The Amish shooting was one of three in a week in the US. According to Information Please Almanac 34 of the 45 world-wide school shootings since 1996 have been in the US, that's 75%.
Last Tuesday Bush spoke at George W. Bush Elementary School in Stockton CA. "Yesterday, I instructed Attorney General Gonzales and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to convene a meeting next Tuesday, a meeting of leading experts and stakeholders to determine how best the federal government can help states and local governments improve school safety. Our schoolchildren should never fear their safety when then enter to a classroom."
So what do you think they'll come up with? Perhaps a federal program to fund to help prevent school violence? Maybe ways to fund state and local programs? Probably not, since Think Progress points out Bush "has consistently recommended pulling funding for school violence prevention programs" citing 4 instances.
After 9/11 and The Pet Goat Incident I'm surprised Bush goes to elementary schools.
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