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Nonsensical Rifle Addiction

This European comedy sketch explains how the world sees America’s gun problem
From the outside, it’s just baffling.
German Lopez



When the rest of the world looks at America’s gun problem, it’s often with bafflement.

Sunday with Lubach, which is sort of like the Dutch version of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, looked at guns — specifically, the US’s love of firearms. And it’s very telling.

For one, the satirical Dutch video describes America’s love of guns as so bad that it is an illness: Nonsensical Rifle Addiction, or NRA — a reference to the biggest gun lobby group in the country.

“Dear fellow Europeans,” the video’s narrator begins, “a devastating humanitarian crisis is threatening a small country on the coast of North America: the United States of America.”

The video goes on to ....

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics ... day-lubach

Uvalde school district suspends entire police force, superintendent to retire amid fallout from shooting
The district has faced withering criticism over its police department’s actions.
Jenny Wagnon Courts, Ismael Estrada, Josh Margolin, and Emily Shapiro

The Uvalde, Texas, school district -- still facing withering criticism over its police department's failings both during the May 24 elementary school massacre and since -- announced the suspension of the entire district police force on Friday.

Hours later, Uvalde school district Superintendent Hal Harrell announced he would be retiring. There was no timeframe given for Harrell's retirement, but the transition will be discussed in a closed session of the school board on Monday.

The district said it's requested more Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to be stationed on campuses and at extracurricular activities amid the police department suspension, adding, "We are confident that staff and student safety will not be compromised during this transition."

The length of the school district police suspension is not clear.

Lt. Miguel Hernandez, who was tasked with leading the department in the fallout from the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers, and Ken Mueller, the UCISD's director of student services, were placed on administrative leave.

Hernandez acknowledged in a law enforcement communication in August that he'd received formal notification from DPS that an officer applying to Uvalde's school police force was under investigation for her response at Robb Elementary.

Mueller has elected to retire, according to the school district.

"Officers currently employed will fill other roles in the district," the school district said. According to the district's website, that includes four officers and one security guard.

Victims' families, led by Brett Cross, guardian of 10-year-old victim Uziyah Garcia, had been holding a round-the-clock vigil outside the school district headquarters calling for change. The families are now ....

https://abcnews.go.com/US/uvalde-school ... d=91172897

A couple of observations:

The school district has it's own police department??

Note that they're suspended, not fired. And the length of the suspension has not been determined.

That question occurred to me as well. That it's even viewed as being needed is sick, IMO.

It is pretty common here. My school district has their own police.

Texas state police fire first officer over Uvalde school shooting response
Associated Press

The Texas Department of Public Safety has fired an officer who was at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre and becomes the first member of the state police force to lose their job in the fallout over the hesitant response to the May attack.

Sgt. Juan Maldonado was served with termination papers Friday, said Ericka Miller, a department spokeswoman. The firing comes five months after ....

https://torontosun.com/news/world/texas ... g-response

Three vids at source

The last paragraph is interesting



You have to wonder why the schools would have even considered hiring her.

Because it's Texas?