JD Vance Responds To Reporter's Question About Apalachee High School Shooting

[@gerrycooper56]

Dad gave gun to kid, kid uses gun. Parent responsible for actions of own child.

[@christopherpederson1021]

parent goes to jail forever

[@RsTu0909]

Yet in the same breath Republicans are DEFENDING the right to carry and purchase guns! You can't have it both ways.

[@TheKingThewidowandRick777]

Yes but the dad probably didn't know his son would go out and start killing people that indicated Gray was sociopathic and made no red flags beforehand but he was extensively bullied but then again many people are and they don't go shooting up their school but some people like Gray do and bullying is a denominator that runs through most of not ALL of the school shootings that have taken place since Columbine but Colin Gray did have a play in it since he gave the gun to his kid but the blame does not rest solely on father and son or on the gun itself which is what they want to make it about because other factors merge together to create the school shooting mass murderer that Colt Gray became.

[@gerrycooper56]

@@TheKingThewidowandRick777 whether the father knew or not is irrelevant. We have determined in law that children aren’t responsible for their actions - parents are. If you don’t like that don’t have children.

[@TheKingThewidowandRick777]

@@gerrycooper56 The parents are responsible for the child's actions true and if he was bullied as it's being reported he may have had experienced trouble at home. Colt Gray should've been in a psychiatric faculty for a time the fact that he was not at least evaluated by a psychiatrist shows the psychopathy in him. Again the fact that he was 14 years old and had access to a gun is not out of the norm especially if he was from a backwoods community where hunting and fishing are interests garnered at very young age for some but Colin Gray should have restricted access to the gun he should have kept it in a gun safe in a location where only he would know the code and have access to the guns including the murder weapon kept inside the fact that he didn't indicates problems of his own and the fact that he underestimated his kid and didn't think that a 14 year old child lest his own son could be capable of a school shooting. So both father and son will be in prison and have a reunion behind bars in 4 years from now.

[@newhorizon1355]

Imagine FBI interviewing your child, about violent threats; but you get the bright idea to gift them a weapon.

[@AndrewGunner]

It was legal for him to buy it. If they interviewed him but didn't arrest him then they believed he wasn't a threat. Quit blaming the parents for a grown high schooler's actions. FBI just wants to blame anyone but themselves and their own incompetence

[@newhorizon1355]

​@AndrewGunner You can't buy any weapon for someone else, it's illegal, called strawman purchase. Plus, kid is 14, stop the cap!

[@JenSpen79]

There’s no such thing as a grown high schooler wtf

[@jakebehr3669]

​@@newhorizon1355 You can buy a gun for someone else as a gift - you just have to transfer ownership to their name.

[@jakebehr3669]

​@@newhorizon1355In the case of a minor - a parent can gift it to their child in practice, but has to maintain legal ownership until the child is 18, and then transfer ownership

[@liquidlou8177]

Schools should take action when a PARENT CALLS and tell you it is an emergency you need to get my kid. He may do something terrible. He has a gun. 30 minutes before shooting starts

[@davidmackey4627]

What I would like to know is how the heck did this punk walk up to and walk into the school carrying a AR-15 without being seen, let alone being challenged. You can't hide a AR-15,in just any book bag. The fater deserves to be arrested for giving a 14 year old a AR, and not keep it locked up properly!

[@ChromeDomeAlex]

Well father was actually charged and it was admitted that he gave the son the AR willingly. Completely illegal of course. So the current gun laws aren’t doing shit for scenarios like this. It’ll happen again and more fathers will be locked up for the negligence

[@deepzone31]

You could hide a disassembled AR in a large backpack. My kid carries a pretty big one. You could fit it into an instrument case that might be overlooked. Maybe a poster size art case? I agree on the dad. That was the weak ass parenting.

[@zandersmiranda9256]

I think I heard that he snuck it inside a those big instrument case

[@nankerphelge3771]

What if he did walk up with an openly displayed AR-15? Is the building secretary or the Art teacher going to somehow magically stop that assault rifle toting young man? Think that through.

[@karl7487]

@@deepzone31why does your kid carry an AR-15?

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

Polio was a fact of life too.

[@Joe18-y9p]

Hitler was fact of life too, if not for FDR and Churchill

[@BeeBlot]

And....

[@GT-dh5nk]

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life.

[@garyjackson3531]

You can thank the Democrat Party. Americans have the solution to stop school shootings. The Democrats oppose Americans.

[@nankerphelge3771]

@@Joe18-y9p And we got rid of Hitler.

[@Ozymandi_as]

A generation of Americans has grown up being traumatized by gun violence in schools. What has that done to their mental health? People habituated to threat of violence are more likely to be violent themselves. This has become a cyclical problem.

[@celebratingsoundzzz3387]

Hopefully, technology will develop to assist parents, police and other adults in preventing such horrendous violence in the future. No child should ever experience such trauma.

[@JamesandKarenadventures]

The only trauma is from taking prayer out of school

[@JamesandKarenadventures]

Americas violence saved the world from the third Reich and Soviet communism. Americas violent men alsosaved Australia from an inevitable japanese occupation. You have no place to speak about the world's only superpower that way.

[@SuperDude1546]

@@JamesandKarenadventures no, i’m pretty sure it is the dead kids that traumatized me

[@garyjackson3531]

​@@SuperDude1546Until Jimmy Carter (the worst president in history until Segregationist Joe Biden came along) federalized education, and took prayer out of public schools, we didn't even think about school shootings. In fact, it was common practice for kids to bring rifles to school. Most high schools had gun clubs and shooting competitions! Clearly guns aren't the problem.

