Let's talk about how Nashville was different....

[@zylem13]

Nashville police showed far more courage than our Tennessee Republican lawmakers.

[@ShannonJacobs0]

Watch the google censor this comment triggered by the new intrusive ads! KZbin has become the primary vector of destroying civilization. Congrats to the advertisers!

[@slv8535]

I guess it's just me, but I think you're setting the bar a little low. 😊

[@shaunhouse8469]

The police at Uvalde showed more courage than Republican lawmakers

[@rathertiredofthemess2841]

@@shaunhouse8469lol! No they didn’t! You got a good hard look at the Good old a kid and JR Ewings of the Lunatic State formerly known as TexAss. 400 officers showed up and did nothing for over an hour!

[@mrwizard5012]

​@@rathertiredofthemess2841 They're trying to say Republican lawmakers are even more cowardly than _that._ Or at least it wouldn't make sense otherwise.

[@admiralpaco507]

"Why didn't you talk about this one?" Asks those that don't know Beau doesn't do breaking news. He gathers information first before posting to be as accurate as possible. Our news agencies could learn something from that.

[@eatmorenachos]

Like all those TV "news" crews, on the scene: "BREAKING NEWS! Something happened and we have NO details on anything."

[@dankolar6066]

“There’s almost no story that isn’t improved by holding it for a day." - Steve Inskeep, NPR, Morning Edition

[@Mrnoddingdonkey]

Thanks for just saying what was already said if you watched the video

[@levilandes1719]

​​@@Mrnoddingdonkey Thanks for your originality, no one has ever pointed out people's tendency to summarize the parts of a video that most resonated with them. What a clever, special, boy you must be, to have thought of that all on your own.

[@leothenomad5675]

The question was disingenuous because it had nothing to do with breaking news and everything to do with the fact that the shooter was transgender.

[@louisa6948]

"...Now I know that a lot of people that sent those messages at this point are saying that's not actually what I was talking about by, you know, it being different. Yeah, I know that. I know that you were trying to point out an anomaly. Right. What in anything I have ever put out, led you to believe that I would help you scapegoat a group? That's not a thing..." and THAT, dear sir, is why you have the respect and love of so many of your viewers. You are concise and brilliant! Bravo!

[@vomeronasal]

Thankfully, they have banned drag shows in that state. So the kids are safe, right?

[@flor9389]

And made it illegal for government officials to properly gender the person as male.

[@markpashia7067]

Yeah that has always been a burr under my saddle. Protect the children from nudity or sex, but violence is just fine. John Wayne blasting "those people" all to hell was a great day but a mother feeding her child was "sinful". WTF is wrong with us?

[@autumnleaves8553]

Yup! Now there will be no more death by drag shows.

[@erichbrough6097]

Yeah, they should personally try to tell them that in the f----ng *morgue!* 🤬🤬🤬

[@vic5015]

Last I checked, *zero* kids have died as a direct result of a drag show. But kids die as a direct result of gunshots *all* the dang time. Drag shows do not kill kids. Getting shot with guns kills kids.

[@seanheath4492]

I've had a cop flat-out say "when seconds count, we're minutes away."

[@bovinityleak2066]

Brilliant! Sad but right on

[@brianmccollaum5489]

When police respond to mass shootings people are already deceased.

[@ryanc6337]

If you need someone to show up ten minutes after the danger has passed with a pencil and paper, call the police.

[@vanquish421]

hours*

[@seanheath4492]

@@vanquish421 That's not what he said. :P

[@Hakuwoodworks]

As a father of a trans man, I sincerely appreciate your take, and your support. Thank you

[@pjaypender1009]

@alioxinfree I'm not "looking with one eye through my fingers," because I know that we will never, ever blame the people who are dangerous, because that's cis men.

[@neuralmute]

@@pjaypender1009 Same. I'm trans masc, and I only ask not to be painted with the same brush as the cis-het men that I have so little in common with. We need new models of masculinity, and I think us trans guys might be some of the ones to form them.

