Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones 

 Read the article here. 

 

I learned a long time ago that there is always more than one way to skin a cat. Using this old time saying many times when I was dealing with departments and companies that were in need of big changes in their paradigms that were simply not working anymore.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

It means there is more than one way of achieving an aim. 

 

The biggest challenge then as well as now is the "that's the way we have always done it" comment, with the unsaid ".......and we're not going to change it". To that the reply is always, are you stocked up on life preservers or anchors? The ship is sinking and I don't see a bailing bucket in your hands! 

 

There are a number of ways that the school shootings can be addressed to reduce or maybe have them become a thing of the past. In my last post I addressed one, here is another. See article referenced above. 

 

The school bully is an example. He/she is allowed to run amuck and mentally and physically abuse those around him/her. Their ego is fed and bolstered by the inaction of the many that simply are afraid. Why? Could it be because no one has the gumption to pick up the nearest item and bash it into the bullies body? Oh, there is nothing around to grab. You knew that the bully was around and that you could be his/her next target. So, alas you find yourself exposed and eventually in the crosshairs. But what about your friends? What about the teachers? Oh yeah, they can't be around all the time. If only you could put one of them in your pocket or carry a baseball bat around. Not possible or practical. 

 

Now if the teacher was properly trained in the use of a handgun and had it close at hand when that bully/shooter came into the school the odds would be even. But more than likely the bully would think again before even putting themselves in that lose/lose situation. Just like if you had that baseball bat in your hand or friend/teacher in your pocket. Wait you say. Just ban guns, that will solve the problem. Ah, you have been drinking that kool-aid again, haven't you? It's like changing the emission levels allowed for cars. It can happen but it will take a number of years to take effect and there will ALWAYS be those that ignore the law and/or find a way around it. 

Progressive improvement beats delayed perfection. 

-- Mark Twain

Yes, there is a growing problem with school shootings and there is more than one way to skin a cat. Including the quick way, train and arm, and pass common sense laws about kids and kooks gaining access to firearms. 

 

But then there are those like some of the college kids that protest and want law enforcement off their campuses. So have them sign an agreement that law enforcement is not to be on the grounds at any time. Including when a kook comes around killing them with knives or baseball bats or running them down with a car or raping them. 

 

There is another old saying, 

"You can't have your cake and eat it too"!! 

It means you can't continue to possess the cake once you've eaten it.

 

 

Teachers flock to concealed carry permit class

By Mike Huckabee

We’re seeing a number of protests involving school children demanding more gun control laws to prevent school shootings. I don’t blame them because they’re young and naïve and don’t realize how they’ve been misled into thinking that the solution to all problems is more government and less freedom. But at least some of their teachers seem to understand enough about reality that they do not want to become statistics in the next attack on a “gun-free zone” school.
For proof, consider that an Ohio sheriff offered a gun safety class for teachers who want to qualify for a concealed carry permit. The initial class had room for 50 teachers. It filled up in 20 minutes.
I would ask even those parents who are most repulsed at the idea of armed guards at school to think hard and answer this question with brutal honesty: If your child was in a school that came under attack, would you really prefer that he or she be in a class run by a teacher who circulated a gun control petition or a teacher who has a concealed carry permit?