54% of discretionary spending is on defence.
The Cold Math of Securing Schools
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54% of discretionary spending is on defence.
Monad Portal
Was it me?
you need to find the lord.
Do you reserve some of your caterwaulings for the dozens of kids shot over the weekend in one of our nation's largest cities or do you not care about gangs of black kids that shoot at each every day in this country. I take it as the latter because you seem to have selective vitriol.
as always libs fail to see the obvious.
a sticker scares off a robber as a locked door complicates an invasion scenario.
about a year ago, yes I did, as always.
cant tell much from your picture. not all glass is created equal.
you dont have to be Fort Knox to be "hardened". lots of glass in banks as well.
Yes, I see you trying to walk away with those goal posts. No, I'm not going to allow that. The argument was "This government should have its budget cut by at least 50% and it would go unnoticed by most US citizens." Nothing there about discretionary spending. That 50% of the budget. Period. Feel free to play with the numbers and try to identify 50% of the budget that could be cut without most people noticing. You might be able to find 5% or 6% of the total budget to cut if you got rid of military spending that isn't really needed to secure the country.... but even that would be acutely noticed by many, since those working for defense contractors would experience mass layoffs, as would anyone in a community with a military base that was closed.
Answered Bimbo.
The Gin Free Zone Act of 1990
The act mandated the creation of gun free zones at all U.S. schools.
Yes, and so not every ground-floor window would need to be replaced. But we have a huge number of schools in this country, with many school buildings dating back half a century or more, without having had any significant security retrofits. So, such retrofits would wind up being very expensive on a national basis. I was just in a school a couple weeks ago (for an event) that was built in the 1920's, and which still has a bunch of ground-floor windows that open. On a temperate day, a shooter could literally just walk up and climb through any open window.
What a shame, and I'm so fond of Tanqueray.
OK. That one doesn't define "gun free" and only deals with school zones, so unless most shootings happen in school zones (which they don't) doesn't satisfy the claim that most happen in gun-free zones.
That's the line of argument you jumped into. You messed up. I understand and accept your apology.
And an armed teacher could shoot him before his feet hit the ground.
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Truthmatters
Sure
evince
Truthmatters
You gonna increase their pay?
By the way Baby Girl, There are 10 other budget lines that bring total defence spending up to 1.2 trillion
By the way Baby Girl, There are 10 other budget lines that bring total defence spending up to 1.2 trillion
21 Funerals. Are you going to watch any of them? It's going to be torture but I am going to watch all of them. I am going to learn each of their stories. I'm going to mourn with the parents, the families.
Welcome to what you rednecks have done. Sleep well.
21 Funerals.. TRY TO BE ASHAMED.
I can tell you that the schools I went to 40 years ago had full on security doors everywhere, exterior as well as interior.
I can also tell you that the schools my children went to had on scene police presence.
The expense was convered in the police budget and the town agreed that it was a small price to pay.
Finally I can tell you that you are a heinous force for evil, ignorant and stupid besides.
Your efforts here will come to naught.