[@thesultrystrangerdanger6824]

My dad's won't admit I'm akira

[@Erin-Thor]

🥰

[@Martinbeef]

❤

[@deborafoor5038]

What I love about Beau: “What--in anything I have ever put out--led you to believe that I would help you scapegoat a group? “That’s not a thing. “Uh, if you want to go down that route, you have to look at the statistics and the markers, right? If you do that, what you’re going to find out is that more than 99% of the time, it’s not them. That’s not going to be a marker for this. That, if you’re going to go that route, you’re going to have to use actual data, not go through and look at four incidents over, what, two and a half years? It’s a fraction of a percent. That’s, that’s not even-again-that’s not a thing, and I don’t know why anybody would expect me to, to play along with that.”

[@fredherfst8148]

Enjoyed reading that..thanks…my first thoughts: What a great speech to read…Beau's word smithing has always delighted me..here's proof Awful lot of great smithing in all those videos…hmmm Voice to text? Book? Oh yeah …he's writing a book! 🇨🇦👌

[@olivevillanelle3524]

Right?! Beau is purely a great personality. It's why I watch him. "Real" common sense.

[@Xeridanus]

The stats I've heard was 3 incidents in four years.

[@jessierolan]

I didn't follow this entire part. What am I missing? Who expected him to play along with what?

[@Xeridanus]

@@jessierolan Right wingers wanted him to point out that the perpetrator was a trans man.

[@TheNiteinjail]

Here is another difference. You talked about it right off the top... you expected the video footage to come out soon. That's another difference this time the video makes cops look pretty good, and it gets released right away. So when they claim next time "they can't release footage" ... just remember that when it makes them look good oh yes they can.

[@brianmccollaum5489]

Excellent point!👍

[@autumnleaves8553]

I thought the same thing! How quickly did they get that resolved. Lickety spick!

[@jodycarter7308]

U speak truth, from Toomanynitesinjail

[@davetom8517]

Based logic

[@victoriawilliams2786]

Well said.

[@olivewrites5672]

as a trans person, thank you for your continuing support

[@57Strudel]

As the mom of trans people I echo those thanks and hand you a virtual hug. This was a really tough one - not that they all aren't but wow.

[@minoc2]

As a fellow Lgbt, I agree completely

[@zizendorf]

This has little to nothing to do with trans. It is one sick individual that didn't value human life. The reasons for such are irrelevant! (Save for the notion such tragedies might be foreseen or anticipated - highly unlikely.) There's been a needless yet intentional slaughter of others - us, we, ours...

[@zizendorf]

@tradde11 This tragic event has nothing to do with the GOP. This isn't politics, this is about people's lives. I couldn't care less about scapegoats. I do give more than two shits about the families of those killed.

[@vforwombat9915]

@@zizendorf "This has little to nothing to do with trans. " and that's just it. nobody seriously thinks it does. it's just a selling point for hatemongers.

[@katpiercemusic]

I’m a teacher. I don’t like the idea of the hero saving the day. I don’t want drama. I get enough excitement from teaching music to several hundred K-5th graders. My classroom faces the front of the building, is on the first floor and has a wall of windows. The front entrance and cafeteria are on either side of me, both with a wall of windows. How insane is it that I know if someone tries to come in through my windows, that my best bet, if I’m not incapacitated or killed, is to attack when their trying to climb in through the window because they’ll have to put the gun down. I think about that at least once a week, because I’m not fight or flight. I’m freeze. So I figure I need that right in the forefront of my mind pretty much always. I need to imagine it because it’s the closest thing to practice and myelination I’m going to get.

[@elmersglue6259]

You should ask your school and law enforcement to teach active shoot drills. They can run you different types of technical things that can during an active shooting.

[@AdaliaGreyson]

I'm a night custodian at a local school, last year we had a school shooter scare with a hard lock down. Pretty much all of my teachers were shaken, one had readied a small fire extinguisher in an attempt to have something to protect her kids with. Another teacher had armed himself with a pair of scissors and spray bottle and had nearly blinded and stabbed the SRO. I never want my teachers to have to go through that again and I dread getting a call telling me to not go in due to it being a crime scene.

[@katpiercemusic]

@@elmersglue6259 I was already told by a police officer and our school security officer (same guy) that my best bet is to attack when they come through the window because that takes time when they’re at their most vulnerable. I can’t practice it though because no one’s smashing thousands of dollars of glass and risking actual injury in these drills.

[@marocat4749]

Thats, itsmessed up that counts as normal.

