And Yet Another Nut Attacks School, Kills 4

Authorities investigate the scene in Nickel, Pa., of where a school shooting occurred today. A 32-year-old milk truck driver took about a dozen girls hostage in a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, barricaded the doors with boards and killed at least three girls and apparently himself here . (AP Photo/Lancaster New Era, Marty Heisey)

Smart Bombs

This week’s school shootings will inevitably produce chin-stroking analyses that attempt to put them into perspective: “Such shootings are relatively rare.” “Can’t guarantee safety in an open society.” “It’s a difficult balancing act.” Shut up. Fifty children have died in school shootings in the past 10 years in the United States. Thousands of kids have been terrorized. But society has determined that this isn’t enough. Before we protect schools the way we protect banks, offices and colleges, apparently more will have to die. This is crazy! For the rest of the Smart Bombs comment by Gary Crooks/Spokesman-Review, click here .

Question: Have local schools done enough to protect students from armed attacks?