2nd amendment in action, again.
Nathan Wajsman
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> On 12 May 2015, at 21:43, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> One of the seniors is a member of our bike collective. We found that he has
>> returned home and is okay, though I'll be he's a bit shaken up.
>
> Ouch. It's been remarkably quiet this year, on the school shooting
> front, but the threat is real. As a parent of two high-school
> students, it's something that we tend to keep in mind and discuss with
> our kids. It was a little close-to-home when I was still working in
> Colorado. Had I moved my family out there, the high school that the
> girls went to had a shooting itself, and was in the same district as
> the most infamous one in recent decades. But where we live, the crime
> level is already higher than average, and the threat level also above
> average, so everybody takes it more seriously. The attitude of "it
> can't happen here" is not our reality. It CAN happen here and we know
> it.
>
> A couple of you know our own story, which I'm not at liberty to openly
> discuss, but I'll just say that I take this kind of thing VERY
> seriously, and our family has been directly involved in getting a
> high-risk individual arrested and removed from the campus. There are
> reasons why our house is under 24/7 electronic and video monitoring
> and has multiple layers of security.
>
> When a student expresses fear or concern, DO take it seriously and
> don't diminish his or her feelings. It's real.
>
> AG
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