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  I drive by the superconductor every day on my way to work. When I first moved here I wondered what it was because it was just a huge black building in the countryside with no signs or anything. At the time it was used for storage by the county, new its a chemical processing plant.
context: This isn't that surprising.
  Source: I grew up in the next town over from here. >
  
  RO, midlo, or Ennis
  I'm a red oak boy myself lol
  (Trust I don't say that with any ounce of pride) >
  
  Don't forget Ferris and Palmer lol.
  Fuck that whole area. >
  
  
  Parents gathered Wednesday night seeking answers about in incident at Waxahachie Prepatory Academy where an adminstrator’s gun was reportedly left in a bathroom and found by a student.
  
  Incompetency at its max level.
  From Waxachachie Prep's website:
  
  A Distinctly Christian School To Help Form Lifelong Followers of Jesus
  
  Guns for Jesus!
  
  Come discover a place where critical thinking skills and collaboration are employed in the  classroom, along with various research methodologies.
  
  Ironic...
  
  Come join the best of a home school education with activities that traditional home school approaches cannot provide.
  
  Ah okay, as messed up as this is, it is starting to make a bit more sense how someone can be so dumb. >
  
  "Critical thinking" has long been a buzzword among Christians that means "Mindless obedience to religious dogma and never disagreeing with someone who has more status than you." >
  
  So more like, "ability to think is in critical condition." >
  
  If you used your critical thinking, you would obviously agree with church leadership. Ergo, thoughtless obedience = critical thinking >
  
  Sounds like this is exactly the situation they were warned about. >
  
  I am 100% certain this person has referred to themselves as "a responsible gun owner".   
  I can also guarantee this person will not lose their right to carry guns and purchase more. >
  
  They want to know why MORE weren't available in the bathroom. >
  
  Gotta bring enough to share is always the rule >
  
  Answer: It's Texas.  Parents, you can stop seeking answers. >
  
  When I went to public high school in Los Angeles county we had a shooting range on campus. 
  I think guns are pretty common throughout the US. >
  
  Is it common to allow administrators to carry them in school?!?! >
  
  My school had armed police and school resource officers. I don’t think teachers were allowed to carry even with a permit which at the time was impossible for a normal person to get in Los Angeles.
  I don’t think I ever saw ROTC with guns outside of the range, except for when we had an assembly and they did their rifle spinning thing.
  Edit:was common for kids to have guns though, it’s just they were criminals and gang members, but gun violence was targeted and not one of those “mass shootings”. Kind of funny I graduated in 2013, and I see old black and white photos of the range and they had the same weapons. >
  
  Fun fact: The weapons used in drill maneuvers and parades are typically rendered incapable of firing, with the exception being those weapons intended for use in the “gun salute” at a funeral.
  Source: Was in cadets. We had guns for target practice and a completely different set of guns (that were deactivated) for parade. >
  
  Is this not common knowledge though? Like the barres are obviously filled with something >
  
  People who do this shouldn't be allowed to carry guns.  But nothing will be done, bc apparently the 2nd amendment is the most important one. >
  
  How in the fuck do you just forget that you have a gun on your person? >
  
  That seems like an easy answer. You've NEVER forgotten to put something into or take something out of your bag or backpack? You've never set something down and forgotten where you've left it or that you left it? Ya forgetting about a weapon is infinitely more dangerous but we've all forgotten many things. On a side note that administrator should be fired. >
  
  Trivial things maybe, but if you carry something habitually (e.g. a wallet, laptop in your backpack) it's very clear when you don't have it. Especially the whole "carrying to protect your students" schtick, it's something I really hope they'd take seriously. Carrying a gun isn't something trivial, especially if it's a chunky mf. >
  
  You can’t tell me you’ve never misplaced your keys, or your phone…
  I’m not defending the guy, it’s still wrong, but just because something is wrong doesn’t mean you can’t understand how it would happen. To someone who carries a gun every day, it’s just like keys, wallet, phone including that it can be misplaced as easily. >
  
