Posted on May 28, 2022
The U.S is uniquely terrible at protecting children from gun violence
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https://www.npr.org/2022/05/28/ [login to see] /texas-shooting-uvalde-gun-violence-children-teenagers
This week's massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was yet another grim reminder that in the U.S., where civilians own nearly 400 million firearms, children are more likely to die from gun violence than in any other high-income country.
The killing of 19 fourth-graders and two adults at Robb Elementary School has unleashed an outpouring of grief and sadness across the nation. It has also, once again, spurred many to ask why the United States has failed to make any significant changes to its gun laws following the horrendous mass shootings that now happen with regularity.
Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook Elementary, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: All are names seared into the nation's memory for the terrible violence that took the lives of students there.
This week's massacre in Uvalde, Texas, was yet another grim reminder that in the U.S., where civilians own nearly 400 million firearms, children are more likely to die from gun violence than in any other high-income country.
The killing of 19 fourth-graders and two adults at Robb Elementary School has unleashed an outpouring of grief and sadness across the nation. It has also, once again, spurred many to ask why the United States has failed to make any significant changes to its gun laws following the horrendous mass shootings that now happen with regularity.
Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook Elementary, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: All are names seared into the nation's memory for the terrible violence that took the lives of students there.
The U.S is uniquely terrible at protecting children from gun violence
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Brother Chip, they are all soft targets of our own making. We should protect them as well as if not more then we protect our worthless politicians. Lots of prior service law and military to hire.
Educate the teachers who are required to continue their education on gun safety, critical defense and arm those who so desire.
An armed society is a polite society IMHO.
Educate the teachers who are required to continue their education on gun safety, critical defense and arm those who so desire.
An armed society is a polite society IMHO.
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There are more police in schools across our country than school nurses. Don't let the far right fool you. They are terrible at protecting children. Giving teachers guns is the dumbest idea ever. They are overworked and underpaid and idiots want to put guns in their hands?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/09/03/there-are-now-more-police-officers-floridas-schools-than-nurses-student-arrests-are-rising/
http://blog.csba.org/police-officers-outnumber-health-staff/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/09/03/there-are-now-more-police-officers-floridas-schools-than-nurses-student-arrests-are-rising/
http://blog.csba.org/police-officers-outnumber-health-staff/
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When people were dying in vehicle crashes, we regulated it (seatbelts). Reduced deaths by 45%. Chicago is #28 in Gun violence St. Louis #1. The smooth brain republicans keep using Chicago as reasoning which shows their ignorance.
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