[@elmersglue6259]

@@katpiercemusic Its good to know at least they already taught you to even do that. I've heard some schools aren't even teaching even that. Columbine is so much so used as a training tool. Those kids in the library could have walked out the exit door to the outside of the school and survived that was only 100 feet away, but they were trained to just duck and hide. If they would have been told they could have left out that door, everyone of those kids would have been alive. I used to work in the school district in the town I live in and had to go through those drills myself. I say used to because they merged my job together with another and they didn't want to pay 2 people to do the same job and since I had lesser years if service I was the odd man out. My job would made me one of the first people to be targeted or spotted a shooter before it happened since I would always be in the hallways through out the building. I also had the master key to unlock any door in the school. So I was a high profile target for a shooter (If they wanted the key and knew I had it). I know it isn't fun to have to think about the idea that any given day you my be forced to put any of active school shooting drills into action. Stay safe.

[@ke9tv]

"There's only one acceptable tactic." What I said to myself was "Fire and Motion" when Beau said, "you press." Words from different teachers? "They were all scared." Not being scared isn't courage, it's lack of situational awareness. Being scared to death and doing the right thing anyway - that's courage.

[@rileyfaelan]

'Press' can, in law enforcement context, cover convincing the murderer to surrender himself to an arrest. Which would generally be preferable, but may not always be feasible. 'Fire and motion' appears to be the military concept, in which case arresting the opponent for trial is not an option, and either party surrendering to the other is not particularly common, either.

[@TheEagleslover]

Spot on!

[@anthonynorman7545]

All the cops I've heard talk about it use "press." 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@seanburke997]

Same concept, different wording

[@bryonmorgan5208]

I've known a couple people who truly weren't scared when they should have been. They were absolutely insane and quite frankly untrustworthy. I would much rather go with someone who is scared but competent than an insane fearless loose cannon.

[@samibryant6252]

“What in anything I have ever put out led you to believe I would help you scapegoat a group?” No exaggeration, nearly burst into tears hearing that. Yatik al ‘afiyah, God keep you Beau. The moral clarity you approach these issues with is so inspiring.

[@danieldickson8591]

"Unhappy is the land that needs a hero." -- Bertholt Brecht

[@higgs923]

Of course they were scared. My long ago combat outfit had a saying: If you aren't scared then you don't understand the situation.

[@lesliecurran1704]

John Wayne " courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway"

[@beverlyportlamoureux8459]

My heart goes out to the families and the police who responded did an amazing job. And compared to the ones in a Texas town we all know, they are heros

[@longforgotten4823]

If somebody in that situation tells you, they are not scared, they are either a liar, or they are insane.

[@martymorse2]

Over the last 45 years I have worked with College age students at a major University who have suffered or acquired some sort of physical disability. The most troubling for me has been those who are in a wheelchair because of a gun shot wound. I wish more people would spend some time with young adults like this who acquired their gun shot disability either in war, gang violence or domestic accidents(most common.) It rocks me to the core seeing the carnage a big bore or high velocity round can do to the human body. I suffered my disability as a result of an off road motorcycle accident which left me paralyzed from the hips down. I have endured my own scars but my post-op wounds are nothing compared to what I have seen with those who were shot. I wish Representative Ogles and Boebert could spend some time with these kids before they glorify their semi-automatic weapon collection as part of their family Christmas cards. Maybe the only way we could reach someone this detached from reality is to have their kids meet some of these college students who are in a wheelchair because of gun violence. When are we going to get beyond the only solace of thoughts and prayers? Trust me, nobody should have to see what a gun can do to a teenager or someone younger. Thanks for what you do Beau.

[@crismcdonough2804]

they only care about the poor "political prisoners" who were incarcerated for their actions on January 6.

[@maryreeves357]

Well said! Thank you.

[@terryreed1841]

Maybe they DO need to see what AR ballistic looks like on a 45# human being. I'm talking forensic sent personally to our gun loving representatives in the House.

[@rogerwilco2]

Those politicians have no empathy. They might very well be incapable of caring about anyone but themselves. Just like Trump.

[@MsThebeMoon]

You post like the Boebart's in our White House have a conscience or empathy. Nothing phases those non-humans. Only one thing will stop them and that's the high powered assault rifle they glorify. They are above the law and there is no rule of law. Unfortunately. Please stay safe and thank you for your heart and soul being here today.

[@williamstevens7934]

Thank you for your integrity

[@rdoornink2693]

Be well Beau, you broke my heart with that one. Anger in your voice, but mostly pain. Be well.