[@genev3358]

One question is why this doesn’t happen in other countries nearly as often. Another question is why this generally never happened before 25-30 years ago in this country. Both are valid questions that need to be addressed

[@helenaquvang7705]

Exactly

[@bone-snypa]

cuz people make the country a joke more & more every year with how they get offended by everything. Cant discipline your kids no more, people want companies to change their names after 100 years, lower passing grades, give everyone a participation trophy, people identifying as a cat or something. Thats how $tup!d people r nowadays. Most countries also have 15-50x less population

[@bone-snypa]

for one people make the country a joke more & more every year cuz they get offended by everything. Cant discipline your kids no more, people want companies to change their names after 100 years, lower passing grades, give everyone a participation trophy, people identifying as a cat.

[@bone-snypa]

"cuz people make the country a joke more & more every year cuz they get offended by everything, can't discipline kids no more, people want companies to change their names after 100 years, lower passing grades, give everyone a participation trophy & people identifying as a cat"

[@lincoln3307]

The shooter was STOPPED by an ARMED guard. That's the end solution, making schools a Hard Target will deter most pschos. But this guy SHOULD have been stopped. He was on the FBI watchlist for making threats last year, and there was a call to the school in the morning saying that a shooting was going to happen and NOTHING was enacted to stop it. I understand verifying threats as legitimate before locking down, BUT knowing the FBI and local law enforcement had ALREADY contacted this individual, should have been enough to post lookouts and patrol the grounds.

[@jaartisjones5713]

Where did you find those information? Genuine question

[@QuietRefl4378]

So post additional security in schools whenever an alleged threat is observed? Even when no legal action has been taken?

[@hideoeduardokojima8340]

​@@jaartisjones5713I saw a few mainstream media show that info

[@tinaj7331]

What's the harm in locking down first and then verifying the threat. Say there's a bomb threat on a certain plane boarding at an airport. They don't just keep on letting people board the plane and everything goes on as normal while they verify the threat, do they?

[@QuietRefl4378]

@@tinaj7331 The threat of the Georgia suspect was investigated and not ruled credible. And that assessment was pretty much correct until Daddy (allegedly) bought Sonny a military style assault weapon after the investigation. You don’t lockdown schools if threats are not deemed credible.

[@jamesw6977]

The world needs a cultural shift to nonviolence and reject any leaders that believe violence is a solution to problems and ingrain in our children that violence is never acceptable and lead by example.

[@jeremytine]

hard to square that away with ammosexual culture

[@Jasonxknot]

@@jamesw6977 Who believes violence is the solution? Who ever said that?

[@RachelChristman]

In what reality are you assuming? That we can simply just be nice to each other and all of our complex human emotions will disappear?

[@lizliz4186]

The world? These school shootings are an American problem (maybe Yemen too). This isn't a world problem.

[@lizliz4186]

​@@RachelChristmanno one is suggesting your emotions will disappear but you are the only country (except maybe yemen) that has regular school shootings. Other countries still have emotions but they can't act on those emotions with a gun.

[@DiscoVette81]

Oddly the AR-15 has not changed since it was released in 1959. Yet school shootings are a far more recent issue. If the AR-15 has not changed, what has changed? Break up of the family unit, social media, bullying made worse by the internet, mental health issues, video games desensitizing youth to violence etc... Could we use more security at schools, yes, of course. However we need to focus on the root causes not the tool. The reality is if you banned the AR-15, this troubled teen would have used a rifle, or hand gun. If you banned all guns, he would have made a pressure cooker bomb, or brought a machete. Evil will do Evil. I'm a strong second amendment supporter, however I am okay with back ground checks, waiting (cool down) periods and much stronger sentences for gun crimes, including charges for those that allow their guns to be used by others to commit crimes. But I am not okay with any sort of a ban or limitation on how many or which firearms you may own. When I was in high school, kids had rifles in the back window of their pick up trucks. Not one person was shot. Something has changed, and it's not guns.

[@susanwheeler2456]

What has changed is access to these types of guns.

[@jtika1978]

@@susanwheeler2456yeah it’s more restricted now

[@newkzi6286]

the fact is that if he didnt have a gun 4 people wouldnt have died

[@jimwhelan9152]

@@newkzi6286 Fact is that if I didn't have legs I wouldn't have athletes foot. If we didn't have automobiles no one would be killed or injured in automobile accidents. If we didn't have any number of things certain problems wouldn't exist. Your statement is a meaningless non-sequitur.

[@srblond]

So what all the super progressive European countries who are further left than the US that have very restricted gun laws and have almost zero school shootings

[@wise145]

It would be great id instead of sending money to countries for weapons, or spending billions on illegals, how about paying for more mental health programs in schools?

[@Ray.J]

School resource officers definitely help and are a deterrent. My youngest daughter is currently teaching in a local high school which has an armed resource officer on literally every level of the school. On one hand, it seems a shame they are deemed necessary on every floor, but I can't lie, as a parent of a teacher it makes me feel much better. Reality is we have to be aware and take the initiative to thwart potential incidents from happening.

[@happysloth3208]

That almost didn’t stop the dude at my university recently. We have our own independent police department. They only found out because he left some bullets in the laundry area and other students reported it. The police did a search warrant and found other troubling things and he got arrested since the gun he had made illegal alterations to his AR.

[@jimwhelan9152]

​@@happysloth3208"almost" didn't. But, in fact, DID! No "almost" about it.

[@acdii]

@@jimwhelan9152 Yeah, thats kinda like a near miss. Did it miss, or did it hit? Sorry but near miss, well thats a hit. A near HIT however......

[@happysloth3208]

@@acdii he managed to sneak an AR and he had other weapons in his campus apartment. He also drew pictures of someone shooting into a crowd and I knew from his roommates that he seemed to be withdrawn. No one knew about it until another student found a bullet in the laundry area and they reported it since in my state it’s illegal for anyone who isn’t a peace officer to have firearms on K-12 schools, colleges and universities.

[@bman6502]

The school had a resource officer. He was the one who engaged the shooter.

