U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- The suspension of the entire Uvalde ISD police force is a small step towards securing a measure of real accountability for the horrific shooting.
The lengthy wait to act while a shooter was in a school was inexcusable, and Second Amendment supporters have every right to demand that there be answers as to why the inexcusable happened at Ross Elementary School on that horrible day. Real answers are needed so we can get to real solutions.
I know it is not something some loyal Ammoland readers want to hear, but the prevention and mitigation of school shootings is something Second Amendment supporters must address. The aftermath of Uvalde saw some new restrictions – and we were lucky that the overall bill was a relative nothingburger in the post-NYSRPA v. Bruen legal landscape.
Will we be lucky the next time? Counting on luck and the skill and courage of those on the scene may provide an outcome like the Greenwood Mall. May. But counting on luck, skill, and courage can be iffy. See Uvalde. See Parkland, another place where some belated and limited accountability has happened.
Accountability can help, though, by showing inaction and dereliction will have consequences. The fact is, we know that mass shootings, particularly those at schools, are weaponized against our Second Amendment rights as surely as night follows day. In any case, even if the shooter is stopped, the situation never should have gotten to that point – and this is an area where Second Amendment supporters need to be vocal.
Senator Ted Cruz proposed legislation in June to greatly increase security at schools and has offered other legislation on that front as well. In one sense, it was good tactics on the part of Cruz, who’s drawn at least one objection from anti-Second Amendment extremist Chris Murphy. This needs to happen more; put these measures out, not just at the federal level, but at the state level, too.
One benefit from the variety of legislation is that Second Amendment supporters can always point out that whether it’s a minor step or sweeping legislation on that issue, anti-Second Amendment extremists seem unwilling to take steps to secure our schools. Should the House and Senate end up in the hands of pro-Second Amendment leadership after the midterms, it would not hurt to make Schumer filibuster real school security legislation or to force Biden to veto such measures.
The fact is, gaining accountability for the failures in response to Uvalde is a small step towards making a recurrence of that horrific act less likely. If Second Amendment supporters can add some real school security measures, it will help defeat anti-Second Amendment extremists via the ballot box at the federal, state, and local levels.
About Harold Hutchison
Writer Harold Hutchison has more than a dozen years of experience covering military affairs, international events, U.S. politics and Second Amendment issues. Harold was consulting senior editor at Soldier of Fortune magazine and is the author of the novel Strike Group Reagan. He has also written for the Daily Caller, National Review, Patriot Post, Strategypage.com, and other national websites.
Cops that don’t want to do the job when it is a life threatening situation need fired and to find a new line of work . Cowardly cops give the good ones a bad name . Guess these law enforcement officers need screened better before hiring them . Spineless cowards need not apply should be part of the job description.
How many out of work combat trained Grunts do we have that aren’t going to get a Bachelors degree or put up with the 6 month college courses to become a cop or school security?
When I went to school grade, high, and university, I NEVER encoutnered any locked doors. Nope, Never Nowhere. Locking doors won’t fix a thing. Check the progress of the Sandy Hook elemntary school “incident”. Doors WERE locked…. the problem there is that NO ONE at that school campus was armed, so they were all setting ducks when the deranged killer shot his way into the school through that locked door. Allow EVERY adult staff member at any school to go about their daily business armed, and some decent training under their belt. Uniformed coppers will either be taken out first,… Read more »
Uvalde was a perfect storm of incompetence and dereliction of duty. An unlocked or broken door, a cop who felt he needed to contact a supervisor to get permission to shoot a rifle-bearing perpetrator entering a school with obvious evil intent and a school cop maybe at the doughnut shop. we’ll never know. How about some attention to detail by all involved in this senseless tragedy? When accountability comes up, fingers are pointing in all directions. “Falling through the cracks” can’t just be the standard reply. Firing everyone involved would be a good start. Especially the school board.
IMO= Seems funny that when An ELECTION YEAR Comes & or DEMOS Have the W.H. — these so called ‘MASS – SHOOTINGS ‘ are More FREQUENT Than any Other time! And especially NOW DURING BYDEN TERM! All ” orchestrated! to help SUPPORT THEIR (dnc) AGENDA!!!! why? These people in OUR GOVT’S Across the Nation , are NOT who we think They are! If you use THE REAL NUMBERS On shootings – Compared to THE POPULATION At that time — earlier Years were about the same ‘AVERAGE / POPULATION RATIO’!!!!! And it don’t Take a ROCKET SCIENTIST to see What these… Read more »
I believe JFK’s death was orchestrated by the CIA, Mafia and fellow democrat – L B J! That was just the start. Remember what LBJ said about the Civil Rights bill and the “Blacks”.
