General responses, thank you for your heart felt replies. She was not hurt, but the lockdown drills proved their worth that day.
Also 2 of my fingers are literally tied up after seeing the dermatologists so a little more half hazard in my typing than usual
However since I still have friends there in Rigby and spent a few years living there, here are my 2 cents on the comments.
@
Burnhardt
I am on the same page, and given most school shooters are more often the bullies instead of the bullied, it will be interesting to see what she turns out to be. As is since this is
@
Xprimentyl
I lean closer to the gun ownership side of things, but I am also a person that the within reason clause that is unofficially part of every amendment, and well regulated part of the second amendment means this is stupid and going to get someone killed. I have to have a license to drive a car. I should have one to wield a fire arm
As for gun regulations, stricter punishments might be needed, and following the guidelines as is might also be needed. Had the latter actually happened on a reasonable and standardized way, Virginia tech would not be associated with tragedy.
And alot oof people should not have guns, period. A classics from the old west can still kill really good, as is what I can spend $600 at Bass Pro shop today, and there ae people that should not be around either. People that cannot handle the responsibility of ownership of a firearm, those that lack the maturity and even the most basic level of human empathy should not have one either.
@Dirty Hipsters
Sit down, this might take a while.
Idaho is a gun state. Most of the population is conservative, most of them are country folk (if you had zone of truth on any given part of the population they would admit their national religion was first Rodeo, second BYU College sports, then you get to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints).
Hunting and outdoorsy stuff is a way of life, and that means alot of gun culture. Thankfully most of the people I knew up there were responsible gun owners. When one of my relatives in the area shot himself in the hand because he wasn't paying attention while he was prepping his gun for cleaning, he got endless ribbing for it for months for it.
At the same time there are alot of conspiracy theorists up there. Alot of alt right groups. Alot of anti vaxers. At least one Idahoan was proudly part of the insurrection on Washington. Ruby Ridge, where there was a major shoot out between law enforcement and one of these preppers, is about an 8 and half hour drive from Rigby, but its still in Idaho. I have not met any Neo Nazis up there, to which I am thankful, but I have seen plenty of confederate flags waving.
So we have at one end, a group of gun enthusiasts that respect the fire arm and teach their kids this is a tool, not a toy and should never be treated as such. That Assume its always loaded, never point it at anything you do not wish to destroy are sacrosanct.
On the other, government bad, must have an insurrection, tinfoil hat idiots that would be right up Alex Jones' ally, and make the bleach guy in Godzilla vs Kong look mentaly stable.
However the next issue from talking with people back there will come from if the kid came from a Idahoan family or a Californian one. If from the state, or one of the surrounding mid west ones, there will be alot of "what the hell is wrong with you, did you not teach your child better!" If from California, and Idahoans typicly hate Californians for moving in, bringing their baggage, and driving up the housing prices, I wouldn't be surprised if saying if that soured my home State's reputation and that of her people.
I still remember moving up here and having gotten my brother settled, that I thought I use my extra time to help out at the tiny local library. Everything was going ok until the woman there asked where I was from. Saying I was from CA might as well have been "I sacrifice small children to our lord Satan." She took it THAT badly. Even at church (Mormon here), people were watching us like hawks because apparently everyone from my neck of the woods are heathens. It was nice to pop that bubble, but it was still a pain in the neck.
And as
The Rogue Wolf more or less said: we might be dealing less safe and sane and more Elmer Fud