[@siggybenedict-shields3883]

Bert Brecht said in 1914: “Woe the country that needs heroes.” It still applies.

[@amandagardner565]

keep keeping it real Beau. love from this Trans Australian, saddened by the event and appalled by the far right blaming LGBTQ to further their fascist agenda.

[@pitchforksdragon1252]

"oh you know beau. The guy who heeps praise on law enforcement" - I laughed way too hard at that

[@nathandc]

Yet another well reasoned, heartfelt, and compassionate video. Thank you for what you do. I just wish that our politicians on both sides of this would quit spouting lies that don't help us try to move forward to trying to avoid these tragedies.

[@angieowen1165]

If "Thoughts and Prayers" actually worked we would not ever have another shooting incident anywhere, we can dissect, point fingers, assess and complain, WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION we the people! We need to demand as a society to do better! Please explain to me how prisoners in the Penal system are safer in prisons than our children, schools, churches and mass gatherings. How sad is this?

[@woodstream6137]

Careful. Listen to some politicians and they would like our schools to be like prisons. Metal detectors, single poinrs of entry, armed security, cameras, electric locks and now they're banning books, history, and ideas.

[@bfattori01]

Thoughts and prayers never worked to stop abortions either. They had to attack abortion clinics. Same ol' right-wing playbook

[@john.premose]

I guess the GOP isn't thinking or praying hard enough. Doesn't that mean they're not real Christians? Why doesn't this ever get brought up lol?

[@anitaevans5361]

Thoughts & Prayers does not fix anything nor does it seek solutions. Lazy people & their faux condolences r BS. Mass shootings moving into private Christian schools may not b the wake-up call to Conservatives. How many more lives will it take?!

[@jamesfisher9594]

People in prison are not safer then children in school, saying things like that is not helpful.

[@DavidB75311]

This response is as good as can be expected.

[@chrish564]

I attended a suicide prevention class recently and learned that a person's pronouns being respected can lower their suicide risk by 50%. Literally saves lives to respect pronouns.

[@suehowie152]

And hurts no one..

[@rinlo1424]

100% true.

[@surfingonmars8979]

WHY on EARTH not recognize and respect a transgender person’s desire to be addressed by a particular pronoun? WHAT business is it of ANYBODY’S how the other person wishes to be addressed???? Simple good manners would dictate that you call a person by their selected pronouns. MOREOVER, common decency and morality would say the same.

[@goodun2974]

​@@suehowie152 , but, but, it might make conservative brains, such as they are, hurt....../s

[@clembob8004]

Yeah, and here in the Deep North (ND), the Republican state legislature is trying to pass a bill to make it illegal to use or acknowledge pronouns in K12.

[@gdpope52]

Closing remarks are right on the money!… thanks again for your insights

[@EHeroClayman]

What always saddens me when it comes to incidents similar to Nashville is the traumatic experience that survivors have. They have lost what is normal to them and can never get that back. If you have thoughts and prayers save them or send them to your congress critter. You really wanna make a statement, dump a few bodies on the steps of congress. That's what one person wrote on cardboard.

[@fernkitty]

Exactly. That one photo on all the news sites of the little child on the bus sobbing. That kid will never, ever be the same.

[@aldenheterodyne2833]

If I die of something that congress could've prevented, I absolutely want my body dumped on their steps. Let them see what their inaction has done.

[@teresawashington882]

So true, thoughts and prayers are nothing more than sentiments; Actions speak much louder than your thoughts and prayers, I can think and pray for myself, The families would rather have their loved ones.... So take your thoughts and prayers and.....! 🤬🤬

[@Time_Is_Left]

The combo of stoopid and smug is hilarious and depressing af. It’s amazing that the authors of those questions remember to breathe often enough to have made it this far

[@thomashubbell8612]

Bravo for those police officers!

[@johanmalm8378]

True this!

[@lisajohnson9046]

OMG.... you are GOOD!!!! I watched your entire video thinking that you missed the passive aggressive smart ass point the person was trying to make with their question..... and then came the end! You are the best !! I will always watch you for not only news, but human decency and rights!

[@ninefingerjack]

These people can't argue in good faith, you'd have to have critical thinking before that. "The mark of an intelligent mind is entertaining an idea without accepting it."

[@melaniegardner7317]

Excellent. Thank you!

