OldDude

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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I'm all for stricter gun laws but there are already laws in place associated with those diagnosed with certain mental illnesses not being able to "purchase" a firearm. So I keep going back to what I...
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I have never won an argument with Sweep Petunia...never...I told her the only inscription I want on my urn of ashes is "never won an argument with SP." And it's because she thinks up stuff like this....
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I was waiting for this , thank you rnknsn, drug laws, another epic fail, since the law can't prevent the social/mental health issues driving the drug
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    We have two SROs for our entire district...7 campuses...that's great!! Yes, the ones on site could have responded and saved lives, possibly killed the shooter. And, although the AR 15 can expend a lot...
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Florida school shooting: How was killer able to get around school security? - Sun Sentinel So, the fire alarm system upgrade was to be completed by 2016... and... The only person trained and armed to...
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    Essential Oil Overkill

    OldDude replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    In the school setting...in our district...we (nurses or school staff) don't administer or apply any substance that isn't approved by the FDA for that particular application...MD order or not. So, no...
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Yes, do that...I have two in high school and one in 8th grade...I never imagined this would be one of the "joys" of
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Well, our district re-circulated the the lockdown procedure by email today...so we are
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    Huge Thank you from a School Health Tech

    OldDude replied to AlliM6's topic in School

    Congratulations!
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    More on Concussions

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Nice!! Thanks for the
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Very true...I think it's easier to connect the dots when you work backward from the end result but it seems in many of these cases a lot of omens were ignored. I know it's common now for people to be...
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I hope more information comes
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I'm actually agreeing with you...I want it the way you mention..I wish it could be that way. It's not gonna change...your vote didn't help...my vote didn't help...state or federal...what else is there...
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Thanks...something just doesn't fit though...no mention of them other than their presence and then the statement by the superintendent that two police cars were typically on campus on a daily basis....
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Kidz, I've read your references to armed officers at this school but I can't find that reporting. Can you lead me to
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I want all that stuff too Kidz...but wanting it isn't relevant to reality. It's not gonna happen. Guns are not going away. We MUST deal with that reality and plan for
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    What do you
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    Evidence Base Research Shows...

    OldDude replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Evidenced based research shows that it is seldom based on evidence other than bias associated with what result the researcher is
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    Medicare Fraud?

    OldDude replied to jlynn2303's topic in Home Health

    I hear you guys and one can only "hope" the changes are legitimate but my reality self knows that this stuff happens on a regular basis, that I've been asked to be complicit in it, and I've seen Home...
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Not arguing the stats...I've been hearing about gun control issues since the 80s. It's not gonna
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I don't know...maybe it has something to do with having the right to pretty much do anything and everything you want to in the US with little or no answerability or responsibility...I don't know,...
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    The guns are not going away. Not today, not tomorrow, not next month, not next year, not in the next 50 years...the guns are not going away. It's not gonna happen so we might as well stop wasting time...
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    School Shootings

    OldDude replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Not gonna happen...the abyss between the corrupt and self serving politicians on both sides of the aisle can never be bridged on subjects like this...sad but true. What can happen, in a relatively...
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    office thermometer

    OldDude replied to Adriennelb's topic in School

    Welch Allyn Sure