Saturday, December 22, 2012

We changed building codes to protect our children after tragic fires but done nothing to protect them from lunatics

There have been many horrifying  fires and explosions in schools which saw dramatic changes in building codes  the worst ever in 1908 in Collinwood  School Cleveland  Ohio when a Steam Pipe overheated and caught a wood beam on fire  Killing 172 students and 2 teachers and Fire Codes where changed  to include Fire Proof Stairwells  and Manual Fire Alarms


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collinwood_school_fire


Then in 1937 laws where put into effect requiring all gas entering buildings be odorized  after a tragic natural gas blast happened  in a school in New London Texas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_London_School_explosion

Then in 1958 laws where changed to total Fire Proofing of schools   working supervised fire alarms and today  Sprinklers  after the tragic deadly fire at our Lady of the angels fire in Chicago

But what has changed in the law and building  codes to protect our children from Lunatics?

Absolutely nothing.

Why are we not requiring  bullet resistant Lexan windows  ,Classroom doors built  like  anti terrorist entry  cock pit doors on planes, Safe Rooms with in class rooms  and Escape  Slides and  Escape doors or hatches from class rooms and Mantrap type entry doors to the schools where an intruder can be stopped and held for police like we have at some bank's or even just armed guards or police .
Does it mean we value our money more than our children it seems so.
We will not address the mental health issue in this country and in same way will not protect our children with safe guards against lunatics and bullets,  because we do not want our schools to look like prisons. But you can build in safe guards with out the prison look the rich do it with there homes all the time with safe rooms etc. So why have we not done it for our children?   Instead we say ban assault weapons which will and has done nothing to prevent violence in schools . Remember Colombine ? When are we going to get our priority's in this country straight and protect our children and get those who need mental health care to get proper treatment . It seems we have no interest and it is just a matter of time till the next big school disaster and when it comes to fire codes we have totally forgotten our private and parochial schools still holding classes in unsafe old schools and buildings  as well.
It is just a matter of time till another Lady's of the Angels Disaster on that level as well. Because we forgot about including those children in our fire codes . But Ban the Weapons .
Think about it are we doing what is right for our children or whats politically expedient ? A  determined  homicidal lunatic is a daily concern or worry but we do nothing to prevent it. Its about time stop the Political Correctness Bull shit and protect our children and society from Lunatics and lock them up if needed and get them treatment and harden up and protect our schools.Stop it now or be prepared to pay in more blood.


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