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Post by the light works on Feb 28, 2018 0:30:38 GMT
Well, given past behavior, it's not entirely unlikely. Some years ago, he halted a mugging. He confronted the man who was beating another man with a baseball bat. The man abandoned the attack. i.redd.it/45l1nkm3nmi01.pnghe and his bodyguards, as I understand the details of the story. and no running was involved. |
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Post by Lokifan on Feb 28, 2018 8:50:51 GMT
Well, given past behavior, it's not entirely unlikely. Some years ago, he halted a mugging. He confronted the man who was beating another man with a baseball bat. The man abandoned the attack. i.redd.it/45l1nkm3nmi01.pnghe and his bodyguards, as I understand the details of the story. and no running was involved. I've only found the one version of the story, and it doesn't mention anything about bodyguards. It does mention another "couple", but it's obviously doubtful they were guards. Snopes currently has it listed as "unproven". Do you have a better source? Interesting that the reporter is James Rosen, who was spied on by the Obama administration in 2013 when he was accused of being a criminal co-conspirator for reporting information told by an administration official about the North Korean nuclear program. Many saw it as an attempt to silence the press. He also left Fox News suddenly this year without explanation. Rumors say it was part of the "#metoo" scandal. |
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Post by the light works on Feb 28, 2018 15:51:54 GMT
he and his bodyguards, as I understand the details of the story. and no running was involved. I've only found the one version of the story, and it doesn't mention anything about bodyguards. It does mention another "couple", but it's obviously doubtful they were guards. Snopes currently has it listed as "unproven". Do you have a better source? Interesting that the reporter is James Rosen, who was spied on by the Obama administration in 2013 when he was accused of being a criminal co-conspirator for reporting information told by an administration official about the North Korean nuclear program. Many saw it as an attempt to silence the press. He also left Fox News suddenly this year without explanation. Rumors say it was part of the "#metoo" scandal. I have heard that multiple variants of the story exist, but the general thread remains the same: nope and another couple were traveling by limo, and it is presumed he had at least one security employee along, saw one person menacing another with a baseball bat (no word on whether it was a semi automatic baseball bat with a 30 round magazine and whether or not it was fitted with a bump stock) and yelled something to the effect of "hey you, knock it off" either from inside or outside the limo, whereupon the one with the bat remembered he had pressing business elsewhere. |
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Post by the light works on Mar 1, 2018 1:51:14 GMT
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 1, 2018 3:29:16 GMT
Whole lot of unanswered questions there. |
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Post by the light works on Mar 1, 2018 4:23:47 GMT
Whole lot of unanswered questions there. like could an armed teacher have prevented that? |
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 1, 2018 4:28:10 GMT
Whole lot of unanswered questions there. like could an armed teacher have prevented that? Seeing how it was a gun free zone I guess we'll never know the answer to that question. A better question might be, how do we keep guns away from people that shouldn't have them. Including mentally ill teachers. |
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Post by silverdragon on Mar 1, 2018 7:35:27 GMT
like could an armed teacher have prevented that? Seeing how it was a gun free zone I guess we'll never know the answer to that question. A better question might be, how do we keep guns away from people that shouldn't have them. Including mentally ill teachers. How do you get mentally ill teachers?. Employ a freshly graduated new teacher, and just wait. More than just a joke, I am working on the theory that ALL teachers are experiencing a certain level of anxiety at any given point of their career, some more seriously than others, and some more experienced in it than others, but when faced with a school of possibly highly unruly children, can any teacher say they didnt have "days" when they were perhaps better off at home de-stressing?. Your whole class just took their final exams, and on that score, and it IS a score that someone will keep, you will be affected by someone judging your ability to teach on how many of them passed. Ask me again if teachers are stressed out to [duck] more maybe than I ever was half hour late on a delivery stuck in traffic sat 10ft away from a tank of explosive liquid fuel. In that I was never stressed out, because I get there when I get there, and being stressed behind a wheel of a truck is an accident waiting to happen?. I didnt get a "Your ability to function is severely compromised" if I miss a delivery time because of an incident that delays all traffic in 50 miles radius... So my theory is that all teachers who get performance reviews based on how well their kids pass tests must be battling daily with some form of anxiety. Anyone got anything on that?. BTW, My Mum, a retired teacher, was VERY vocal about her bad days, we the family were used to it, we were very forwards about support for each other in difficult times, my Mum de-stressed by having us help by even stating "Its not just you Mum, all teachers have the same kind of days", and this we know, because being a Kid with a Mum as a teacher, you get a new respect for your own teachers, and can see when they are having a bad day. Mostly as the result of a difficult kid being a right [plonka]. My Mum came home limping one time when kid REFUSED to stop shouting in class and kicked out at his teacher because "You cant stop me screaming"... tell me again that isnt stress?. Ask me if teachers are a good starting point to recruit armed guards?. I picked up this one last night, its from a UK TeeVee show, Unspun with Matt Ford, he says.... Is this more than a joke?. |
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Post by the light works on Mar 1, 2018 15:09:04 GMT
like could an armed teacher have prevented that? Seeing how it was a gun free zone I guess we'll never know the answer to that question. A better question might be, how do we keep guns away from people that shouldn't have them. Including mentally ill teachers. well, we might try requiring anyone who sells one to do a background check on the prospective buyer, or better yet, establish a licensing system that establishes a standard of training, intelligence, and sanity before a person is allowed to possess a gun. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 1, 2018 15:27:09 GMT
