Ten Thoughts on Parkland, Florida

1. Grieving parents and students can say whatever they want to say. There are no rules.
2. This country has a Constitution that allows gun ownership.
3. We citizens can change the Constitution, but it's a long and complicated process.
4. Gun control laws do exist. They need to be strengthened, expanded, and strictly enforced. 
5. In the meantime, every school should have an armed guard on duty, all day long.
6. The guard could be a retired military member or police officer, or a newly created and trained security position. The extra taxes are worth it.
7. Also, arming qualified and trained teachers with guns makes sense.
8. If there's a concern about mental health or violent tendencies, it should be reported--no matter what race, creed, or nationality is involved. Political correctness has no place here.
9. To ensure better success of "see something, say something," there should be no penalty attached to a report that proves unfounded.
10. Any FBI employee who had any knowledge of and authority to act upon the specific complaints called in prior to the Parkland massacre, but who did not act, should be fired. Immediately.