Florida school shooting

[MI5]

Florida school shooting suspect in custody, police say...

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/14/us/florida-high-school-shooting/index.html

[jonsie]

Just got the newsflash. Schools are far too easy and too common a target 😠

[Bambino]

I note, with great sadness, that this is the 18th school shooting in the US so far this year. The year is only 46 days old. My country is suffering from a great sickness. The gun control laws must be changed, but as long as the NRA controls so many Congressmen and women, and Senators, they never will.:smileysad:

[Cleoriff]

The 18th this year @Bambino?. Good grief. That's beyond appalling. It's evil.

The fact a 19 year old could do that does (to quote yourself) show there is is a sickness in your country.

He had been expelled from the school or so I understand. I think the news said there are another 15 people severely injured.

My heart goes out to the families of the people attacked and killed

[Glory1]

Well @Cleoriff the news on the BBC said there are at least 17 dead; one of the worst school shootings since 26 people were killed at the Connecticut school Sandy Hook in 2012. And this is the 18th school shooting this year so far, dear God what is my country becoming.

I agree totally with @Bambino that America's gun laws need to be changed. But as he also says while the NRA controls a majority of Congressmen/women and Senators this will never happen.

There was an outcry when JFK was assassinated in 1963 that the gun laws should be tightened up and I remember signing a petition asking Congress to do something about making it much harder for anyone to obtain a gun without a rigorous background check. At that time it was SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammuntion Manufacturers Institute) that controlled Congress and the Senate. So nothing happened. And so it goes on year after year. Just how many have to die before something is done?

My deepest sympathy goes out to the families of the dead and injured.

[Bambino]

A note a friend of mine wrote on Facebook:

"So many people die annually from gunfire in the US that the death toll between 1968 and 2011 eclipses all wars ever fought by the country. According to research by Politifact, there were about 1.4 million firearm deaths in that period, compared with 1.2 million US deaths in every conflict from the War of Independence to Iraq.  Americans are 51 times more likely to be killed by gunfire than the British."

It saddens me so much. Not only do I feel that sadness for the victims and their families, but also because I know nothing will change as a result of this.

[Cleoriff]

@BambinoThose figures are truly shocking. I knew they would be excessive but not to the level you have shown...Whilst the NRA hold such power over the politicians and the country, you are right, this will never change..