Seeing how it was a gun free zone I guess we'll never know the answer to that question. A better question might be, how do we keep guns away from people that shouldn't have them. Including mentally ill teachers. well, we might try requiring anyone who sells one to do a background check on the prospective buyer, or better yet, establish a licensing system that establishes a standard of training, intelligence, and sanity before a person is allowed to possess a gun. No argument from me on that. You are required to prove you are trained and capable before you are allowed to drive a car, I see no reason you shouldn't be required the same before you are allowed to own a gun. Back to this teacher. Seems he did have a history of having some mental issues threatening to harm others as well as himself. All indication from school administration was that he was this model teacher and they were all shocked that he would do something like this. Did his school administration know about his past problems and choose to ignored them or were they never informed? www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/01/georgia-teacher-who-fired-gun-in-classroom-previously-told-police-hired-hitmen-report-says.html |
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Post by the light works on Mar 1, 2018 15:32:14 GMT
well, we might try requiring anyone who sells one to do a background check on the prospective buyer, or better yet, establish a licensing system that establishes a standard of training, intelligence, and sanity before a person is allowed to possess a gun. No argument from me on that. You are required to prove you are trained and capable before you are allowed to drive a car, I see no reason you shouldn't be required the same before you are allowed to own a gun. Back to this teacher. Seems he did have a history of having some mental issues threatening to harm others as well as himself. All indication from school administration was that he was this model teacher and they were all shocked that he would do something like this. Did his school administration know about his past problems and choose to ignored them or were they never informed? www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/01/georgia-teacher-who-fired-gun-in-classroom-previously-told-police-hired-hitmen-report-says.html I'm guessing they were never told. |
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Post by the light works on Mar 2, 2018 0:41:37 GMT
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 2, 2018 1:49:41 GMT
Not sure why Delta was giving discounts to NRA members in the first place, but if a company is going to make political statements, then I guess that opens them up to the political game.
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Post by the light works on Mar 2, 2018 1:55:43 GMT
Not sure why Delta was giving discounts to NRA members in the first place, but if a company is going to make political statements, then I guess that opens them up to the political game. insider deals for select groups are a common way to try to lure customers in. it really isn't a whole lot different from hotels giving discounts to AAA members. except right now AAA isn't politically toxic. |
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Post by oscardeuce on Mar 2, 2018 12:36:44 GMT
Seeing how it was a gun free zone I guess we'll never know the answer to that question. A better question might be, how do we keep guns away from people that shouldn't have them. Including mentally ill teachers. well, we might try requiring anyone who sells one to do a background check on the prospective buyer, or better yet, establish a licensing system that establishes a standard of training, intelligence, and sanity before a person is allowed to possess a gun. While we are at it, raise the voting age to 21, draft age to 21. Background checks and sanity checks and a tax (like the NFA) before you get your voting licenses. |
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Post by the light works on Mar 2, 2018 14:16:22 GMT
well, we might try requiring anyone who sells one to do a background check on the prospective buyer, or better yet, establish a licensing system that establishes a standard of training, intelligence, and sanity before a person is allowed to possess a gun. While we are at it, raise the voting age to 21, draft age to 21. Background checks and sanity checks and a tax (like the NFA) before you get your voting licenses. no tax on voting is allowed. I like the idea of raising the age at which a soldier can enter combat. firefighters can't drive apparatus or work in the "hot zone" under the age of 21. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 2, 2018 14:32:01 GMT
While we are at it, raise the voting age to 21, draft age to 21. Background checks and sanity checks and a tax (like the NFA) before you get your voting licenses. no tax on voting is allowed. I like the idea of raising the age at which a soldier can enter combat. firefighters can't drive apparatus or work in the "hot zone" under the age of 21. I think he meant test, not tax. I like the idea of not putting a military member into combat until they are 21, but still let them enlist at 18. |
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Post by the light works on Mar 2, 2018 14:54:54 GMT
no tax on voting is allowed. I like the idea of raising the age at which a soldier can enter combat. firefighters can't drive apparatus or work in the "hot zone" under the age of 21. I think he meant test, not tax. I like the idea of not putting a military member into combat until they are 21, but still let them enlist at 18. I still like the idea of a mandatory one year of government employment between the end of school and the beginning of the work life. those college bound can choose to do it before or after college; but one year, working full time for pay, trained on the job. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Mar 2, 2018 14:56:54 GMT
I think he meant test, not tax. I like the idea of not putting a military member into combat until they are 21, but still let them enlist at 18. I still like the idea of a mandatory one year of government employment between the end of school and the beginning of the work life. those college bound can choose to do it before or after college; but one year, working full time for pay, trained on the job. I would prefer before college, while their brain is still working. |
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Post by the light works on Mar 2, 2018 15:02:14 GMT
I still like the idea of a mandatory one year of government employment between the end of school and the beginning of the work life. those college bound can choose to do it before or after college; but one year, working full time for pay, trained on the job. I would prefer before college, while their brain is still working. but some students don't want to lose momental between high school and college. maybe an adjunct to that could be that students who wish to drop out of regular school, AND "alternative" school must enter a trade apprenticeship. |
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