[@ebok33643]

Here is a fact of life in Australia. 🇦🇺Australia enacted the National Firearms agreement in 1996 after port Arthur massacre which killed 35 people. More than a million firearms were destroyed and there have been just two shootings with more than five deaths in the 28 years since.

[@km9587ld]

Unfortunately, the US isn't that smart yet. Too many republicans who love their guns and the ones in government won't pass any laws.

[@blakespower]

We have a large criminal class that has get out of jail free cards

[@edthebumblingfool]

@@blakespower and why give them access to weapons?

[@garyjackson3531]

​@@edthebumblingfoolBecause keeping and bearing arms is a Constitutionally guaranteed and protected Basic Human Right. That is never going to change. The problem with your kind, is you want to violate the Basic Human Rights of law abiding citizens, rather than locking criminals up. You side with criminals over law abiding citizens.

[@edthebumblingfool]

@@garyjackson3531 it isnt a human right, living safely from others is a human right having guns takes this from other people, you have just highlighted how ingnorant gun loving merica is.

[@Zfactor484]

Reminder to everyone that its illegal to kill people and its also illegal for a 14 year old to have a gun, if both of those still happen, laws arent going to stop it

[@Yanksnroses99]

But it’s not illegal to buy a gun. That’s what happened here, the father bought his son a gun legally, and he murdered innocent children and adults.

[@Zfactor484]

@Yanksnroses99 and hes being held accountable for that. Its not legal for a 14 year old to own a gun. You cannot ban the purchase of guns its unconstitutional. The problem here goes far deeper than a 14 year old having a gun, the problem is a 14 year old wanted to kill people, which can be done in more ways than just guns by the way.

[@carltonvanhoy3999]

@@Yanksnroses99 People need to stop blaming the gun for actions. A gun is an object, that will not hurt anyone, until an idiot picks it up.

[@Donttouchthisaccount143]

Secure public schools with guards to prevent shootings and create a higher security within the public school system, make sure they do a background check on those security guards they are hiring

[@Michelle-wi5bv]

I completely agree..but with what money? School districts are already experiencing significant budget deficits..unfortunately:/

[@Goomba220]

@@Michelle-wi5bvthe money we’ll have once we stop over paying bad politicians

[@blairdanies8387]

No such thing as a good politician.

[@kaylagomez-ne2xt]

​@@Goomba220just ban guns

[@kaylagomez-ne2xt]

​@@Michelle-wi5bvjust ban guns and it's easier

[@fistflurry]

Having school resource officers from the local police department is huge. I wish every school had at last 1 on duty police officer. One of the agencies I used to work for had 1-2 Deputies at every school in the county. But it was also a high crime county.

[@richardjm8092]

As someone who works in the architectural design process of new schools in division 8 and 26, I can confirm that new schools are being fortified with better security measures that makes it very hard for an external threat to access the interior.

[@sabine3769]

What about internal threats. He was a student

[@richardjm8092]

@@sabine3769 There are lockdown measures built into some new schools with electronic access controlled hardware that automatically shuts and locks all the corridor, stairwell, lobby, etc doors at the same time when the lockdown is activated. This helps eliminate access to certain areas in the school from the assailant. If the threat was already inside the area before the lockdown occurred, then it's up to the SRO, police, faculty, or even the students to neutralize the threat. It sucks having to think about this, but it's the reality that we live in. There are other methods that are inside some schools to help mitigate this type of threat. The problem is that older schools do not have these security features built in, nor do they have to funds to renovate for this, so they are more vulnerable to these type of situations. Colleagues in my industry are advocating the federal government supply grants to these counties to help beef up the security for these schools. One thing I know for certain is that making a school harder to access has stopped multiple situations like this already.

[@richardjm8092]

​@@sabine3769 There are lockdown measures built into some new schools with electronic access controlled hardware that automatically shuts and locks all the corridor, stairwell, lobby, etc doors at the same time when the lockdown is activated. This helps eliminate access to certain areas in the school from the assailant. If the threat was already inside the area before the lockdown occurred, then it's up to the SRO, police, faculty, or even the students to stop the threat. It sucks having to think about this, but it's the reality that we live in. There are other methods that are inside some schools to help mitigate this type of threat. The problem is that older schools do not have these security features built in, nor do they have to funds to renovate for this, so they are more vulnerable to these type of situations. Colleagues in my industry are advocating the federal government supply grants to these counties to help beef up the security for these schools. One thing I know for certain is that making a school harder to access has stopped multiple situations like this already.

[@richardjm8092]

@@sabine3769 There are lockdown measures built into some new schools with electronic access controlled hardware that automatically shuts and locks all the corridor, stairwell, lobby, and classroom doors at the same time when the lockdown is activated. This helps eliminate access to certain areas in the school from the assailant. If the threat was already inside the area before the lockdown occurred, then it's up to the SRO, police, faculty, or even the students to stop the threat. It sucks having to think about this, but it's the reality that we live in. There are other methods that are inside some schools to help mitigate this type of threat. The problem is that older schools do not have these security features built in, nor do they have to funds to renovate for this, so they are more vulnerable to these type of situations. Colleagues in my industry are advocating the federal government supply grants to these counties to help beef up the security for these schools. One thing I know for certain is that making a school harder to access has stopped multiple situations like this already.

[@richardjm8092]

@@sabine3769 There are lockdown measures built into some new schools with electronic access controlled hardware that automatically shuts and locks all the corridor, stairwell, lobby, and classroom doors at the same time when the lockdown is activated. This helps eliminate access to certain areas in the school from the assailant. If the threat was already inside the area before the lockdown occurred, then it's up to the SRO, police, faculty, or even the students to stop the threat. It sucks having to think about this, but it's the reality that we live in. One thing I know for certain is that making a school harder to access has stopped multiple situations like this already.

