +It's a societal decline problem,"Having and owning a gun is a big responsibility, in fact, you have God's power when you wield a gun, because God has the power to take someone's life, and you as a gun owner have that power too, and as Spider-Man says, ""With great power comes great responsibility,""" +It's a societal decline problem,I learned gun safety in the Boy Scouts and earned a marksmanship merit badge in the 70's +It's a societal decline problem,I'm sorry your morals are so fickle. +It's a societal decline problem,"Lack of instilling accountability and values in kids, video games that make mass murder fun, and social media are all to blame. 50 years ago we carried pocket knives to school, rifles in pickup trucks, and rarely an incident like is common today. " +It's a societal decline problem,"Once the government got in the business of child rearing, it's all gone downhill. " +It's a societal decline problem,Society has changed. No morals anymore. +It's a societal decline problem,"The bigger problem is that the government and mass media are devoted to breaking up traditional families. Outside pressures like that are the SOURCE of the mental illness in children. If the Powers that Be refuse to allow society to return to parenting and families, this problem will only get worse...." +It's a societal decline problem,"Yes, it's the morality. It's not the access to guns, because you used to be able to go into any hardware store and buy any gun with no background check at all. And yes, semi-autos existed, just like the ones they're absurdly trying to ban today. It's the morality that's gotten worse, not the guns." +Need stricter gun control,@esp the common denominator is that the gun manufacturers are the winners. they supply the guns that south/latin americans use as well. +Need stricter gun control,"And then add to the equation how easily accessible guns are, it's definitely a recipe for more mass shootings like this." +Need stricter gun control,"Conservative, liberal etc ... Iowans are, above all, decent people. I lived there 12 years and loved it. My best friend was an arch conservative Irish-catholic farmer who convinced me (a pacifist) we needed to hunt on his land to manage the deer population. If they can't sort this out we are lost. We need to get the adults in the room and take responsibility for our governance. Find a safer way forward. This is an unacceptable way to raise our kids." +Need stricter gun control,Do you even know why the founding fathers put in the Second Amendment? +Need stricter gun control,"I am beyond exhausted. This countrys firearms fetish is insane, and everyone in the world, except us, knows it." +Need stricter gun control,"Retired educator here. During my 34 years I saw schools go from being wide open to one door open to all doors locked to wearing IDs to active shooter drills. In one of the last drills I did, I had my group of seniors, school leaders in a special program. As I looked at these great kids, and I saw them doing exactly what I said, I realized this is their life. It makes me sad to think about it. And to realize, for what seems like the millionth time, that guns are more valued than human lives." +Need stricter gun control,"That when someone purchases a lot of firearms and ammo, why can't that someone be on the radar of the local authorities?" +Need stricter gun control,This already happens. Multiple gun purchases trigger extra scrutiny. +Parents are the problem,"everything comes down to proper, loving and responsible parenting in every home in this country!rural/urban, rich/poor, black/white/yellow/ brown, straight/gay, married/seperated/ divorced. this has been the rule forever but it appears that the last two American generations have lost/forgotten/disregarded this universal fundamental truth." +Parents are the problem,hope they charge the parents too!!! +Protect gun rights,Explain how the gun caused the shooting. +Protect gun rights,Restricting my constitutional rights will not prevent these crimes. +Protect gun rights,"The government keeping and making lists and raiding homes because of ""excessive"" purchase is the very definition of ""infringed""" +Protect gun rights,"the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." +Protect gun rights,The shooter would have gotten a gun somehow or used another weapon if none available. +Protect gun rights,Your claim the gun caused the shooting is nonsensical. +Protect schools,"At this point, knowing all that we do, and the money made available for years, it's a deliberate act of ignorance and child endangerment not to secure the schools and train armed teachers. 1000% preventable. But Liberal school administrators want to create victims to support the Democrat anti gun a...See more" +Protect schools,"How is it possible, in todays day and age, that an armed police officer and metal detector is not stationed at each front entrance to every school in this country. " +Protect schools,it's so sad that kids have to grow up this way inside of school. +Republicans are the problem,@Janet: And mental health issues are being funded the way they should be. It's easier for the GOP to talk than to act. +Republicans are the problem,Another day of thoughts and prayers. Will prayers ever be answered? +Republicans are the problem,Great point! You notice this administration NEVER speaks of that violence! +Republicans are the problem,"Sadly, this is as common in America as a Trump lie." +The state spends too much,So what is the solution? Universal health care so kids get proper mental health supports? +The state spends too much,The government can monitor your social media accounts already - limited to what you make public. +The state spends too much,"You forgot about the 87,000 new IRS agents." +This is a rare event,Stop dreading a highly unlikely event and start spending those $$$ that hes 3x more likely to win. +This is a rare event,There are 10s of thousands of schools in America. The chances of being in a school shootings are probably near the same rate as being attacked by a polar bear +This is a rare event,"We suffer thousands of highway deaths in order to continue the convenience of driving, by which we get to work and to hospitals." +This is a tragedy,"@Daddy Frank Yup. We watch from afar, in horror." +This is a tragedy,Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims. +This