Shooter incident at elementary school in Uvalde, Texas - 19 children and 2 adults dead

From that Washington Post article:

"dramatic illustration of the gap between the rhetoric and the reality of American policing"

We can take that same bolded phrase and apply it to so many issues we're facing right now; problems across all facets of human life, where we're sold a bill of goods that does not live up to promises or expectations.

So, what is the solution? Turn cynicism up so high we're miserable to be around and make no progress? Call out the obvious liars and cheats and hold them accountable? Lower expectations to the point of numbness?

Right now, IMO, we are putting law enforcement in a no-win situation. We flood the market with military-grade weapons, available to any untrained, unhinged individual, only thinking of consequences when the inevitable occurs. Then the Monday morning quarterbacking begins.

You cannot expect the police, teachers, or any other one group to solve society's problem. We as voters have the responsibility to collectively choose thoughtfulness and common sense over greed. Reality over rhetoric. (Greed buys a lot of rhetoric.)
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I don't think I saw it posted yet in this thread, but there were dozens of lock down alarms at Robb Elementary in the months leading up to the shooting. Police chases and people ditching cars near the school (but never actually entering the school) was the norm! How many other schools are in neighborhoods where this happens? (Sometimes being at the end of a cul-de-sac is not a good thing.) If we see patterns like this, we need to decide which is the greater threat and make adjustments not assumptions.