[@Frenzii]

come on usa

[@tgwazu]

Everything that happened at Apalachee is ALREADY against the law. But are there any laws regarding accountability of law enforcement’s duty to stop this tragedy when they had plenty of advance warning?

[@bman6502]

What are you talking about? Just because he made prior threats does not give police the right to confiscate his weapons or put him in jail.. if that was the case half of MAGA would be without their weapons

[@jimwhelan9152]

@@tgwazu the movie "Minority Report" attempts to show the abuse of rights when the government starts arresting people because they might commit a crime in the future.

[@garyjackson3531]

Blame Kamala Harris' FBI. Almost every school shooter has been on the FBI's radar just prior.

[@tgwazu]

@@bman6502 ??? Never said anything about confiscating weapons. Where are you getting that???

[@mechano6505]

@@tgwazu And you don't see a problem with that? Lack of red flag laws so that a kid who threatens to shoot up a school is still allowed to have an AR?

[@susanholm6019]

His BS reeks

[@davidsmeltz3426]

HE handled that question from CNN perfect and touched on all the points whithout calling anyone a dumb dumb or nasty name....he pointed out his opponents stance and the facts of the research and used logic and fact to answer about gunlaws, he also spoke to the obvious issue, we have alot of mental health issues with young folks in schools and those need to be defended against, counciling is nice but physical measures some times have to be taken. Outstansding answer from what I hope is the future of our government.

[@ernestclary6035]

Surprising since trump makes nasty comments the new norm

[@seeyalater2953]

​@@ernestclary6035 Looks at the mean and nasty people he deals with all the time. Every day. He's the business sqlesman. He"s giving them a taste of their own medicine. His personality is different from Vance.

[@tertongnat2815]

“Without calling anyone a dumb dumb or nasty name “ ….. 🥸 I think u forgot who is DJT my dear. All he does is call people dumb, ugly, unattractive etc.

[@davidharleyjr]

Increased school security nationwide as well as making guidance counselors and therapists as accessible as normal teachers, almost mandatory

[@kaylagomez-ne2xt]

It's better if politicians ban guns

[@michaelwoodruff9548]

Amen! Protect our kids as much as our politicians and money, security security security!

[@lyndafbraun]

Such a liar

[@buzzaurde42]

When the grown ups are allowed to talk.....this is what you get....

[@gw2780]

What?...a creepy weird sociopath with zero integrity of principles? Jeesh...who knew?

[@gunmetlx7917]

No shit right? 💯

[@kryptonian5539]

Amen. He could not have given a better response.

[@ritatharp5238]

Exactly

[@oleggelzin]

CNN is the enemy....

[@kenlay6004]

We should protect kids before this dude....

[@Neverendingbruhmoment]

“Oh no what a preventable tragedy” - only country in the world where this regularly happens

[@dkennylee]

There are country’s that have a much much much higher murder rate than we do. So go move to one oft gem where you can’t defend yourself.

[@surfrat8884]

thats completely false

[@cjoliver7871]

​@@surfrat8884It's not actually.

[@longshot197036]

Facts say different...

[@edthebumblingfool]

@@surfrat8884 er no it is a well documented fact.

[@helenforti655]

We need to make the schools safer, better security. Instead of sending funds for DEI training, how about add 2-4 security personnel per school and or police officer in the school?

[@MarsArchelius]

Most schools already have police officers on their campus my school has 2 I think it's like 1 per 150p students they have a whole office with cameras and everything. Yet we have had 2 guns enter our school and I didn't go to school today bc we got threats. Also many schools that have been shot up also had security. It's a good idea but security also won't stop shootings when the shooter is already in the building as a student

[@americangraffiti6192]

The parent was arrested. He is being charged. And he is going to be held accountable.

[@bman6502]

What crime did the parent commit?? Thanks to Republicans, Georgia does not have a safe storage law nor do they have a red flag law.. As much as you might not like it, this parent had every right to buy his son a gun and to leave it unlocked..

[@SupertzarMetal]

@@bman6502 Every right to buy a gun for a child who was questioned by the FBI for making threats?

[@jayanderson66]

The people of Georgia voted for people who do not care about the impact of gun laws. Look at their decisions.

[@AndrewGunner]

@@SupertzarMetal If he was a threat then why didn't the FBI arrest him? If they didn't arrest him then he can buy a gun for his child. He hasn't broken any laws. The FBI is just blaming the parent to distract the public from their own incompetence.

[@stephencorsaro954]

​@@AndrewGunnerbecause the FBI is owned by the Democrats and they don't want to upset Republicans that might vote for Democrats who want to take away everyone's right to own guns . I thought so.

[@brucekrygowski1926]

There are maybe 50-100 security/ liaison personnel at every pro football game in this country. In our schools we have maybe one security agent of any type. And EVERYONE says they’re “ our most precious asset”.

[@TheHouseofChameleons]

CNN will take only 3 words in Vance long answer.

[@drinas2783]

YOU CALLED IT BRO!!! Are you a future teller 😂😂 except it was AP who started it!! "Vance said school shootings are a 'fact of life'.." 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Literally 3 words.

[@fredarusso-farley489]

That’s what Fake news does

[@heyhawtie53]

His answer was awesome fantastic too, that’s the worst part about it… they really need to have a Walz Vance debate.

[@luckybynn5788]

@@heyhawtie53 THAT was an awesome fantastic answer? He started with a lie about Kamala Harris, followed with more inaccurate information about the correlation between gun laws and school shootings, and the end was the only thing that *could* make sense at all, and that's only if you ignore facts. It was a garbage answer designed to appease his gun-loving party.

[@drinas2783]

@@heyhawtie53 they are I'm pretty sure

[@onelilcrazychick]

His record of inciting violence and suggesting teachers are armed

[@jamesdarnelllee4854]

Wake up. Look at countries without gun violence.

