Two wounded students are taking their first steps to sue over the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
The law firm representing 15-year-old Kyle Laman sent a letter of its intent to sue the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, the Broward School Board and other defendants.
Kyle is the second student to file notice this week.
Separately, student survivor Anthony Borges, 15, and his parents notified Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry of their plan to sue. The notice claims negligence on the parts of Broward County Public Schools, Marjory Stoneman Douglas’ principal and its school resource officer.

Two Stoneman Douglas shooting survivors take first steps to sue.

We know that the lawsuit against BSO will go nowhere (No Duty To Protect), but it will be interesting to see how the School Board is gonna dance with this one.

I reckon paper shredders are working overtime today!

Via Rob Morse’s Slow Facts.

You have to understand the mind of a sociopathic criminal. A sociopathic/psychopathic criminal views his crime as an achievement. Most of us cannot relate. We view our accomplishments in business, sports, family/personal life or other areas as achievements. Not so with the criminal. And not so, whether the criminal is 53, 33 or 13.

Inside the Criminal Mind — of a 13-year-old Potential School Shooter in Ohio

I need you to understand how important are the words above. they are probably the simplest explanation between them and us. Think anything everything evil, disgusting, things that make your blood boil, your stomach churn and give you nightmares. For them they are conquests, stuff that makes them happy, badges of honor and pride.

According to Baltimore CBS local City To Provide 60 Free Buses To Send Students To March For Our Lives Rally.

According to The Hill:

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh (D) said Tuesday that the city would organize 60 free buses to take students to the anti-gun violence march in Washington, D.C., later this month.

Pugh addressed hundreds of students who had walked out of Baltimore City schools and marched to City Hall on Tuesday to demand action on gun violence.

“It is all about hearing the voices of young people,” Pugh said, according to video of the situation posted by a Baltimore Sun reporter. “Let’s show Washington, D.C., that Baltimore matters.”

This seems like a totally reasonable use of resources.

As we all know, Baltimore city schools are the public education gem of the Unites States.

Oh, wait, they’re not.

Only 13% of 8th graders are reading at grade level.

Six schools in Baltimore had a whopping 0% student proficiency in math AND reading.  As in NONE of the students could read or do basic math with any competency.

Thirteen schools had 0% proficiency in math.

Less than half of students can pass a basic English and math assessment exam.

On second thought, they city might as well ship 3,000 students to DC to protest because it’s not like they are going to learn anything if they stay in school anyway.

At least they will learn the most important Liberal lesson of all: education is for suckers, demand everything you want from the goverment.

I guess that makes this an educational field trip.

There is a bunch of them that were withdrawn and relate to funding or mental health stuff that I won’t deal ’cause it s Sanskrit to me.
Here is a list of what did not make it. Most of the failed ones were sort of grammar/clarification type. You can always go straight to the bill and check them out.

-Universal Background Checks. F
-16 hours of training for CWP. W
-Universal Background Checks part 2. W
-Banning Hollow Points. W (There is another similar amendment still in place)
-Large-capacity magazine. W (There is another similar amendment still in place)
-Manufacturing of weapons by citizens. W
-Risk protection Order, “Allege” that the respondent poses a significant danger. W
-Risk protection Order, “Allege” that the respondent poses a significant danger (part 2). W
– Tax on firearms and ammunition. W

There is still a bunch of amendments untouched. They may never be discussed or maybe they will. I just do not know.

I do need a break. All this legislative-speak can drive you insane…er.

UPDATE: The House Republicans apparently got some backbone and the Amendments went down in flames or were withdrawn.

We can breath for tonight. Tomorrow is another day.

Michael Bane keeps repeating something that is true: The Liberals are chumming the waters. It is like they were betting heavily on a bad response, a bloody act and then somehow, magically and by the force of their convictions, nothing else would happen but they get to control everybody because magic.

These people need to revisit the tale of Pandora’s box. They also need to know that an average of 500 members of Irish Republican Army kept the British Army entangled for decades in an island where they have absolute control of comings and goings and no Bill of Rights to impede them.

They may be interested to know that from 1964 to 2017 the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) drove the Colombian Government crazy to the point they rather pardon them and stop the killing than keep fighting them. The FARC ended up controlling one-third of Colombia and took over the growing and processing of coca leaves into cocaine paste. We are talking about 7,000 armed revolutionaries controlling and area the size of the State of California with only 7,000 armed people.

Since 1991,Abu Sayaff has been basically in control of the south of the Philippines with 1,500 members at its peak, 400 members estimated now. The government cannot get rid of them.

In Peru, Shinning Path (1982) was possibly the cruelest and most sadistic assholes of all terrorist groups in South America. Even though the leader of the group was arrested and the organization is a shadow of what it was, they are still active. Number of members? Although nowadays they run under 500, at its highest they had about 2,000 they managed to keep a tight grip 124,000 square miles of Peru, roughly the size of New Mexico.

So basically you have the example of four real terrorist organizations totaling under ten thousand individuals, controlling more than a quarter million square miles of territory of four countries without any Bill Of Rights’ protections for decades. The question now is very simple:

Do you really want five million NRA members becoming the thing you call us?

Food for thought on that one.

I am not getting any replies, automated or otherwise.  Somebody just told me they got 4 acceptances and 49 reject auto responses from FL reps and I was amazed to know he had responses at all.

How about you? Let me know, we may need to alert certain people.