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BaltCo school gun incident #2

OK, so this is an epidemic I hope stops, as in now.  There was another incident on Tuesday morning of a gun being brought into a Baltimore County school.  This time it was Stemmers Run Middle School, and the student was in 8th grade.  The Sun brings you all the details here.  The teacher who got the gun away from the kid is truly a hero.

So I get that this could just be a copycat incident of the opening day of school incident at Perry Hall High School, but let's get one thing clear here: bringing a gun into school is not a great idea.  Ever.  I like the idea of wanding the kids in the schools, at least in the short term.

I guess the question is: do we need to step up any sort of school security measures in Howard County, in light of these incidents?  Fair question to ask.  I don't think thus far these types of incidents have shown the tendency to cross borders.

Totally amazing that some BOE candidate recently complained about feeling unsafe because people decided to call her out for her ignorant, hateful mouth.  Because more and more, I'm wondering if it's not our children who should be feeling unsafe, simply going to school every morning.

 

Crazy Animal Wife Goes Free!

A meaningful Patriot Day to you all.  I will note that September 11, 2001 was also a Tuesday.

Today's post is most definitely not in that spirit-- in fact, this is one of the things that make you kick the trash can and go, "What the F!!!????"  Luke Lavoie (finally, a Howard County reporter with a great porn star name!) brings you the sad reality here.

So the wife was found not guilty of these charges, but since the husband testified during the trial that he was the big meanie who abused these animals to death, that now he goes to court on January 2nd.  Well, that's just ducky.

So I guess we fool ourselves in this county by being a county that's sensitive to animals.  We kind of are, I suppose, when it comes to providing for amenities and our population of great veterinarians locally.  But when there's a houseful of dead animals, it seems like justice becomes a...let's just say, uncertain process.  That's sad.

Methinks that come January, this husband will get some sort of plea deal or he'll say he was out of his mind or he'll have some other trick up his sleeve to stay away from the arm of the law.  And in my mind, that sucks.

Now, this IS something I'mm be watching for some time.  Quite carefully.  Because someone needs to be punished for ending these innocent lives.