[@charlie-h3753]

What about other countries

[@KENPOKING-ew2pr]

@@charlie-h3753 In other countries they dont have 13 children killed by guns daily.because they have gun control that makes sense. Despite the American rhetoric, Guns abe NOT banned, but are strictly controled elsewhere

[@flybarbflybarb8227]

@@KENPOKING-ew2prdaily? Need to realize that is education and culture! And family and values.

[@KENPOKING-ew2pr]

@@flybarbflybarb8227 Thanks for pointing out my error, the last year where there seems to be a complete statistic is 2021 states 4,752 children died from gun shots equals 13 daily, I have edited my 7 to 13 daily..It is even more depressing.......

[@rickharris5485]

Yeah, they have knife violence, machete violence, vehicle violence...

[@CaitlynAtkinson-k8j]

He didn't even answer the question.... what dies he plan to do about it

[@jenniferjohnson8578]

"And a couple teachers" Wow

[@texanadeb]

He's got a record alright... a convcited felon.

[@cherylsmith4102]

Better mental healthcare!!

[@burgblick1524]

Funny here's a guy who hated trump now he's sucking up to him.

[@bmcconaghy1]

He’s spot on, bolstering security is a must.

[@therongray7146]

Great answer , On Bolstering Our school Entrances, by stopping the aggressiveness.

[@janetwhite2039]

Let retired vets guard schools

[@Oj_Stimson]

smfh only in America

[@zee10lon29]

Why Vets, let alone, retired Vets? Before you volunteer us, why don't you go guard the schools?

[@PJ-SC]

@@zee10lon29 I’m a retired vet and unequivocally pleased with this movement. I have 4 grandchildren still in public schools. I would answer that call in less than one second whether it was in their school or not. I’m stable, already trained, and motivated. I’ve been in harms way before, I wouldn’t hesitate to step up again.

[@joetheumpire]

@@PJ-SC While I agree with you, not everyone is combat arms. There have been plenty of folks who I wouldn't trust with a water gun.

[@NCSKOLMAN15]

@@zee10lon29you wouldn’t be forced to apply for the job Mr. Righteous, but plenty of US would love to continue serving in our communities

[@Donttouchthisaccount143]

In the Philippines there are security guards on school grounds

[@thecoolcreativebuildchanne2613]

How come Trump and Vance ALWAYS stand there and take ALL and ANY questions from entire media, and Harris and her little VP boy, NEVER answer questions, or they run away! The choice for President is easy on November 5th!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@davidgiles9651]

They DON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION, SAME DIFFERENCE

[@ikingipapa]

​@davidgiles9651 he didn't answer the question? His answer was to up security at schools and said he has already been working as a senator to give schools more resources. Might not be the answer you want but it was an answer.

[@MrSiringtonThe4th]

@@davidgiles9651"we have got to bolster our security in schools" bro legit DID answer the question

[@davidgiles9651]

@ikingipapa security has been talked about, STILL NOTHING HAS STOPPED. TALKING ISN'T A SOLUTION

[@davidgiles9651]

@@ikingipapa what's he done in 18 months ? NOTHING.

[@Rtbolt-doi]

Why did he have to fill-a-Buster his answer the whole time. Why not just cut to the chase and answer the fucking question. I don’t think prayer is going to save them.

[@deepwaterescue4u]

We always hear of politicians wanting to take honest gun owners guns away but i have never heard how they plan on taking the criminals guns away making the legal gun owners helpless is not the way

[@SallieHimes-gs5vj]

Neither Trump nor Vance are suggesting that the actual victims “get over it” or “move on”. I think they mean the rest of us , instead of hashing the news after this sort of event, we need to move forward in finding solutions to this kind of carnage. It relates to the fact that we, as a country, still make it too easy for the wrong kinds of people to obtain the very type of weapon the 14 year old was able to acquire. We need action, and we need to get serious about it. Otherwise, the horror, and the sympathy continue to be fruitless. We need to address our gun laws and re-think our motives.

[@duannecb]

Australia…can’t remember the last time we had a school shooting…we still have guns though…just stating a fact…

[@grannyblinda]

May it ever be that way in Australia…but don’t ever give up your guns!

[@MallBlartPaulCop]

Probably because you don't have woke

[@biffmalibu3733]

You also treat people with mental illness and probably don't have a legal system that protects criminals and financially punishes people for calling out mentally ill people when they try and stop these types of things from happening.

[@claireconolly8355]

We have never had one actually... I don't think even one.

[@claireconolly8355]

We also don't have army grade automatic weapons in the general population. The states does. This affects the huge number of murders in one incident

[@d_Howard]

We don't need more laws. We don't need better laws. We need better people. The way to do that is to take a closer look at the current interpretation of Separation of Church and State, and understand that there's a difference between a government "establishing" a religion, and a government "supporting" a religion. The Founders never intended for the government to stand in the way of the Judeo-Christian religion like it does now. They were simply trying to head off religious wars between Protestants and Catholics like Europe experienced for several hundred years. Nondenominational Christian Religious Studies need to be a part of every school curriculum starting in kindergarten. That's how you make better people. People who value life. have moral principles instilled in them from childhood and don't lie, cheat or steal. This is America. This is our heritage. This is who we are. You want to come here and join us; you're welcome. You want to come here and change us into where you came from; stay there.

[@carltonvanhoy3999]

They took Christ out of the schools and guess what filled up the void. The more America turns it's back on the way, the more that it fulfills God's word on how the times will be going forward. This should not shock or dismay believers, because it was written about in the Bible. Sad times are here, and it will get worse.

[@TCsGirl]

Prayers for my community, state, and country from Good Hope, GA

[@petersiekmann5175]

Prayers do not stop bullets. Why are there more guns than people in the USA? Countries with effective gun laws have no school shootings!!!!

[@BillPetrovas]

Vote Trump / Vance for Peace and Prosperity. World needs a strong leader.

[@convinceme6676]

How about prayers and basic common sense gun laws?

