Another School Shooting, This Time at Louisiana Schnell Elementary in CA
Louisiana Schnell Elementary School
An unidentified victim has been shot at Louisiana Schnell Elementary School in Placerville, CA and was rushed immediately to the hospital. Reporters at MSNBC name John Luebbers, a janitor at the school, as the suspect in the shooting, which took place at 11 am pacific time. According to El Dorado County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Byers, “It’s not clear what prompted the shooting.” Luebbers allegedly fled on foot.
No children were injured in the incident, but the school was placed on lockdown nonetheless. Students have been evacuated to the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. The WSJ says, “50 officers from various law enforcement agencies were participating in the manhunt for the suspect.”
Every time I write about a new school shooting, I can’t help but wonder what it will take for us to seriously consider better gun laws. New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg recently conducted a sting at an Arizona gun show, where his operatives were able to purchase guns illegally – even though they told the seller that they would not be able to pass a background check. The Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition stresses that most guns confiscated from crime scenes are possessed illegally, and Bloomberg suggests that simply enforcing the gun laws currently on the books will go a long way to keep our streets and schools safer. How many more people have to be shot and killed before we begin to take this issue seriously? Julie Schenecker, the FL mom who killed her teenage children last week, was depressed and therefore legally shouldn’t have owned a gun. It’ll be interesting to see whether the gun in this incident at Louisana Schnell was purchased legally or not.
Our best wishes to the victim in this case and the students at the school.
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The reports say nothing about the janitor owning an illegal gun. Why do you say this has anything to do with gun laws? If anything, everyone of age should be required to own a gun. As it stands people don’t understand gun saftey and couldn’t possibly be prepaired to see this coming – or defend against it.
Austin, I didn’t think anyone else had coherent thoughts on this subject. Our friend Carolyn is right. We should ammend the gun laws to require anyone over the age of 30 to obtain a handgun and be trained to use it effectively. Michael Blumberg has cleaned up New York city so well that he sends people to check on other states’ issues. Gun stores should be in every city and guns should be sold in 7-11s. Carolyn is living proof that you can’t legislate against stupid people, but you can shoot them. Just kidding, Carolyn. It’s not your fault you were born a bleeding heart, lazy thinking, woman. I don’t own a gun, but am considering it before more stupid people gain power.
Placerville is a small town!
Are you sure someone shot the gun? I’ve been told that sometimes guns just jump out of their storage area and shoot people. Suppose the principal was stabbed? Would you want knives banned? If so, how would you cut your food so it would fit in your mouth?
Chuck, you’re not exactly a MENSA member yourself.
By the way, being a woman isn’t a fault.
Surprise! Welcome to the 21st century!
First of all gun laws have nothing to do with these circumstances. A major lack of education on many levels and low respect for life is the problem with non-existent compassion for others being a big catalyst. Just because some subject isn’t easily quantifiable doesn’t mean that you can reduce it down to some simple idea or common denominator. The fact of the matter is that I can walk into a room and find twenty things to use as efficient weapons in less than a minute and know where to strike to damage or to kill if need be. Dont get me wrong, VIOLENCE SUCKS. I’m no proponent of it. However if it or the threat of it is certain towards me, mine, or the weak or infirm or bullied then I have no qualms about using it.
Guns are never a black and white issue and never will be except when it comes to curbing the peoples right to access them. If our people (Americans) were actually sticking to our Founders intentions which are LAW, then education, training, respect and a healthy fear would be second nature for all of us; read the Militia Act of 1792.
I’m white (as far as I know). I’m just throwing that out there. Maybe you’ll understand why later. I grew up in the military. Went to school in the inner city where white is a minority and middle and high school a war-zone in the late 80s to mid 90s. My last day at my first high school was when a kid got shot in the locker room after P.E. and was right next to me. Later that week I was looking out the window of my bedroom and saw a shootout with the cops while the perps were being chased down the alley my house sat on. NEITHER of these incident were even on the news and I’m guessing it was because it involved inner-city Black people who lived in a gang town back when everything was all Crips vs Bloods that and the cops won. We had routine bomb threats at school too. Never on the news. Point being that things like this that happen alot more than we hear are not because there was access to a gun, legally or otherwise but because somebody felt backed into a corner (whether they put themselves there or not) or just was not all that educated after all…or they were completely crazy.
I don’t own a gun either so you can toss your preconceptions. I do know how to use them responsibly though and I plan on buying some soon…probably in Arizona where I am free to purchase anything I want without governments “permission” which is a joke of an idea to even conceive of. By Law of the Land I am free to do as I please as long as I do not cause harm to another’s life limb or property and am not involved in commercial activity. According to the US supreme Court this is true and a Legal defense for any case brought against you by a state through their own will. I have spent years studying these precepts and others and successfully arguing them in court.
Nevertheless when kids are involved situations like these are scary and we want to protect them so we lash out. Lets not forget to use our full knowledge, with reason itself being its applicator along the way though. Fear is not something that is wholly useful to lead your reactions to these situations. That is exactly what those that manipulate use as ammo against us. A real weapon is your mind, guns are just tools. Use your real weapon first.
According to the US supreme Court this is true and a Legal defense for any case brought against you by a state through their own will.