is a tragedy,"The most powerful military in the history of mankind. Over 150 police officers responded to the call. Yet we are a country that cannot send our kids to school safely. You cannot tell me that there ta single parent in this country, on either side of the aisle, who can place hand on heart and say they do not worry about their kid going to school. What a shame!" +This is a tragedy,We have become so inured to the violence that this tragedy is not even a headline any more. Just another day at the office. Soon back-to-school shopping will include child-sized bullet-proof vests. +This is because of mental health,@Juliet. Because this kid finally snapped. Thats what made him do this. +This is because of mental health,An adult is suicidal & shoots himself on school property? Yup! You guessed it! +This is because of mental health,"Forget the idea that school shooters are Dems or Repubs, or that Trump or Biden are responsible. That narrative completely misses the mark. School shootings, as well as all mass shootings, are the result of mental illness. Political ideology may be the excuse used to justify such actions, but it is..." +This is because of mental health,Its a mental illness crisis that you want to just paint over with rainbows and unicorns. +This is because of mental health,"Not in all, but in many cases - from Charles Whitman to Columbine to this tragedy - these mass killings are followed by the suicide of the shooter. I looked up gun death statistics for 2021 and found that over half (54%) of all gun deaths are in fact suicides. Seems to indicate that a sense of personal failure, frustration and anti-social behavior are early signs that should disallow possession of firearms." +This is because of mental health,"Psychpaths will kill no matter what if it's in their twisted mind to do so. And they will use whatever means necessary, like knives, bombs, or gasoline. Where do you start with ""notifying the police""? More importantly, where do you stop? It's not a Second Amendment issue." +This is because of mental health,"Sad that we have people who are mentally unstable to this degree and being ignored by those who could keep these things from happening, in must instances. Its not guns but person using thats the problem. " +This is because of mental health,"When nut cases like this shooter rundown pedestrians at a parade, do you claim it's because people " +This is because of social media,"I think the internet has played a huge part of this also. Social media, fast exchange of information, glory hounds looking for fame, copy cats.." +This is because of social media,"If you trace the uptick in mass shootings, it correlates with the increased use of social media. The two are inexorably linked. " +This is because of social media,"When are we going to start addressing the mental health issues these kids suffer at the abuse of social media? Snapchat, TicToc, Instagram etc. Bullying at school is one thing, but no longer can they go home and be away from it. These programs allow relentless bullying. Aside from all the other..." +This is because of trans/woke ideology,And you refuse to admit transgender people have mental health issues. How many trans shooters do there have to be before you blame their mental illness and not an inanimate object. +This is because of trans/woke ideology,Maybe you should find out a little more about the person who did this. It won't fit your narrative. +This is because of trans/woke ideology,Shooter is a LGBTQ activist. Social media accounts are already scrubbed. +This is because of trans/woke ideology,The shooter identified as non-binary. It's not a gun problem. We all know that. +Other - policy discussion,"And of course, the government can't quarter troops in your home during peacetime." +Other - policy discussion,"Big business writing legislation is the problem; if you do not agree with that, then you should read the Constitution." +Other - policy discussion,"Gee, if only our government didnt send foreign countries BILLIONS of our dollars. " +Other - policy discussion,If you all agree its a mental health issue why dont you make mental health easily accessible? +Other - policy discussion,"Now, why can't that apply to guns as well," +Other - policy discussion,"This is a multi factorial problem, and blaming the guns is a simplistic ""solution"". And makes little sense, as passing more laws will not solve it - criminals by definition disobey laws. I mean, murder is against the law, but these shooters ignore that one..." +Other - policy discussion,This is an extremely important article and it needs to be the headline for the paper until someone in government acts to stop children from dying at school. +Other - policy discussion,"To make sense of all the shootings that are traced back to ""bullying,"" we need to understand the details. Bullied for what kinds of things? What were the parents doing about it? What conditions in the home may have led to a student being bullied - lack of hygiene, parental abuse that leads kids to have low self-esteem and become a target to peers, isolation? On the other hand, many kids who bully have long histories of disruptive behavior which are often rooted in chaotic lives and mental health challenges. Seems to me that as a society our focus must be on making the home life safe for children. I fear that for millions of them, it is not." diff --git a/twitter/topics.csv b/twitter/topics.csv index 4759afc..5109b26 100644 --- a/twitter/topics.csv +++ b/twitter/topics.csv @@ -1,25 +1,12 @@ -Other Democrats are the problem -It's a societal decline problem -Other - policy -This is because of mental health Protect gun rights -This is because of trans/woke ideology -This is because of social media -This is a sign of moral and religious decay -remove -Be tough on crime +It's a societal decline problem Need stricter gun control +Other - policy discussion +This is because of trans/woke ideology +This is because of mental health Gun control laws don't work -This is because of bullying -Republicans are the problem -Miscellaneous questions -Parents are the problem -Policy - other -Violence is the problem -The state spends too much -This is a rare event -We don't have enough data -Big government is the problem -This is a tragedy Protect schools +Parents are the problem +Republicans are the problem +Be tough on crime