We interrupt this gun-fetishist fantasy to remind you that the reason a trained & capable police officer had to shoot & kill a child is because the child was able to get a gun & bring it to school. Also: The armed police officer's presence did not deter the child from doing so. — Jon Zal (@OfficialJonZal) March 20, 2018 Um...Actually, we interrupt this dangerously naive virtue-signaling fantasy to remind you that the reason a trained and capable police officer could prevent the deaths of the innocent children around him was because he had the proper tool to defend them. Also: Neither Maryland's current prohibition on guns in schools , nor current federal laws prohibiting handgun sales to minors deterred the child evildoer from bringing a gun to school. Only the gun in the hands of the good guy prevented more blood on the hands of the bad guy.
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