+1,000,000 This question is heartbreaking. But yay for freedumb I guess. |
+1 It’s the guns and gun culture. Lockdown drills don’t work and traumatize children. |
Hey nut job: - you do realize there are 6 to 8 different lockdowns, right? Hurricane lockdown, chemical spill lockdown, etc.? OMG - you didn’t know, did you. |
| Do they have lightning-strike lockdowns? |
Get some therapy for your obsessive thoughts. That's not a snarky comment, it's serious. You obviously have either an agenda to push and trolling, or else you have some seriously bad obsessive worries. You might as well worry if wearing jewelry is a lightning attractor and dangerous to have on at school. |
| Holy cow Americans are insane. Just stop having guns and then you don’t need to worry about light up shoes. Psychotic. Pls. |
Hi OP. Sorry for the unhelpful responses. My school does darken the room. We have a shade that drops over the little window in the door, and we close the blinds. The main reason is to make it harder for an intruder to see into the locked classroom (and possibly attempt to shoot through a window, etc.) It’s not about hiding from someone who is IN the room. I don’t think light up shoes or glow in the dark clothing would be an issue. The best protection is the locked door. |
| I would be more concerned about if the shooter gets in and all the kids are huddled together in a ‘safe zone’ in corner of the room, then the guy can just shoot them all together with his assault rifle. |
That's why they teach them to huddle together. Didn't Uvalde teach you their MO? |
Why not just make murder illegal, since you seem to think people obey the laws. |
Google gun homicide numbers in all other countries dummy. |
Lots of us would love more restrictive gun laws, buy backs, regulation of ammunition etc. but are held hostage by politicians in bed with the NRA and the MAGA crazies who support them. It they sucks. Also upthread there was a moronic PP who dismissed gun reform because people will get guns unlawfully anyway. It’s absolutely wild to me that guns are the one exception to passing laws under the rationale that people would … break the law anyway. If that is the case why do we have any laws? People still drive drunk despite DUI laws. People still beat their partners despite domestic violence laws. People still steal things despite larceny laws. Guess we should just scrap those because people are going to break them anyway if we follow the logic of the ammosexuals. |
Exactly. Laws are not about stopping crime or bad things from happening, laws are about punishing people after the bad things happen. Guns are the only way to prevent violence from happening. |
+1 |
I guess.. when everyone already has a gun. I’m Canadian, and I will say I don’t get the US fascination with the gun, but once that horse has fled the barn, it’s hard to bring it back. I know people with guns here. Hunters, sports shooters, etc. Sure, some the bad guys have guns but in general they’re inflicting danger on each other. Yes, occasionally innocents get in the way but it’s not the norm daily that people who are just mentally ill or whatever instead of actually die hard criminal are getting guns and shooting up random schools. Even here, the kids learn lockdown drills, but I don’t worry about buying my kid light up shoes because of guns. Nor do I believe that more guns stop gun violence. |