[@michaellacy8510]

Imagine a world where your response in a life or death situation is critiqued by millions of unqualified armchair operators.

[@konradyearwood5845]

I spent an afternoon watching armed guard scenario training at a UK military camp in the 1990s. Four hours of just being a purely non-participatory observer knocked this Armchair General back down to Private.

[@brianmccollaum5489]

Imagine a world where people keep concentrating on the effects of unfettered gun ownership of assault weapons rather than trying to fix the cause.

[@dianadickerson749]

Just like sports.

[@grejen711]

@@brianmccollaum5489 Yes of course. But you do realize that "the cause" is exactly the same thing that creates such a mad desire for unfettered gun ownership? There is NO legitimate reason to have unfettered access to assault weapons. You cannot stop a 'bad person with a gun' by allowing 'good people' to have guns without some type of control or regulation. And for every anecdote you have where this actually happened I'm certain there are two where the opposite effect happened.

[@brianmccollaum5489]

@@grejen711 I agree. My comment was trying to point out that concentrating on the proper police response in this instance isn’t addressing the root cause that necessitated the police response in the first place: gun violence in the US.

[@captjames19]

Very calm and clear presentation of the situation 👏🏻 this is my first video of yours and I’m grateful that someone like you is using your platform to dispel bad faith arguments concerning what real safety looks like (prevention not reaction based) and the stats on shooters thus far. Gun reform! Protect this next generation from gun violence and death! Protect communities under legislative attack! Solidarity like this is so important! ♥️

[@astrologerdawn1200]

Thank you Beau for not scapegoating.

[@jambay4785]

Pre-emptive, Pro-active, Preventative, planning ahead, whatever you want to call it. Action based on anticipation of possible outcomes is a good way to start.

[@judithgockel1001]

Thanks, Beau. I live in Texas.

[@meddlin]

From one of your previous 303 videos, they pressed in where so many others have to ask "Would I be courageous to press in?". Improvement, not perfection. Thank you, Beau.

[@dianebronowiczegelhoff9622]

Thank you.

[@stevejohnson1411]

The cops did a good job. They went in after the shooter to protect as many children/people as they could.

[@enma325]

Thanks Beau

[@olivevillanelle3524]

As a person of transgender experience, I just want to thank you for being one if the most reasonable internet personalities talking about this. A certain political party is certainly already using this tragedy to fuel their agenda and it's just sad.

[@erikhasenauer3584]

"Hero are made when somebody makes a mistake, we don't want any hero's!"

[@botbomb2639]

So good Beau

[@marthewilliams5]

Thanks for not helping people villainize a marginal group Beau. Much appreciated

[@eddies6977]

If I was a teacher, for 6 through 12, I would play your videos for my students daily and discuss what transpired. A lot of young minds could benefit greatly by having a level headed response to the insanity that has become our world. They often don't get that at home.

[@BannorPhil]

The parents would complain, and the teacher would be fired. Like the guy who got fired for teaching about the famous David statue - in **ART** class. Go Dumbfuckistan....!!

[@chrisdecaminada2886]

You wouldn't be permitted to show the video

[@maryclare2968]

Go idea depending on what state you live in.

[@jennymacallan9071]

​@@MelodyKayYoungSame in NC.

[@wordforger]

Doing so is illegal in my state.

[@sharilassiter180]

Thank you

[@alexcrouse]

13 min is phenomenal. Fantastic work by this department.

[@Zakificus]

There's a saying I heard a lot growing up "when the seconds matter, police are minutes away." Now, I've mostly heard it used as a reason to arm yourself, but "the knife cuts both ways." We see here (the latest in a line of many examples) even in the best case scenario, even the best 'response' isn't good enough. To put it concisely for the aphorism trifecta: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

[@bye7555]

Over 375 school shootings since 1999 and the next closest country has 8 school shootings.

[@timothyhensley5918]

Right on, agree with you insightful comments. Guns,need to be treated like cars, and trucks.There has to be training, licensing, permits,and insurance. If you're guns are used to commit a crime? It's on the gun owne!

[@marksr8784]

Well done 👏 13 minutes 👏 🗽🇺🇲

[@fluffyarsenic255]

Already seeing the spin on this one and not for the good

[@gearheadchef]

Beau Thank You for having positive outlook on the officer actions. All cops are getting a bad rap because of a few bad apples.

