School Shooting and Society

For John, BLUF:  History and sociology tell us that school shootins, like the recnt one in Uvalde, Texas, are a relatively new phenomena, which calls for explanation.  just move along.

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Flashback 30 Years:  Guns Were in Schools... and Nothing Happened

From PJ Media, by Writer J. Christian Adams, 15 May 2018 5:30 AM ET.

Here is the lede plus four:

The millennial generation might be surprised to learn that theirs is the first without guns in school.  Just 30 years ago, high school kids rode the bus with rifles and shot their guns at high school rifle ranges.

After another school shooting, it’s time to ask:  what changed?

Cross guns off the list of things that changed in thirty years.  In 1985, semi-automatic rifles existed, and a semi-automatic rifle was used in Florida.  Guns didn’t suddenly decide to visit mayhem on schools.  Guns can’t decide.

We can also cross the Second Amendment off the list.  It existed for over 200 years before this wickedness unfolded.  Nothing changed in the Constitution.

That leaves us with some uncomfortable possibilities remaining.  What has changed from thirty years ago when kids could take firearms into school responsibly and today might involve some difficult truths.

I am one of those kids who took his rifle to [an urban] high school.

Like the author, i want to understand what changed in society since then.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff