Ross Cassell -> All wrote:
 RC> * Originally in crossfire
 RC> * Crossposted in debate
 RC> * Crossposted in POL_INC
 RC> * Crossposted in POL_DISORDER
 RC> * Crossposted in politics

 RC> Hello All!

 RC> After 9-11, there was an outcry to take the necessary steps to reduce
 RC> the chances of something like it happening again. Eventually we saw the
 RC> passage of the Patriot Act and the formation of a new cabinet level agency.

 RC> Years later, people have grown to hate the steps taken, bemoaning that
 RC> civil rights are being trampled, constitution ignored or sidestepped and
 RC> to merely travel by air has become a hellish nightmare snarled by
 RC> limits, regulations and long wait times to check in and board.

 RC> We now have another tragedy on our hands, the Va Tech shootings.

 RC> Its going to be interesting what demands will be made to improve
 RC> security to reduce the chances of this happening again, at this school
 RC> and perhaps others?

 RC> Will there be armed security on every corner?

 RC> Will faculty and students have to submit to strip searches and pat downs
 RC> to make sure they arent carrying weapons, especially plastic guns such
 RC> as the Glock?

 RC> With laptop computers commonplace, will they have their laptop bags and
 RC> bookbags searched at every building?

 RC> As tragic as this event is, the worst shooting in US History, it took
 RC> 3000+ americans to die on 9-11 and people tired only 3 years after the
 RC> fact of the steps put in place because of it. I suspect whatever bandaid
 RC> is affixed to this incident will also be short lived.

Yes, this was the worst school *SHOOTING* but it was not the worst loss of
life in school in American history. That position is held by a little known
(outside of Michigan) incident which never gets mentioned because the
murderer used a bomb, not a gun and the MSM apparently doesn't care about
the 45 kids and teachers murdered in the 1920s in Bath, Michigan. The MSM
can't push their agenda against guns if they tell the whole truth.

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