My daughter was in the classroom next to the door where the boy walked by, and entered a classroom 2 doors down. Yes, as a mom I was absolutely terrified for my child, especially since the gunman passed just 5 feet from her with his gun in hand - her teacher reported his presence. But I have to say, thank God for cell phones. I knew where she was and what was happening with her the whole time.

It is a shame something like this happened in our little town. Half the teens in our town attend LP. What happened has nothing to do with gun control (by now we ought to know that ANYONE can get a gun and do just about whatever they'd like with it), or liberals, or democrats, or politics. It's about teen drama (one of the hostages was his "supposedly-pregnant-by-his-best-friend-girlfriend"), probably lack of a decent human in this boy's life, and ease of access to a gun and to the school. I was there, and so was my daughter. One of the sheriff's onsite is a close family friend. Nobody was shot - law enforcement officials, school staff and local citizens did an outstanding job of bringing the situation to a safe end.

It was an emotional day. Now comes the aftermath.

Me.