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I'm glad they said it was Pennsylvania, I would have never guessed this was the US.
That's some real most developed country in the world shit
“I never thought I’d need this,” one student told Fox 29. {mosads}
But parents and guardians of students told the news outlet that while a bulletproof backpack may be extreme, it’s necessary.
“You hear about these school shootings almost weekly, and I can’t believe that’s where we are in our nation today, but that’s the fact,” said one great-grandparent
Fuck... this was 2018. Sure hope those kids never needed those backpacks.
School shootings are the equivalent of hide under a desk for nukes. It's pointless, they're super rare, and a fucking backpack, just like a table, is not going to save someone.
I mean, true. But I'd still take anything if I was a kid again, to defend myself in those horrible situations.
We could instead be out of billionaires in two months.
Local conservative afraid of everything, dumps his trauma onto kids. More at eleven.
Was one given a gun?
Has bullying stopped there or is it still a thing?
This is just stupid fear tactics because there really is a low amount of school shootings nationwide compared to the sheer amount of schools.
This whole fear tactic has been used to try to remove guns so that CEO's and other higher class people can stave off the coming anger against them.
The people pushing, and winning, the class war have studied the French Revolution and would want to make it impossible for regular people to fight against their private military contractors. Make people afraid and you can make them choose against their own interests.
Bruh, you ain't gonna win shit in a fight against dudes using drones and armored vehicles and etc etc. I get the thought though and it isn't all wrong, violence can be an effective means of changing the political landscape.
Having some common sense gun regulation isn't a bad thing, and I say that as a person who owns firearms. It shouldn't be easier to get a tool literally designed for killing than getting a driver's license to operate a motor vehicle which can be turned into a tool for killing (accidentally or otherwise).
Most guns in school shootings were obtained legally, obviously there's some problems there especially when we're the only country on the planet dealing with this.
The state has and maintains a monopoly on legal violence. That's never changing even if everyone in this country is strapped.
I'm all for responsible gun ownership but there needs to be more laws and regulations around it. School shootings are tragic and avoidable if other countries around the world are anything to go by,
Gun violence is the leading cause of death for children in the US
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Gives me the idea to get a plate....I have a spot for a camelbak on my backpack, I could put in a plate and have yet another reason my backpack is called "wierd".
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