[@davem6735]

Training for a casualty and being in an actual casualty are very different. You are relying on your training but especially the first couple of responses, you are sloppier than how you would look in a training environmental. Way to go responders! You did your very best. You saved lives for sure.

[@joedyer1785]

Thanks

[@iquestion8493]

👋 Good job! I'm proud to be a Beau peep! Thanks Beau 😊

[@deanvaillancourt2881]

🖐🌞

[@iquestion8493]

​@@deanvaillancourt2881 👋☺️💙💙😊

[@beeamendola]

Hi ya IQ! Hows our friend???? Haven't seen her and missin her all the time.

[@chiggins4399]

It has to start with removing the guns. She wouldn't have breached that door without it.

[@cami-loo108]

Beau, I would love to hear your take on how we are banning books but not military style assault rifles

[@laurentsaint-laurent3659]

Former pupil.. may be worth looking at the atmosphere in the school at the time..

[@jgaffney567]

The alleged shooter was reported to trans in Christian school. Back when they were trans conversion therapy was common. No excuse but this anti trans plays a role in real life. This might have been trama at the school and suicide by cop

[@alistairmackintosh9412]

Christian private school. What would you expect?

[@flor9389]

My first thought was that. Particularly being a trans man at a religious school.

[@laurentsaint-laurent3659]

@@alistairmackintosh9412 I don't like to be too obvious or to make generalizations.. that why I said "at the time", too..

[@alistairmackintosh9412]

@@laurentsaint-laurent3659 Perhaps. But those kind of schools tradition are very stably conservative, or made to appear so, so there is little change in ideals.

[@no_Ray_bang]

good stuff Beau

[@jeremykeller211]

2A: "The rights of the criminally insane to own military grade weapons shall not be infringed."

[@Spideredd]

Well, howdy there Beau. It's Internet People again.

[@debraoleary3864]

Saying that it is fraction of a percentage is very important. Because although it shouldn’t be an issue it, sadly. So Thank you. Also thank you for pointing out the response time.

[@debraoleary3864]

Meant to add an is between it & sadly

[@JohanDanielsson8802]

More than one mass shooting a day? That is crazy!

[@dearyvettetn4489]

It’s interesting how our news and the way it is delivered has condition us to expect an immediate response without facts and without processing to tragic events. I listened to this story as it was presented in the past few days by news outlets inside, and outside the United States. The speculation on our side was rampant. Thank you Beau for taking the time to present well thought out facts before putting out a video.

[@emmahardesty4330]

People criticized those cops?! They did the job fast, saved dozens of lives. What's with all the anger in Americans these days.

[@sabrestacey7202]

God bless you for your truth and intelligence, Beau. I wish there were more of you in this wicked world.

[@billygrant9147]

You can talk prevention as long as people are ok with kids dying. This has been the norm for years at this point and you don't see thousands of people marching on Capitol Hill about it. More people were anger about Trump losing the election than kids being shot at school. Just let that sink in.

[@tellur808]

Honestly, and since I'm not from the US I basically just know this from the reddit front page, I'm more surprised about the age than the other anomaly. If they had attacked a university or high school, that's one thing they would be closer in time to them, but IIRC they are close to 20 years removed from that school. But really, I haven't looked into the age to target statistics, just got a general feeling, that most attackers aren't far removed from their target, e.g. current students or recently left. Then again, you never know where the real trauma sits in people's head. No real point for laypeople to try and get into their heads.

[@annaboudreauwoodside4723]

ty

[@lynh9648]

Your commentary is always thoughtful, analytical, and exudes common sense & level-headedness. You are a light shining bright for our democracy & thru the darkness of tragedy. Thanks so much, Beau. ❤

[@ttirrem]

Thank you Beau. Well said.

[@fredericrike5974]

A lot of times the guy we wind up calling hero is just the poor bas.... who got stuck with the job and had no way or time to turn it down. Big, truly brave heroes are generally buried young.

[@alterego6075]

From what I can tell, there seems to be ONE definite commonality in regards to any of these "shooters"...anyone care to guess what that might be?

[@hollyjolli]

They haaaave GUNS!

[@joeharrington8492]

Children will have to taught in prisons and prisoners kept in schools. A sign of the times in America. When Republicans hold guns up as more important than children you have already lost.

