* It goes without saying that " some" cops have never faced a hostage situation and are totally unprepared for any sort of confrontation with someone carrying a gun & being prepared to use it.

*As the words from the Led Zeppelin song Kashmir" They talk of days for which they sit and wait- All will be revealed."

Cops told kids to "yell if you need help". When one did, the gunman came over and shot her, another student says One girl called 911 more than five times and shots could be heard in the background during some of those calls.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven C. McCraw said, “From the benefit of hindsight where I’m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision,” he said about the delay in officers entering the room. It's almost like they are saying, "we need more training; we'll do better next time".

Is it just odd none of the MAGA people here want to discuss another in a long line of school shootings? Maybe they're waiting until after their leader speaks at the NRA convention tomorrow.

Do appreciate that Kashmiri lyric by Zepplen, Noisey Gate

"I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right."
~William Butler Yeats

Turns out some of the "good guys with guns" at Uvalde were cowards probably because their Glocks were no match for the shooter's AR-15s.

Saw where the "we need more assault weapon" people are already cleverly claiming Congress voted for the confiscation their weapons. I guess they don't want anyone to notice the bill was passed September 2021 and applies to the military.

The provision allows military judges and magistrates to issue a “military court protective order” for the purpose of protecting the victim of stalking, domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault, among other offenses.

Only those people know why they think rapists and pedophiles should own assault weapons, unless they are the rapists and pedophiles.