Not sure I agree Harold...for sure it's a mind numbing prospect BUT if we are not prepared to embrace more radical alternatives, and our history suggests that we are not, where else do we go? My only caveat is...do not expect teachers to do this!!! It cant be cops either ( as Jeff Morgan has pointed out in this thread ). If it happens it will have to be armed security guards imho.
I have inhabited parts of Cardiff where the prospect of police officers arresting themselves would occasion much mirth
Agreed...I'll take the Knights!
Foil Hat by Gaabriel ( Portland Duct tape Millinery Class )
Just where do the Illuminati fit into all this? Seems like the Iranians missed a trick there. 
Diolch Harold....it's all clear to me now....the Hagel connection, or is that Hegel? Certainly Hegel is referenced at one point in the article. Could this mean that there is also a sinister connection to German idealist philosophy? If so we are all in deep trouble. Where's my tin foil hat?
Agreed....'preliminary findings' seems like a sensible idea. I must admit I haven't seen any of the conspiracy theories online. Does anyone have any links?
They will give you a nasty nip if they get too close
Had to look this up. Not sure what the following means:-
" Semiautomatic rifles with a magazine capacity greater than five cartridges prohibited (except for western gray squirrel)."
It's ok to use an M240 if you're hunting squirrels?
But in general it looks like the hunting laws are more restrictive here than in Missouri although I am unsure of my interpretation of the following doc:- http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/hunting/big_game/regulations/w...
Well I dunno Harold re: Mayan doomsday...Thursday night is usually a bit slow and I note from the Welsh Calendar that the only reasons to celebrate the 20th are:- 1. The last pit in the Rhondda closes 2. Cardiff becomes Capital of Wales 1955...both seem like tame excuses for a party by comparison with the end of the world. Maybe we should have an 'AmeriCymru, The Final Day' knees up on the site?
On a more serious note I suspect that an armed security presence on campus may be the only way to go. Better than arming teachers imho
Many thanks for posting both I must say that I agree with Harold that this is not purely a 'hardware' issue.
When I emigrated I brought some traditional UK baggage with me i.e. the view that allowing civilians to possess firearms is crazy and dangerous.
Then I took a look around and realized that there is serious wilderness in the US and I would not like to explore it without some means of self defense against bears and cougars. I also realized that hunting is another valid reason to possess a weapon over here. In Britain all edible wildlife was hunted to extinction centuries ago.
The next stage in the evolution of my thinking on this topic came when I saw Michael Moore's 'Bowling For Columbine'. At some point during the movie ( and I dont remember the precise quote ) he makes the point that Canada has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world and nothing like the same incidence of mass killings. Clearly there is a crucial social difference between Canada and the US and maybe Morgan Freeman has hit the nail on the head in the post quoted above.
There is a fascinating and detailed ( if lengthy ) article on the subject of Canadian gun control here:- http://www.guncite.com/journals/dkcgc.html
I wondered though what people thought about the proposed resurrection of the assault weapons ban? If we consider guns as tools then clearly hand guns and hunting rifles serve a certain purpose. They are for hunting and for self defense. BUT it seems to me that assault rifles serve one purpose and one purpose only i.e. killing the largest number of people possible in the shortest possible time. Since mass murder is illegal should we allow people to possess the tools for the job?
