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It really bothered me how the National Media (FOX in particular) kept harping on that assumption, even after the local media and law enforcement had stated (and shown) she shot her way into the school.

I believe you can be mentally il and still know exactly what you are doing. She was not insane. Something inside her made her fixate on TCS as an outlet to whatever rage she was feeling inside. A chemical imbalance could do that, or just being mad at the world that you feel doesn’t understand or acknowledge you, or all of the above. Maybe she had a deathwish and wanted to die by cop. It really doesn’t matter at this point. It mattered yesterday when maybe someone could have intervened, or someone could have stopped to listen to whatever it was that was making her fixate on the school. Or something could have been done to change the direction she had put herself on. But I will say, it wasn’t the gun’s fault. It was a tool. Just like a car is for someone who drives through a crowd or a rock is someone drops off an interstate bridge. Our mayor made the comment today that “guns took the lives of innocent people today” (paraphrasing). The guns didn’t do $h!t. Ms. Hale took their lives.

To be honest, I don’t give three f*cks about her gender or any of that. People I knew personally are dead today. Children my wife cared for are dead today. Please pray for the victims, their families and the other students, families and staff. That is all we can do at this point.

She was female. She was a student at the school in one of the early graduating classes. She was female when in elementary school and I assume born (genetically) female. This would have been 15 years ago, before all this transgender stuff became mainstream.

We won’t really know her motive until they release the contents of the manifesto.

The school was definitely targeted. Hopefully we learn why. Please don’t listen to the National media. The school kept all the doors locked. They did as much as they could to keep the kids safe. They went into lockdown with in minutes of the first shots fired. The shooter shot her way into the school. Again, Kudos to the LEOs for charging in and neutralizing the threat.

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They have the protocols to keep the door locked. There is speculation that she broke in, and I hope that is the case. It has been reported that all the door were locked like they are supposed to be. If so, hopefully schools can learn from this.

The Covenant School (Covenant Presbyterian Church) has a very strong security process. My wife has been through several active shooter training courses including gun shot trauma first aid. They do active shooter drills with the students which is why they were able to lock down the students or get them out and to safety. They have to buzz visitors in. However, it is also a church. Kusdo to the MNPD for actively engaging the shooter and killing her. 14minutes from the call the the end. if my wife had been there, she would very likely be dead right now. It was in the upstairs hall right in front of the school office. She would not have hesitated to rush to the aid of the students.

There was an active shooter at The Covenant School today. Shooter is down. Not sure about casualties. My wife works there at the Director of Office Administration. She was not there today.

Yep. There is a Fringe marathon on one of the channels today I’ve been watching for the last several hours.

My 7th grade English teacher at BGA wrote “Life is not fair” on the chalk board the first day of class. He was also the head of the middle school. He told us we needed to learn that fact, that life will not be fair. In this modern time of “everything should be fair” I have tried to impart that lesson to my daughter.

Here are all of them together. 1967 Winchester 94 in .30-30, 1971 Sears Ted Williams Model 100 (Winchester 94) in 30-30, Rossi 92 I. 44mag, 1969 Marlin 336 in .30-30, 1925 Winchester 94 SRC in .32 WS, 1964 Sears Model 45 (Marlin 336) in .35 Rem

Actually I think it is an FP, just not a side mount version.

I don’t have a Williams Fool Proof, but it do have a Williams 5D-336 peep sight I will likely try on one of the Marlins

I like it better than the really long K6 with bad glass that won’t gather much light

Ok @gregintenn does this look better? I had a BugBuster scope from an AR build so I thought I would see if it fit. The K6 glass was just not that good anymore. I might also just go with a peep sight.

Nice. Be sure to share photos when you can.

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Oops, My bad. that kind of kills the entire joke.

So your pickup truck is spying on you?

Don’t you live in Maryville? Just funnin you.

Anyone heard from @AuEagle?

Yea, the K6, while cool and vintage, is not the greatest scope. The coating is starting to come off the glass, and it does not have the best light gathering abilities. but it looks really cool.