[@SeithonJetter]

I was reanig a thread and someone pointed out to add an armed guard to every single school and "vulnerable" education facility would require hiring something like 350k armed security guards... So... another small army.

[@ldcole90]

So tired of this.. tired of these senseless killings.....

[@talbotcolleen]

Thank you for getting me to look at this situation with a different POV. I was focusing more on the reason why assault weapons need to be abolished which is never the argument that will change Republicans' minds. The argument instead should be that regardless of how effective the police response was, it was still not enough to change the outcome. If we argue this point more, maybe it will make a diference.

[@dianemadison1679]

Protecting children is a collective responsibility of society. They did the best that they could….and six people still died. 😢 When will children/people become more important than guns?

[@jasper-cg]

Need to ban sale of assault riffles....period

[@juicebox8566]

Man, I used to get your videos in my feed a lot. They stopped showing up and I lost track. Always enjoy your videos, I am now subscribed this time around. Sorry I didn’t get there before. Keep up the content, it is always great.

[@dez0265]

Critique them all you want but the police were 100 times better than the police in Uvalde

[@Aaackermann]

Is america out of its mind? Yes

[@Maxislithium]

Thanks Beau. I knew you would get to this eventually, and no, It's not a marker for violence. Thank you for saying what needs to be said.

[@LoriGibson1970]

My Qs are back on their "Arm the teachers" memeing. 🤦‍♀️ I don't know what to say to them anymore.

[@seekittycat]

Was at a work convention overseas and you can immediately spot all the Americans when there was a bang outside and all the Americans ducked for cover. At least all the ones 30 and younger.

[@paulwheeler6609]

Value? There is nothing of value. Nothing. We are no longer a nation of humans. We are simply callous bystanders. Sub-human. Absolutely heartbreaking.

[@roycrite4656]

Amazing points! Way to stay with the data and facts!

[@maxsmart9116]

Wasn't there security at Uvalde? I don't think that's the solution.

[@darrenskjoelsvold]

You know what? I want to talk about the angle that you didn't address. But if they were part of that group it does not mean that the group is bad. I am a white male who listens to heavy metal. I play first person shooters. I am in the demographic that is normally connected to these kinds of events. I had people who tried to bully me in junior high and high school. Usually that didn't end well for them though so I actually felt fairly secure. I was not marginalized. I never felt desperate. MAGA types are pointing to the shooter being trans and they are acting like that justifies the way they have been treating transgender people this whole time. I would argue that they might be to blame. Look you abuse a population of people for long enough and they're going to snap. The way transgender people have been treated in this country for years by a particular segment of the country can only be categorized as abuse. This was going to happen eventually. Marjorie Greene saying that the hormones or whatever were to blame is part of it. Marjorie Greene should look in the mirror to see the real problem. Demonizing the transgender community because of this is putting the attention on the wrong people. If you want to know who is to blame and are about to say something mean about transgender people, stop typing and look in the mirror to see who is to blame because it's you. Beau sorry I know you are not confrontational but I had to say it. This is a tragedy that these MAGA people are trying to score points on and ultimately it's their fault. You might not say it but I will. I know you Democrats are all Kumbaya and stuff but I am not. These people are to blame and somebody needs to say it.

[@nathanv1500]

All the security and prevention and attention to markers will be just as effective as the response by law enforcement as long as everyone has free and open access to tools of war.

[@barbarasmith2345]

Thank you Beau for being the voice for a lot of us. You say it so much better than I ever could.

[@TheDaddiestBear]

Thanks, man, great breakdown of the situation.

[@spankflaps1365]

The Millennium Dome diamond heist (2000) had an interesting element regarding security. The diamond was in a 3” thick bomb proof glass cabinet. The robbers broke through it in 3 minutes with a sledgehammer and a nail gun. At that point the police busted them. My point is, even if they fitted blast proof glass to every school window, it can still be broken quite easy.

[@tomharlow3625]

Get a 1 in. thick sheet of lexan, the sledge hammer will do you more harm than you can do to the lexan.

[@olddoggeleventy2718]

Afraid? Hell yes. Functioning through fear is called courage.

[@Malidictus]

Yeah, I'm surprised when people cite "fear" as though it's some kind of personal failing. It's an incredibly dangerous situation. These people are risking their lives. I'd be more worried if the WEREN'T afraid under those circumstances. Pushing forward despite being afraid is exactly what makes one brave.

