More gun laws, is not the answer. Over 300 are on the law books now. Do criminals obey any of those ? No and they will not others added.
This person broke one present gun law, taking a firearm onto the school grounds, no other present gun laws were broken by him, the rifles were purchased legally and he was cleared with the short background check that his state required and was able to legally take his rifle/s home.
He then decided to commit numerous crimes of murder ...
It's a perfect example of how no laws on paper actually create a practical barrier to a psychopath deciding murdering people is "just the ticket" today. Nothing will.
It must be assumed that, at some point, there
will be somebody who'll behave just like that, in disregard of all that's reasonable and lawful, in order to kill.
The only question, therefore, is:
how to effectively halt such a person if/when he or she decides to go down in flames while taking numerous others along for the ride?
Whining about the non-existence of this or that law, or the ineffectual nature of this or that law, actual physical barriers must be in place to put a halt to such a person when he/she makes the attempt. Tougher entry areas; blocked alternate entrances; difficulty in getting from one section of a venue to another; ease of "holing up or escaping" for occupants of such facilities, when it's deemed a threat is coming down; and the staffing and procedures necessary to put a rapid halt to such a person when it's clear murderous violence is that person's choice.
Like with our own homes. Only a fool has no front door, no lock, and no plan for halting somebody who disregards those things. Have to be capable of keeping the violent at bay, at least for a little while. Have to be capable of putting down a violent person, if needed, when it's clear it's his life or the lives of your loved ones. Whining that he won't allow a phone call to the cavalry won't go far. Whining that he ignored X number of laws won't help. Putting him down rapidly will, before you watch your family get killed before your eyes.
Schools, office complexes, and the like, should be no different. They ought to recognize the occupants have value. That their lives deserved to be protected at almost any cost. At the very least, it ought to be incredibly hard to forcibly enter such a place of "soft" and "valuable" targets. At the very least, it ought to take some time (and noise) to break through the barricaded spots. It ought to be the simplest thing to heavily lock-down zones of such a facility, to make it difficult for a violent intruder to make it from one zone to the next.
It's a complete wonder, to me, why after all these years "modern" facilities continue to fail to have any such features.
And it's an unconscionable embarrassment how law enforcement staff can't be counted on to execute a rapid-entry plan to forcibly take out a murderously violent intruder in such circumstances.
Those are the changes most needed, IMO. Yet one more silly stack of bloated ink on paper won't be something such psychopaths take heed of. A handful of .223 through the chest ... perhaps that'll work. One murderous perp at a time. Better that than an entire school full of children.
I just wish the self-aggrandizing twits in the legislatures would "get" it, at long last. Practical steps toward disallowing entry and putting a halt to those who disregard dictates. Instead of the customary screeching and posturing such people seemingly prefer.
