Gun disposal & unwanted firearm pick-up in Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas, and nearby cities
Serving Dallas-Fort Worth and North Central Texas
  • Is it safe?
  • FAQ About Gun Rescue
  • For Law Enforcement
  • Blog

School shootings vs. school bombings

1/14/2013

1 Comment

 
 Before school shooters made headlines, it was mad bombers who killed our  children.

 The deadliest mass murder in a school in U.S. history took place in May 1927  in Bath Township, Michigan. 

Wikipedia’s entry on the tragedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_Disaster) says  Andrew Kehoe “killed 38 elementary school children and six adults, and injured  at least 58 other people. Kehoe first killed his wife, fire-bombed his farm and  set off a major explosion in the Bath Consolidated School, before committing  suicide by detonating a final explosion in his truck.”

 Kehoe is said to have used a timed detonator to ignite hundreds of pounds of dynamite and  incendiary pyrotol.

 In September 1959, my wife and her brother survived a bombing at Poe Elementary School in Houston, Texas. 

Six people, including the perpetrator, were killed, according to the  Wikipedia listing,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe_Elementary_School_bombing  .

 The debate continues about limiting firearm magazine size or outlawing  semi-automatic rifles (guns that require a separate pull of the trigger to fire  bullets one-by-one) that resemble military rifles. 

True assault rifles, capable of fully-automatic fire, have been strictly  regulated since 1934.

But I have to wonder what might happen if new gun control initiatives make it  more expedient for deranged killers to resort to real weapons of mass  destruction.

 - Dr. Gatling


1 Comment
Body Rubs Tallahassee link
6/28/2014 03:26:30 am

I stumbled on this from Google and wanted to say thanks for posting

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    I have been a lifelong shooter and gun collector. I participate in Cowboy Action Shooting under the handle 'El Producto' and have taught the Texas Concealed Handgun / License to Carry class since the program started in 1995. I am also a licensed Private Investigator.

    Archives

    March 2022
    November 2020
    August 2020
    April 2020
    November 2019
    September 2019
    June 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    December 2017
    November 2016
    September 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012

    Categories

    All
    2nd Amendment
    Assault Weapon
    Concealed Carry
    Gun Ban
    Gun Control
    Gun Law
    Gun Safety
    Magazine Capacity

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.