  In public, no. Anything that would require a significant amount of time, money, and effort I keep track of consistently with ease. 
  I carry a gun every day. I don't treat it as a trivial part of my daily carry because of how much of a shitstorm I'd be in should I happen to lose it. >
  
  I don’t think you can speak for everyone. It sounds like you are a responsible carrier so kudos for that. But I’m sure I’ve misplaced something important outside of my home at some point. I can’t recall an example but I’m sure it’s happened in 20+ years of adulthood. Mind you, it was more likely when drunk and out partying, and if I did carry I’d leave it behind on that situation. >
  
  I'm not trying to speak for everyone. Accidentally losing a gun doesn't have the same impact that losing a phone or wallet has. Any attempts to compare the two negates the seriousness of carrying a concealed weapon for self defense and the mindset one has while carrying. 
  Why would you ever treat a loaded weapon with the same triviality that one treats a wallet or keys? >
  
  I wouldn’t, but plenty of people do. It varies widely State to state but in many places such as Texas there isn’t an intelligence test before being allowed to carry a gun. >
  
  I truly can't understand how or why someone would treat a weapon with such triviality. Truth be told I don't really want to. If you, or anyone for that matter, treated a concealed firearm with the same regard as their keys or phone, why should I trust that they'll respect the basic rules of firearm safety? >
  
  I agree with you. That’s why I’m wary of how lax our society is about who is allowed to carry guns. I personally choose not to carry for various reasons one of which is that I don’t want to be responsible in the event of such a mistake no matter how unlikely it may be. >
  
  I don't get it.  What answers do they want?  They live where there is a collective agreement that carrying weapons around is the only way to "be safe" and "protect themselves", and there's been a big push to have teachers and admin carrying.  This is the result of all of those things, and it should be no surprise at all.
  Yes, it's dangerous around kids.  But y'all won't be told that this is the inevitable risk of all that in the first paragraph. >
  
  We just need to arm the teachers twice so if they leave their gun unsecured in the bathroom they already have a backup ready to go. >
  
  Gee,  whodathunkit.    Teachers say they are ok with carrying guns and then sort of forget about there is more to it than playing John Wayne.   head shake. >
  
  Well let's see....lax gun culture, worship of guns, and awash in guns. It would be more shocking to me if a gun wasn't lying around somewhere in Texas. >
  
  Answer: You live in America. Guns are school supplies now. >
  
  
  Answer: You live in America. Guns are school supplies now.
  
  Not now. Always have been. There was a time when children would bring their rifles to school and store them in the back of the classroom >
  
  not for "self defense" though.  For going plinking or gopher shooting or hunting after and before school.  
  Not kept in their backpacks. >
  
  I mean does anyone in power really care in Texas? Should move to a state where people care about these issues. >
  
  They mad there weren't enough to share. >
  
  Answer:  You live in Texas.  Uvalde should have told you everything you ever needed to know. >
  
  Ah yes. Another one of those "responsible gun owners" they keep using as an excuse to ignore calls for actual regulation. >
  
  Just a matter of time before a teacher/administrator kills a kid or a kid kills someone with their lost firearm.
  And the Texas GOP response will be to give the janitors guns. >
  
  Sounds like their kind of genius. Students can shoot the teachers and teachers can shoot the students, so let's add in a neutral party that can shoot the students and the teachers. >
  
  That guns got rights. Sarcasm >
  
  Answer: you live in Texas. I'm shocked there isn't a gun kn every room. >
  
  They’re Texans so I assume they’re upset because someone was being disrespectful to the gun by leaving it in a bathroom >
  
  It’s Texas, I thought everyone was supposed to be armed in Texas. I’m pretty sure all the Texas republicans want those kids armed. >
  
  Texas is the answer they seek.  America is also an accepted answer. >
  
  The answer? You're in Texas, where gun fetishism is praised and children are just collateral damage. >
  
  Waxahachie sounds like a euphemism for something really disgusting... >
  
  And yet it's a legitimate profession. >
  
  The answer is:
  You live in fucking Texas >
  
  First time I see my town in my main feed lol >
  
  Your town is pretty famous for anyone who knows about the superconducting super collider and how it was one of the biggest failures in American particle physics.