[@sylviag3576]

@@convinceme6676A person with nefarious intentions, will find a way to get a gun. The criminals are not turning their guns in.

[@DingleBerryMilkshake]

Your prayers are DEMONSTRABLY worthless

[@danaoneal1]

Wow totally different how the MSM presented what he said, I’m shocked.

[@mohammadshakoorifaraznehei3706]

I fell like my left air pod doesn't work, is there anyone who has the same problem while watching Forbes videos?

[@MichaelToussaint1]

Yeah I have the same issue

[@carlosadamsgaming490]

forbes generally has pretty poor quality control

[@zippydoo9533]

Blaming guns for school shootings is like blaming cars for drunk drivers.

[@catherinewilliams9680]

You can legally take a license from a drunk driver. We can't take a gun from a child.

[@Kenziebaby16]

@@catherinewilliams9680lol thinking those people give a FUCKKK about having a license is comical. People drive drunk and without licenses on a daily basis. Revoking a license literally cannot prevent it from happening, it can only produce consequences of not following the law, IF caught. 😐

[@cliftonmcmullen7167]

@@catherinewilliams9680 last I checked at least in Arizona, it’s illegal to take a gun within like 250 feet near school grounds regardless of age. Maybe it’s different in the south.

[@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE]

So having access doesn’t have any effect?

[@zippydoo9533]

@catherinewilliams9680 Many drunk driving deaths happen while the driver has a suspended license with no insurance.

[@LVT2314]

It’s refreshing to listen to you speak to people as well as allowing people to speak ! Exchanging ideas is team player ! Refreshing 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@madison_vp4277]

did you listen to it though? seems like you didn’t.

[@timfleischman1676]

He s smart and a great speaker. Trump pick a good man

[@ShimonFrankel]

"Next question please" are 3 words you will never hear the current vice president's mouth at a press conference

[@ritatharp5238]

Democrat KJP White House Press Secretary does THAT!

[@lisettegarcia]

@@ritatharp5238 only to avoid responding to the last question!

[@kekemum2597]

Sorry, but she just did when asked about Trump accusing her of "just turning black" because she wasn’t going to engage in such a stupid and racist statement.

[@rlhicks1]

@@kekemum2597 She was in a recorded interview with one person. Not taking questions from reporters.

[@Josef_R]

@@ritatharp5238 Democrat KJP is not a vice president, is she?

[@tonystone1016]

Look at Shady Vance he's twinning with Shorty Trump. Bless his heart.

[@johncsaszar3693]

Such a well thought out and intelligent response 😂😂😂

[@ekcman]

Guns will never be the problem, people are.

[@Meerkat000]

lol. Newsflash. Guns are the problem.

[@jeromesavard5703]

People with guns....

[@leandergabriel6542]

​@@jeromesavard5703 PEOPLE with guns

[@ekcman]

@@leandergabriel6542 the irony

[@DayLight_Era]

​@@leandergabriel6542 You just highlighted his statement

[@91GT347]

Explain how laws will help. When we have the number of firearms we already have. Even a complete ban would take at least 50 years to have any effect. Its too late for laws. A talking point to make those unaware believe something can be done. Criminals follow laws ? Those that actually cause most(not all) of these situations, are those trying to implement these laws. The same ones who are against the first amendment as well. Two of which have publicly stated so.

[@kl4888]

What we really need are moral standards to be modeled, taught, trained and practiced at home and community. If morals aren’t internalized the only solution is external compulsion, which is brought to bear by an impersonal state.

[@zakattak1990]

That's true. Sadly, our culture is too far gone into the secular humanist abyss where there is no acceptance of absolute truth or morality. At this point, only a universal recognition of this fact and the widespread rejection of secular humanism and acceptance of absolute truth could even begin to set us on the path to a future where a baseline of moral standards could be agreed upon.

[@carlosadamsgaming490]

yeah this kind of thing never happens in afganistan or other theocracies

[@kl4888]

Morals don’t really work unless they come from a person’s heart. Force only brings compliance but at an opportune time morals vanish. Only true love for others will keep us from committing the most heinous atrocities. Love for others must push out love for ourselves or our own selfish desires will take us over.

[@lookswine]

Every school more secure than Butler, Pennsylvania? Sounds unrealistic.

[@lisettegarcia]

More spending is not the answer. Holding cowards like in Uvalde accountable as well as school choice so that unsafe systems can legally and logistically be deserted by parents and students.

[@wesleyb1458]

The Trump/Vance administration is going to cut so much government spending in other areas tho

[@ashpatel2505]

Our love for guns is stronger than our children! Why do we ignore the solutions that is in the front of us, and practice by most western democracies. They don’t suffer from frequent mass shootings or gun violence.

[@lisettegarcia]

@@ashpatel2505 the tyranny of others doesn't work for us. If law-abiding Americans give up their guns, then the only ones with guns will be criminals and government. Criminals and government -- somewhat redundant, I know.

[@lisettegarcia]

@@wesleyb1458 public school systems will step it up when they have to fight for each enrollment by providing safe, quality education instead of rigging the system through teachers' unions harvesting ballots in exchange for lawmakers standing in the way of school choice. They don't need more money. They need to stop mismanaging it. Those crazy books Kennedy read aloud in the Senate don't by themselves

[@lisettegarcia]

@@ashpatel2505 no, we love our children that's why we want choice. Isn't that what you say you want too?

[@ti978]

Here's a good policy. Get rid of time out, go back to old fashioned discipline. Teach kids to respect authority, and there's consequences for there actions. Teachers have no control over there classroom's anymore cuz a lot a parents won't admit their kid isn't an angel. They blame everyone else rather than their child.

[@wintercame]

Upgrade security in schools to protect them from psychos? Does JD realize some of these shooters are already in the schools, as students?

