Topic : 10/12 Homecoming Shooting

more gun control is needed in this country. do you ever hear of this kind of violence in CANADA?

JUST THINK ABOUT IT.

Title is a quote from a movie. Now that I got your attention, violence occures everyday in our school systems. Just about any big city high school, there is a isolated stabbing or fight that results in a student either being maimed for life or death. This happens so often that it is no longer news worthy in those cities. Now in those same cities, illegal guns are ever so easily obtained that few people or students even try to get guns via any legal method.

The correct thing to do about guns is first. Make mandatory gun training for everybody. Every single person in the country should go through a basic class of how to handle guns and the responsibility of gun ownership. This way if you're a big anti-gun fanactic, you'll still know what to do and how to handle a gun if your child comes home with one. Not too many years ago, a father who was completely gun inept shot his child while taking it away and trying to unload it. Parents who go through this training now totally understand the potential hazards to having a gun, and can make an intelligent decision as to where allow guns into the house. One of the best strategies ever conceived is know thy enemy. If you do perceive guns as the enemy, it is your duty to learn the most you can about guns so you can make an informed decision about guns.

I am sorry to hear you were one of those who was picked on -  I am 66 years old and stil remember being picked  on at school = I wasa late bloomer and was teased ll the time - boys and girls alike called me Sahara = needless to say it is not a new bproblem

Now the good news -  I ended up with a career in banking ad retired as a senior VP o a major lending institution in my town and I am proud to say I never revenged myhurt feelings on any of those who teased when they came to me for a loan - It wasn't  really necessary  I graduated frm high school wearing a 36C bra            

i live in wisconsin and this is the 2nd big shooting where 6 people were killed. the first one happened in delavan  (where i live ) back in june.  an ex boyfriend went crazy shot is ex-girlfriend their 7 month old twin sons, her sister and her friend then killed himself. he also shot their 2 year old daughter who is the sole survivor. as a person whose town has gone through an ordeal like that i first and foremost want to say my heart goes out to those people in crandon. i didnt know the people that were killed in delavan in june, but it still affects you just the same. (especially when there were babies involved. ) it's something that hits too close to home-literally.  when something like that happens so close to home you get a reality check about the world. you see that on tv but when it happens in your own backyard its just terrifying.

second i want to say that the issue of dometic violence and "family annihilation" is an issue someone needs to bring to light.  especially the "family annihilation" seeing as that happend quite a few times in the United States this summer.  school shootings are on the rise but so are domestic killings.

Opinions are opinions and we are ALL entitled to share one, whether it's agreed upon or not.  You don't have the right to bash opinions you do not agree.  You can disagree all you want, but not with ignorance.  AND, as for gun regulation, is most certainly HAS helped with shootings.  Yes, they still happen every day, but the less that buy a gun on a moment's notice, the less that can use them in violence.  Check your facts.

I as many of us are left speechless over the recent murders/killings.

 I am sorry, but I did not like the advise that this "Pat Brown" gave. I really don't think she gets it. Yes, I know she has a degree, but I still totally disagree with her.

Is there a way to tell when someone goes off the deep end? When they are ready to snap? I don't know.. I know some people that are really unstable that have more control than " normal" people have had in situtions. I don't underdstand the need for all this killing..... so sad. I can not even begin to imagine how these family cope with the pain. I feel so bad for all of them and my prayers are with them.

I am a former educator and I agree with the profiler on todays' show.  You can spot troubled children from pre-k through thre 2nd or 3rd grade.  These are children who receive sub-standard care, are victims of abuse, or borderline abuse, or who have dysfunctional parents or life style of some sort.  These kids experience more disappointments, hurts and frustrations of some manner and by the time they are 12 or 14 they are just plain angry and are tired of their needs not being met.  Children show up to school with no lunch, smelling of dirty body or urine, exhibit non-appropriate-age behaviors, some who have not forged an emotional connection with either parent, or are not cared for somehow.  We've all had these kids in our classrooms.  Something in these kids lives have gone wrong and teachers can spot them.  After so many years of disappointment and stress, someting in these kids breaks.  Teachers are being asked to do more and more in this day and age and it is hard to run interference on the students' behalf when you're already overwhelmed with all you have to be.

The media also must take responsibility in what is on TV, movies, song lyrics, etc.  School prayer has been removed and it has left a vacuum, and violence is filling up the vacuum.

Hi

         My child is in the first year of college at the NSSC Nova Scotia. Lately a student has been screaming obsenities and threatening to kill other students inside the college and during classes in front of teachers and nothing is being said or done. My child, worried, wrote a letter saying simply that they felt it was not a safe learning environment, and could someone please help. Well the teacher copied and e-mailed it to the student making the threats, now my child is afraid of what might happen when they return to school on Monday. Please if you have any advice for us it would be very much appreciated. Thanks