Running Shooting Thread 2024

[Driftwood]

I wonder if he had good insurance.

 

[Driftwood]

My wife’s employer had a big insurance meeting and loudly crowed that they had really negotiated a good deal with only a 6% increase for employees each month. Everyone had the general consensus that it was a good deal for the employer because their deductibles are already high.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Yeah, that usually means that cuts were made somewhere less visible.

 

[HanSenSE]

Over 11,000 comments now and it’s close to unanimous slamming our so-called healthcare system.

But there's a concept of a plan! [/crossthread]

 

[Tarheel316]

But there's a concept of a plan! [/crossthread]

In two weeks?

 

[Neutral Corner]

It has been for years, why would we expect it to change?

 

[Spartan Squad]

Two kindergarteners in “extremely critical” condition and suspect is dead following a shooting at a private school.

 

[HanSenSE]

Merry Christmas.

 

[Gutter]

Merry Christmas.

5 dead, including shooter who was a student. 5 injured.

How very Christian.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

It’s because they are keeping god out of the schools … wait …

 

[Driftwood]

Thoughts and prayers. It's too close to the event to discuss gun reform. These parents can rejoice during the holiday season what their children sacrificed on the altar of liberty. School shootings are just a fact of life, according to the VP-elect.

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

5 dead, including shooter who was a student. 5 injured.

How very Christian.

Corrected now to 3 dead, including shooter.

 

[Spartan Squad]

With roughly a week to go in school, this is now the most school shootings with 83, according to the CNN link. Almost 30 of them are from colleges and the rest schools.

But I’m glad CEOs get body guards and specific protection.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Six posts so far on today's shooting in the last three-plus hours.

This is normal now.

 

[HanSenSE]

The suspect is a 17-year-old female. Gotta be a sign I spend too time here when my first thought is "Poin?"

 

[Scout]

Weird response by the school…

Barbara Wiers, Abundant Life's elementary and school relations director, said the school does not have any firearms on campus and that students are not allowed to shoot fake finger guns on the playground.
- NPR

Maybe they have asked for a resource officer in the past?

 

[DanOregon]

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition. Its all just sad. I still get the Sandy Hook e-mails and texts asking for money. I wish money could solve it.

 

[ChrisLong]

A few years ago, a high school friend was a retired LAPD cop. He got another job as head of security at Harvard-Westlake, a prominent junior high and high school on Coldwater Canyon in the Hollywood Hills between Beverly Hills and North Hollywood. At a class reunion, he whispered to me, "These school shootings have been a large boost to retired cops getting jobs at private schools."

 

[qtlaw]

A few years ago, a high school friend was a retired LAPD cop. He got another job as head of security at Harvard-Westlake, a prominent junior high and high school on Coldwater Canyon in the Hollywood Hills between Beverly Hills and North Hollywood. At a class reunion, he whispered to me, "These school shootings have been a large boost to retired cops getting jobs at private schools."

That sucks.

 

[TigerVols]

A few years ago, a high school friend was a retired LAPD cop. He got another job as head of security at Harvard-Westlake, a prominent junior high and high school on Coldwater Canyon in the Hollywood Hills between Beverly Hills and North Hollywood. At a class reunion, he whispered to me, "These school shootings have been a large boost to retired cops getting jobs at private schools."

My friend left his high-paying, high-level IT gig at Disney to become H-W’s director of IT. I didn’t even know schools had such a thing.