Harold, HAROLD!!!!! You completely MISS the root issue here. quote: the prevention and mitigation of school shootings is something Second Amendment supporters must address. WHERE have you been, Harold? This HAS been addressed, but is ignored. Texas law permits each school district to “authorise” or”allow” adult staff in their schols to carry defensive weapons at school. THIS local school district said NO WE WO”T DO THAT. And the shooter KNEW it. The root of this issue is the local voters who elected their school board dumkopfen which board members decided NO GUNS IN OUR SCHOOL.. except those brought in by… Read more »
Tio – you made some good points. One thing that too many ‘forget’ is that the school district PD had a total of SIX officers – for eight schools. Never mind the conduct of the chief – he is gone as is the rest of that department. IMHO there is more of a vendetta attitude from far too many – IOW they cannot punish the murderer since he is already dead so ‘somebody’ has to be ‘accountable’ – is it really that or simply wanting revenge? As to protecting our schools and kids – the Israelis figured that out –… Read more »
“I know it is not something some loyal Ammoland readers want to hear”… Schtoopid Little Harold. You assume so much that is untrue about Ammoland readers. You act as though we don’t want to mitigate the threat to kids in school, but in fact WE DO CARE. We can push to minimize risk by eliminating barriers allowing teachers to be armed. Let them train, get certified, and carry anywhere on school property. Likewise with any and all staff, principals, counselors, and even janitors. Another tool is foot-long sections of fire hose. When the local fire department retires old hoses, these… Read more »
When firearms aren’t available, some people find messy alternatives.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/worst-school-massacre-in-us-history-used-dynamite/
He’s still wet behind the ears, give him a break!
Yep, you can’t fix stoopid and that is what Little Harold is. When he isn’t being an insulting snobbish A-hole, he plays Captain Obvious in telling us things that we have known for a VERY long time. He likes it like that and probably gives the pathetic fool a tingle.
Here’s one for the “Arm The Teachers” cult!
https://www.westernjournal.com/elementary-school-teacher-arrested-authorities-discover-sickening-list-students/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=WJBreaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=western-journal
Apples and oranges, jarhead. There is no relation or correlation between school staff who VOLUNTEER to train and arm up in order to protect students and some nutjob, whether student, school employee, or unrelated, who plans to murder their fellow man. Will you now advocate disarming the civilian population “for the children?” It wouldn’t work. Look up the Bath School Massacre which after 95 years remains the country’s deadliest.
It’s odd you mentioned the Bath School massacre. It was the U.S. government that murdered those people. As for all that other crap you said, you should know better.
I don’t know where you get your misinformation, but the Bath massacre had nothing to do with the United States government, except it occurred in the United States.
One teacher threatening students does not represent them all but given what they are teaching in the classrooms armed teachers should be screened for sure . Not everyone should be armed in school . Only the teachers who are competent and have training with a firearm and pass a competency course should be aloud to possess a firearm on school property .
This is prcisely the idea of the FASTER Saves Lives programme, developed in Ohio after Sandy Hook. Perfect rrack record for at least a decade now, and NO COST to tax payers or schools.
I am not a “cult” member as I strongly support allowing volunteer adult school staff to be trained and armed at their schools as they go about their daily work. This story confirms my position. This one was desparately reaching out for help as she spilled the beans on her wretched plan, and instead of cowering in a corner or sipping their lips those who HEARD her admissions took the perfect action… reported it up the chain of command, which then led directl and promptly to a proper end to the situation. Had she been able to start working her… Read more »
I’m getting all these down-votes tells me that most people have either forgotten or have never held a firearm for the first time, and then held one while under extreme pressure. Rookies are NOT the choice of salvation in these matters. Hell, most teachers can’t even TEACH, or rather indoctrinate as per their leadership. They have been pushing CRT, Common Core and all the transgenderism. Why do you people think so many parents are now home schooling or rushing to private schools? And you want to arm the public school teachers that caused this mass exodus? And let’s not surpass… Read more »