Gun Control

Gunman kills 19 children and 2 teachers in an elementary school (three more children and one more teacher in the hospital). Schools are State property, State responsibility, how did armed agents of the State protect these in loco parentis children?

"Uvalde school police officer was first to engage shooter"

Governor Abbott: officers "saved lives". "....A brave consolidated resource officer that approached him, engaged him at that time...the subject was able to make it into the school." 

"Law enforcement's response to the Uvalde school shooting"

"The subject was able to engage with and get past three police officers...a border patrol unit ended up responding and killing the subject."

"Uvalde Council Member Says Police Arrived At School Faster Than Reported"

"We had to control the people from going in there. That's why you saw...the Police pushing the people back."

"Man who confronted Uvalde gunman moments before school shooting"

"If I would've had (my pistol), I could've laid him down."

If, though, this man had "laid him down", he would not have been credited with averting a tragedy because no one knew what the gunman was capable of. Indeed, this man may well have found himself in serious trouble--not with the Law, which I think would've been on his side--but who knows how social media would've reacted to this man's actions? When cops kill people--or in this case, stand around while children get murdered--they are considered brave. But if this citizen had stopped this tragedy from occurring, he likely would not have been celebrated and may well have been vilified. 

This is what "gun control" looks like:

It is armed agents of the State refusing to allow people to defend themselves. 

So much easier to blame a weapon or call it all "misinformation" than to notice that this act was perpetrated on State property protected by State law enforcement that did nothing to stop a guy carrying an AR-15. While carrying an AR-15 in the middle of a riot, Kyle Rittenhouse was attacked over and over again--by private citizens!--while this guy with an assault rifle openly walked into a school past multiple armed agents of the State. 

I have never in my life advocated for more armed agents of the State--and I sure as fuck ain't starting now! This is why people buy guns. 

And who finally subdued the shooter? The border patrol. Is the border patrol the "hero" you want to look up to? 

The "majority" wants to be heard, too: "They wrote it for everybody!"

Once again for my mantra: the gov't was here when you born, it will be here when you die, it doesn't know how to help you live your life and couldn't even if it wanted to. Relying on the State will be the death of us all. 

(EDIT)

Mea culpa. I was incorrect in saying that the gunman interacted with a security officer before entering the school building. In this video, a representative from the Texas Department of Public Safety gives a comprehensive explanation of what happened as the gunman was wandering around the school campus. He specifically mentions (around 9:30) that the gunman did not interact with any safety officers prior to entering the building (though he did fire at least two shots at the school before entering). 

In my defense, I was reacting to what had been reported by CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox News (and, of course, You Tube), among others. And, also: New York Times ("entered despite being confronted"), Reuters ("managed to evade a school police officer who approached him before running inside."), BBC ("A police officer who works at the school was also in the vicinity although there are conflicting accounts over whether Ramos and the officer exchanged fire."), USA Today ("At the school, the shooter first encountered school resource officers but made it inside the school through a back door, officials said."), Associated Press "Officials say he “encountered” a school district security officer outside the school, though there were conflicting reports from authorities on whether the men exchanged gunfire. "

I'm sure these purveyors of misinformation will be properly punished by the proper authorities.