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He also said the door was not locked and they never even attempted to open it. They didn't need a key. The door wasn't capable of being locked from the inside because something was wrong with the lock. They just completely #### the bed on this one. Kids died because of their decisions. The police chief sounds like a clown. He showed up without a radio. Additionally, their radios didn't work inside the school. The diagram of the school they were using to make decisions was partially wrong. Only the border patrol agents radio worked but not without some issues. Just an all around disaster.

I also love how certain groups will claim cops are evil and in the next breath will say only law enforcement should have AR-15's...

My 02 Tundra has this vent. Love it.

Welcome to the patron state of shootin stuff!

94 here in Ibiza, Spain.

It seems politics is creeping back into what's supposed to be a "fun" pictures thread.

Actually I've been consistent on this for over a decade. You just like to twist my words when I speak out against republicans on other topics. I genuinely hate both parties and seriously doubt republicans care more about the 2nd amendment than they do getting re-elected. If the political winds shifted and the GOP thought gun control would help them, they would do it. In fact, we have a history of gun control being used by both parties to keep guns out of the hands of black people. I like to make liberals feel guilty by pointing out how future gun control will disproportionately impact minorities. The same cops they claim are evil sure as hell won't enforce these new laws equally. Much like the old crime bill and war on drugs, gun control will be a disaster.

We have to ask what we're actually wanting to accomplish when considering new laws. Unfortunately none of the proposals the Democrats are after will do anything to lower crime. Let's not forget many of the school shooters stole their parents or relatives guns. We're sending billions of dollars to Ukraine when we could be spending that on school security. I think Democrats would rather pass gun control than actually work to make the schools safer.

Honestly, what laws do you think will help? I've been thinking about this a lot. -"universal" background checks? Not a chance. Nearly all these mass shooters passed a background check. The rest of people commiting gun crime will never worry about taking a background check. -red flag laws? Again, seems unlikely and terrifying. A lot of these shooters didn't even have red flags such as the Vegas shooter. The ones that did have known issues law enforcement or their family dropped the ball. -assault weapons ban? Nope. The evil POS at Virginia Tech killed 32 people with a Glock and even a mix of standard and 10 round mags. The last year we have data, 2018, the FBI says only 297 people were killed with rifles compared to 6,600 with handguns. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls -Raising the age to buy rifles? Seems like a feel good attempt to say we're doing something. Also seems like we can't decide at what age people are really adults since we let them vote and join the military at 18. We have a lot of issues in this country but I'm really struggling to think of new gun laws that are going to stop this aside from an all out Australia style round up. Even then, the black market for guns would go on for decades. The other uncomfortable topic hardly being discussed is what % of this rampant crime is gang related? That's why they barely discussed the Chattanooga and Philadelphia shooting. That's a huge problem we won't even begin to solve. If anything, we need affordable access to mental health treatment and increased focus on rebuilding the family unit. Anything else is a huge waste of time.

Agreed. They handled this one well. The officers used cover well and did what they needed to. Thanks for sharing.

This is my fear too and why I said I doubt we'll see $2.50/gallon again. I can't find the article now but I read that the last time the price of oil was close to our current amount, the price that we were paying at the pump was a decent amount less. More cost is being sent to the end user or it just cost them that much more to produce.

Agreed. But it seems the chef in the kitchen spit in our food but we're blaming the waiter. During Q1 of this year, the largest oil companies made almost $100 billion in profit. Exxon saw their net profits almost triple from the previous year. None of these companies are in any hurry to increase production. They are going to bend us over as long and far as they can.

Yeah the 2008 spike happened while George was in office. Not sure what you mean by lasting 8 years. We had several years of affordable gas. 2009-2010 the avg was under $3/gallon. Probably .20 less in TN. I guess it might have felt high at the time. 2015-2016 gas was around $2.25/gallon. The national avg in Feb 2016 was $1.82/gallon. I can recall buying gas in Lenoir City for around $1.60 for a while. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg&f=m I read last night that by next year US oil production will exceed the record set in 2019, assuming something else doesn't happen.

She saw the shooter wreck his truck so she propped the door open with a rock while she called 911. Once she saw him hop the fence with a rifle she shut the door. It was supposed to lock automatically but it did not. Police confirmed this. It sounds like it really wasn't her fault but I'm sure she still feels horrible.

I have no idea. But upon reading that chart closer, within 2 months of taking office the US was producing more oil than the amount when Trump left office. My whole point was that I don't think Biden is the reason the global price of oil is so high. That's not to say he is a fan of domestic drilling. I read that oil companies are reluctant to increase drilling because they are worried about plummeting demand like 2020 happening again. If feels like they are intentionally keeping prices high and production limited. Again, 9,000 approved but unclaimed domestic drilling permits. That says a lot. We have a lot of troubling things happening right now. I'm not as doom and gloom as many here but even I'm starting to get concerned. I don't think we'll ever see $2.50/gallon gas again.

I guess we're back to thinking that the POTUS sets the price of globally traded crude oil? I guess it's a good time to mention there are over 9,000 approved drilling permits still not being used in the US. When Trump left office we were producing around 11M barrels of oil per day in the US. As of March 2022 we are now producing 11.6M barrels per day. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfpus2&f=m

It's also crazy how desensitized I've become to it. My first thought yesterday was that I was thankful it was only 5 people instead of the 15-20 we've been seeing. It doesn't even shock me anymore. And people wonder why I don't want to bring kids into this world.

Add Facebook/Twitter/Instagram too please.

More treason. https://youtu.be/yxgybgEKHHI

Being an idiot is not treason. Neither is lying. If it is, then both Biden and Trump could have been sent to the gallows by now. You could say the same for most politicians in either party.

Well this is great timing for Gov. Abbott. Texas ranks dead last for access to mental health treatment in the U.S.

What makes this any more interesting than the previous dozen mass shootings? We hear some version of this every time there is a mass shooting.

And we went off the rails when people used this thread as their own personal pulpit. Both groups have made valid points. The Indian issue is just as valid as bringing up the transgender topic. This is an extremely complicated issue that we're all trying to make sense of. I'm not convinced more Christianity is somehow going to stop this issue. Back when more people when to church we had a whole host of other issues. My Baptist friends still think that being gay is a "lifestyle" and will lead to eternal damnation. I'm sure many here do as well. Anyways, I saw this comment on Reddit 4 years ago and it always stuck with me. I may have shared it before but it's worth sharing again.

I agree with a lot of your post but I'm not seeing how this section is causing school shootings. Can you expand on how this is related to any of the shootings we've seen so far? I'm guessing this school system in rural Texas wasn't teaching kids about this topic but I could be wrong. The pictures of the cross dresser floating around are apparently not actually the shooter in this instance.

I'm actually hearing the opposite. The CPB agent went in AFTER local police failed to. I'm sure more details will come out in the following days. This is reminding me of the Parkland shooting though.