Recently, four schools in Rigby, Idaho, banned backpacks from their halls after a 13-year-old student was found with a gun in hers. “Elementary schools will still be able to have backpacks,” Monica Pauley, a spokeswoman for Jefferson School District 251, explained. “We are doing this as a precautionary measure”. But other students still had to find a way to adapt to this new rule, and so they did…
Students were reportedly asked to carry their books to the school and place them in their lockers. Teachers and administrators are planning to assist students where needed.
School District Superintendent Chad Martin issued a press release on the matter:
“We ask our parents to partner with us in keeping all of our students safe. Please keep your firearms safe and inaccessible to students. If you notice changes in your student’s behavior, attire, or personality notify us so we can help your student,” he said.
Do some research: in the US guns are used defensively almost 3x more often than in any crime (CDC). Nevermind the clear use case being presented in Australia right now.
You literally have school shootings every week. Obviously those kids were using the firearms for protection right?
"Some Americans" not all. Trust me. The majority of us don't even own guns.
It's not denial, but rather a conscious conclusion that firearms protect from tyrannical government and other 'bad guys', and a few hundred dead Americans is acceptable loss within that ideology.
Before anyone attacks; I don't agree with this mentality...just stating the (apparent) majority stance on the issue.
The problem is, if the government has the support of the armed forces/police etc., a few people with guns isn't going to stop sh#t lol
Nope, it is the guns... Switzerland has a gun problem too, and those guns are not held in 'Murican hands.
Last I checked, it wasn't criminals shooting up schools. Well, they were obviously criminals after the fact, but before, they were kids. Kids in other developed countries do not have easy, ready access to firearms.
Do some research: in the US guns are used defensively almost 3x more often than in any crime (CDC). Nevermind the clear use case being presented in Australia right now.
You literally have school shootings every week. Obviously those kids were using the firearms for protection right?
"Some Americans" not all. Trust me. The majority of us don't even own guns.
It's not denial, but rather a conscious conclusion that firearms protect from tyrannical government and other 'bad guys', and a few hundred dead Americans is acceptable loss within that ideology.
Before anyone attacks; I don't agree with this mentality...just stating the (apparent) majority stance on the issue.
The problem is, if the government has the support of the armed forces/police etc., a few people with guns isn't going to stop sh#t lol
Nope, it is the guns... Switzerland has a gun problem too, and those guns are not held in 'Murican hands.
Last I checked, it wasn't criminals shooting up schools. Well, they were obviously criminals after the fact, but before, they were kids. Kids in other developed countries do not have easy, ready access to firearms.