I'm not sure whether it's made international news, but those of us living in the US have probably heard tale of two shootings in the south (I think one in Louisiana IIRC) and two shootings in Illinois (the latest just yesterday) over the span of a month or so. Various settings have been affected, from college campuses to shopping malls.
What the heck gives? This is getting ridiculous. Civilians must be made aware that any environment -- a classroom, a department store, a library, etc. -- can become a war zone at any moment. I'm starting to think community disaster preparedness meetings are in order to instill survival skills in the everyman and everywoman who lacks combat training.
What should the US government (or State & local governments or college and high school administrations) do? A psychological evaluation of every college and high school student (goodbye privacy)? Ban handguns (hello NRA uproar)? Give everyone a handgun (better get those psychological evaluations done first...)? Get an armed security officer in every classroom and department store (hello police state)?
Just wanted to vent at the idiocy that's happening in my country. It's clear that something has to be done, and it's going to be politically difficult, so in reality nothing will be done, and US citizens won't even be taught whatever useful skills may come in handy during these crisis situations. Is this happening in any of the other countries represented at the Compendium?