[@jimwhelan9152]

"Does JD realize ..." Yes he does. Some of the psychos are students and that's one reason the security is IN the school rather than outside.

[@griffinnunnelee7236]

I mean, having armed security in schools would still help.

[@Infamous1021]

Oh sure tell me can you pick out a psycho just from looking at someone lol

[@seanwickham8905]

@@Infamous1021in this case, the kid had made online threats a year ago.

[@wintercame]

@@seanwickham8905 He and Dad were interviewed by FBI back then. I guess there's no crystal ball.

[@AndyCarlValentin]

Texas, Florida and Georgia... They have strict gun laws? I think JD might be full of shit.

[@MarsArchelius]

Yeah he might be I can't really tell from all the BS he is covered in

[@crs1474]

So if the victim was one of his kids that would be a fact of life, just like that he would accept and be okay with it? Just quit life, Vance.

[@bdavid19922]

Way to lie about what he said 🙄 you must want to distract from the fact that Kamala wants to make schools easier targets by removing school resource officers.

[@jasonmoran5152]

So vance's idea is to do nothing... Got it...

[@DeeeWWW25]

His idea is to hold the FBI accountable!!! FBI is too damn busy creating false Russian narratives and otherwise interfering with the election to do anything about a school threat! FACT

[@Visionary13]

i have been saying this forever , protect the schools protect our kids

[@zippydoo9533]

@Visionary13 Strange how, in the bad old days when we believed in God,allowed men and women to have complementary roles,didn't believe sodomy was a virtue,didn't have over active young kids on all type of psych meds, had real food instead corporate garbage loaded with chemicals and thought government should work from the local level up schools didn't need lockdowns,social workers,armed police,metal detectors and red flag laws. The population is now dumbed down to the idiocracy level of a police state. Who is going to "protect the children" from a dictatoral government with God-like powers and the police state they are setting up for our safety?

[@brokenstacker8297]

We need to solve the mental health crisis that didn’t exist in the past. RFK would blame some of it on the food and chemicals we are exposed to. Social media plays a big role in it as well.

[@grannyblinda]

I like this man’s style … great balance, diplomatic but firm … so enjoy just listening to him handle the press, express himself,,,

[@aaa-hs3it]

Yeah and he's constantly creating a dialogue with people actually answering questions from opposing sides

[@Grandtim1959]

The firemen of America booed him off the stage?

[@1MustardSeed]

Yes!! Diplomatic but not sugar coating or just laughing it away.

[@1MustardSeed]

@@Grandtim1959 they can do whatever they want. There are more people agreeing with JD. What is the problem?

[@RobertaTarantino-lz4xb]

lol ok

[@cynthiadavis-db9hb]

Yea. Right. Keep praying!!!

[@nankerphelge3771]

JD Vance just said it out loud. Any number of advisors can try to talk to Donald, but he will say and do whatever he wants. And that is what this campaign is all about. Giving Trump whatever he wants so that he can be become king. Sad that our dream of democracy has fallen this far.

[@rickerhart907]

We don't live in a democracy we live in a representative Republic and the founding fathers made it clear they absolutely did not want democracy and if you knew anything about the law in Constitution you would know it is not possible for Donald Trump to become a king

[@Hablonoenlgles]

You need to take your meds

[@Army_Retired]

Vance never said “fact of life”

[@BrianErwin]

he said it's a fact of life that schools are soft targets, not that school shootings are a fact of life.. AP should be ashamed.

[@simontam4246]

It does not need to be "a fact of life" Everywhere is a soft target if you have a gun. Sad

[@JuanR-w1h]

@@simontam4246 If you have a gun, and the victims DON'T. There ya go.

[@missinterpretation4984]

A soft target for what? Stop the gaslighting.

[@Army_Retired]

Media is such liars

[@SamDuha-w5l]

As someone who does not live in your country and lives in a country with stronger gun control, I agree with your comment. He did not say that shootings are a fact of life and I think that even focusing on that part of the comment is missing the point. What is clear is that those of us in countries with less easy access to guns do in fact have far less gun violence and school shootings than the US. When he compared states with and without gun control ... that is the part of his answer that should give Americans pause to think about their gun situation.

[@Scott-rc1tj]

He lied about the frequency of school shootings in loose gun law states vs strict gun law states - please look that up for yourself

[@sovereignruler]

Let's provide extra resources to the local police so that they can provide extra security to the schools.

[@ritatharp5238]

No, no, no Kamala Harris wants us to defund the police.

[@Soulcritic]

Law enforcement did a bang up job protecting Trump!

[@wadewilson8303]

Wow Forbes! You know I was expecting you to heavily edit Vance's response. Like CNN and MSNBC frequently do.

[@KimmieG-s3x]

Instead of all the new IRS agents, why don’t we beef up security for students & teachers by providing officers for the schools or veterans? Just thinking out loud! Trump/Vance 2024!

[@Infamous1021]

Lol does gun laws do anything for the illegally bought firearms

[@shawns1050]

This guy is as smart as a bag of rocks. The Trump party should have vetted him way more.

[@derekkruse9884]

Bot.

[@EricaFieldsfrogs4ever]

@@derekkruse9884 NOT.

[@derekkruse9884]

@@EricaFieldsfrogs4ever very bot thing to say.

[@EricaFieldsfrogs4ever]

@@derekkruse9884 Hey, here’s another…May the Lord bless and keep you. Isn’t it nice to chat this way. Come find me.

[@ekay9783]

Republicans should have been smart enough to replace old man a year ago! And no to vance

[@BenDorm]

Ask Shady about Project 2025.

[@vincentizzo8408]

God bless America God bless American children. Please get out and vote. Make sure Trump and his cronies lose and lose big. Amen.

[@steveenczi8967]

How to stop school shootings with parents who neglect gun safety???

[@gregpierquet5818]

We protect our politicians with guns, money with guns, news networks with guns, school board meeting with guns, why not our children?

