tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115344.post5158984554779729124..comments2024-03-27T07:42:25.781+10:30Comments on TET.Life (The Extraordinary Tourist Life): It's Time We Armed School ChildrenTET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115344.post-53824359090445345672012-12-30T20:26:02.280+10:302012-12-30T20:26:02.280+10:30Thanks for reading. These kind of events tend to i...Thanks for reading. These kind of events tend to initially turn people to paranoia. Whilst apathy isn't a good response either, something obviously needs to be done, paranoia can lead to some totally irrational solutions.TET (David Arandle)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115344.post-79780145289266727062012-12-30T20:19:22.657+10:302012-12-30T20:19:22.657+10:30Good point. Though if they're planning on taki...Good point. Though if they're planning on taking as many people as they can with them then they may also move on to a different and less likely to be armed target.TET (David Arandle)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115344.post-91878345354432184982012-12-23T15:13:37.318+10:302012-12-23T15:13:37.318+10:30I saw this post on Facebook, and I'm glad I re...I saw this post on Facebook, and I'm glad I remembered that I wanted to read it. I personally tuned out to the whole tragedy after if occurred because the right answer, as I see it, you surmised in your final paragraph. Great article! Glad I remembered I wanted to read it.<br /><br /> Thesestarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13531198310725320723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115344.post-72873130387595681852012-12-23T13:44:37.725+10:302012-12-23T13:44:37.725+10:30Considering in these cases the perpetrator has alr...Considering in these cases the perpetrator has already made a decision to kill themselves because there is no way they want to face the consequences of their actions others carrying guns would not deter them. In fact it is more likely to aid them in their quest saving them the inconvenience of shooting themselves.Lesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115344.post-8847211014452548582012-12-23T08:00:10.689+10:302012-12-23T08:00:10.689+10:30Just five days after I posted this article the NRA...Just five days after I posted this article the NRA proposes armed guards in every school. Mashable: <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/12/21/nra-twitter-backlash/" rel="nofollow">NRA's Call for Armed Guards in Every School Prompts Immediate Backlash</a>.<br /><br />It's just the way they think. Probably grabbing an opportunity to boost their membership rather than offering a sensible TET (David Arandle)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.com