[@BogeyTheBear]

Fear is a form of hope that is reacting to the insanity of the situation. You hope you get out of it alive, thus you fear for your life... ...it comes down to that samurai mentality where you remove all sense of fear by giving up on hope.

[@davemason6870]

I watched that body cam footage today and couldn't see myself walking forward. That takes guts.

[@rileyfaelan]

@@Malidictus: The cops have so much popularised he concept of a cop being afraid as being a cheap excuse for wanton violence that it now feels strange to us when a cop expresses legitimate fear, and processes it in an acceptable way.

[@nicholassmidsmid2808]

Being brave isn't feeling no fear, it's being scared and doing your job anyway. The person not scared is probably too Dumb to realize they should be so hats off to those cops

[@lesleyedgley8371]

The Congressman from this area was chillingly dismissive. He said that there's nothing that can be done to stop it. When asked about his own daughter's safety he said "Oh, we home school her." From here in Wales I don't understand how this happens AT ALL, never mind regularly. The thought of my 6 yr old grandson taking part in an "active shooter drill" just does not compute. The fetishism of guns in America baffles me. In 1996, there was a school shooting in Dunblane, Scotland. Some laws were changed, others enacted. Number of school shootings since then? 0

[@cbpd89]

Americans are just convinced that the one thing that works literally everywhere else will not work here. I don't understand the reasoning, but that is legitimately the belief from so many people here. I've been in a classroom during a lockdown drill (they didn't tell us it was a drill) and had to promise panicked 7 year olds that I would fight for them and keep them safe. It is sick.

[@GoodJuju.8D]

There are many here who feel the same. Our problem is the NRA "donates" tons of money to the Republicans. Those Republicans then vote against any change in gun laws unless it's to relax them. It's proven by statistics that states run by Republicans have more mass shootings and murders than those run by Democrats. Every other country in the world, except places like Yeman, Afghanistan, etc..., have strict gun laws and there are very few mass shootings. But it doesn't matter what proof we have if the NRA can buy their loyalty. Money is more important than children's lives to those people. We, those not paid off by the NRA, will continue to try and pass laws restricting military type weapons and such to protect our children. Of course, we've been trying for years....

[@goodun2974]

Some local elected official said "I don't care if people are offended because we put out our thoughts and prayers; this is the South and this is what we do down here". Offering thoughts and prayers is not a substitute for legislative action!

[@timothyball3144]

A quick search found that there were more deaths at Sandyhook, than there were school shootings outside the US in 2009-2018. I didn't look at it the other way - the number of school shootings in the US vs. the number of deaths worldwide, but I bet that it would be just as shocking.

[@darthbrandon2149]

@lesleyedgley8371 Simple answer. American politicians are bought for pennies on the dollar by the wealthy 1% Donor Class and Corporate Special Interests. Bought politicians are told not to legislate any laws to control firearms. Bought politicians do as they are told.

[@tomdbass1]

This happened literally right up the street from where I live. My daughter had texted me that her school was in lockdown because “something bad happened in Green Hills” and she wanted me to make sure our dogs weren’t outside. Before I even finished reading her text there were non stop sirens and helicopters. Our police did a great job. It’s solely because of their quick response that things didn’t get a whole lot worse. When our local government here in Nashville cares more about our kids than they do about their NRA contribution, things will change.

[@wirelesmike73]

Amen to that. Our police care infinitely more for our communities and our state than the vast majority of our elected representatives. MNPD is one of the only things I feel like I have left to be proud of here, anymore.

[@j_117]

They did a passable job. Great woulda ended the day with either 0 or 1 total deaths.

[@stephaniewilson3955]

Stand for election or help someone sane who is going to stand. Start working now. It takes 2 years to get yourself recognised and door knocking works because you can find out what people need and often it just takes a chat with local council staff to get it sorted out. Then you get the reputation that you solve problems and people will pay attention to you.

[@louisa6948]

Good luck...the way things seem to be going, unfortunately it'll be a cold day in hell before these blank blank blanks do the right thing for "the people" instead of themselves 🤯Please educate your neighbors and loved ones as best you can so all of you can vote these ...I'm gonna keep this clean, so please use your imagination...out!!!

[@mymia731]

A whole lot worse than three dead nine year olds and three adults? Should it have been 27 nine year olds? 127 nine year olds? How many is too much?