[@jimwhelan9152]

Because, you know, guns!

[@raechel381]

Yet all those guns couldn’t stop Trump from being shot 🤔🤔🤔🤔 not even the highest form of security (secret service) could stop Trump from being shot. Also, schools already have armed resource officers. But this still happens. How are more guns the answer?

[@j.b.delaney3444]

What's sad is that you have no problem with that.

[@kenjohnston1257]

In other countrys teachers get to have assult rifles but not America the reason why is the libs so blame the libs

[@gregpierquet5818]

@@j.b.delaney3444 ?

[@jonesrick1]

Increasing school security is an idea that has been bandied about and even implemented all across our great nation. As a former high school bully myself I'm all for for increasing school security to the point where service personnel should be on the lookout not only for weapons, but also for kids who bully others and others who are bullied. It can be done discreetly, and I'd bet it's probably being done as I write this. I certainly hope so. Memories take me back to my intermediate and high schools years. I can vividly recall not only bullying others but also being bullied by some big kids who terrified the hell out of me. It is pervasive with young immature children. It can be controlled I believe with dedicated security professionals AND a concentrated effort by school administration official to let it be known that bullying is wrong and will not be tolerated. School counselors must reach out to students, be pro-active in spreading the word that they will not tolerate a bully. This goes for parents, too. Parents of a bully should be held accountable for their charges. They should be reprimanded publicly for their lack of parenting. You hear stories about this or that mother or father scolding school leaders for punishing the darling ones when in fact it's the parents who need the scolding for their own negligent overseeing of the children, both boys and girls. Sometimes the girls are worse than the boys. It's up to us a parents. It's our fault and our kids' for the mess we've allowed our education system to become. Nobody else's. This minority of terrorists (bullies) must be confronted and controlled, and the parents lack of guidance must be exposed and expunged. Otherwise, this schit will continue to the day of our deepest regret.

[@EricaFieldsfrogs4ever]

WoW! You wrote a mouthful, and it was both brave and smart. I appreciate your input.

[@hermanlin1688]

Make parents accountable. Secure schools with fences, metal detectors, and armed police.

[@zippydoo9533]

@@hermanlin1688 What you are describing is a police state.

[@UtoWasHere]

@@zippydoo9533no he isn’t that’s a good ideal to keep people away to harm the kids

[@zippydoo9533]

@@UtoWasHere Describe a police state.

[@UtoWasHere]

@@zippydoo9533 how’s that a police state you don’t want safe schools 😐

[@jaartisjones5713]

​@@zippydoo9533 then what's your solution?

[@Redefine-Red]

id suggest a state guard for each state that is purely stateside and not a military reserve force. and two members of the state guard will rotate shifts defending our schools and fulfilling other roles at the states discretion.

[@blane5119]

Mental health issue. 😢😢😢

[@sinistar426]

There is NO "law" on earth that has EVER prevented what it was intended to prevent/stop from EVER happening again. Once you realize this, you'll realize changing/making a law isnt the answer.

[@amieross4625]

Agreed.... That's where parenting counts. This father BOUGHT this gun specifically for his son who already was having issues. At some point we have to change how we are doing things. What we are doing isn't working. Mental health is needed for our youth and parenting classes for these parents.

[@rickerhart907]

The more this man speaks the more I like him and he is level-headed and articulate

[@jerryminks5775]

Only Ohio can elect someone this weird to be a senator.

[@KrystleJennings-g2g]

Lets talk about the atrocity that is the Family Court's immoral racketeering enterprises that also traumatizes and kills children, parents, etc.

[@seanohare5488]

Well said big bad JD Vance

[@frogmanairborne]

Unfortunately school shootings will never be stopped. These misled kids are seeking attention and some even fame. You can't SOLVE this issue as bad as it sounds, I mean it's more of a "trend" nowadays. I say utilize our veterans, give them jobs of protecting our children in schools somehow. But you need to utilize our veterans, and I would gladly pay a higher rate on my tax dollar to support this and I gurantee most of them would gladly sit in their local schools to watch and support as well as protect our children.

[@SemperSalam]

It really is amazing how their opponents to not take questions or address the media in any kind of non biased regard.

[@MarthaSmith-m6y]

Not true. Vance just lies, just like Trump.

[@mark15vintage9]

I'd be willing to bet all the homeless veterans could be trained as security for schools, and they would probably love the job. Yes, some vets would not fit in that job, but most civilians dont fit either. How hard would it be to retrain veterans for a school security job?

[@sarahmccoy1941]

The blood from those killed from assault type weapons is on the hands of those who refuse to do anything to keep these weapons out of the hands of hate-filled lunatics. Doing nothing assures us that shootings like what transpired at Apalachee High School will go on and on and on. Anyone’s childen or grandchildren or spouses could be the next innocent victims.

[@joeybagofdoughnuts6664]

Iam from Chicago and my Dead MOM and DAD are voting for Trump and Vance TWICE!

[@Benjamin-et3ii]

Twice?? Is that legal?

[@terrestrialradio]

Vance is so well-spoken & direct - that's so nice.🤓

[@yo3rdtier128]

Vance is a 🤡

[@seanohare5488]

Vance is solid refreshing

[@terrestrialradio]

@@yo3rdtier128 Hahaha & you're not even in his high class league.🤓

[@sandybrickman1392]

He is a tool

[@nsesites]

He is the man. 2028 president

[@erinarnold9640]

Thanks Mr Vance you and Trump have my vote. Wish yall the best. Happy nation bluegrass day from a hard picking 5 string TN hillbilly . Cumberland platue tn

[@1MustardSeed]

DT and JD always answer the questions.

[@ernestclary6035]

With lies usually

[@Thatgirlsteph777]

With rambling nonsense? JD can answer questions yes. But don’t you dare say trump can 😂😂😂😂

[@ekay9783]

No they don't!