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Every few months we have a lockdown drill at my school. We have to go against the back wall and all sit in a line. We also have a security guard. It’s still scary to imagine what it would be like though.

So sorry that you must go through this process. We hope your drills aren’t as “realistic” as those who kill actors to scare straight a group of Kindergarteners.

Have to figure our parents were telling our grandparents about the bomb shelters and duck and cover drills. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

A sad truth we all live with...

What’s really difficult and sad frankly - as a parent to accept, is the casualness in which my kids discuss doing these drills in their schools. #generationlockdown

It’s so weird to me seeing these adults having these incredibly emotional reactions to this. I’m 16 and have been doing this exact thing since kindergarten, so it doesn’t feel strange to me or anyone else my age. Seeing these adults’ reactions reminded me how messed up that is.

Blah blah booo whooo, when a drunk diver kills we blame the driver, when a bomber kills a group of people we blame the bomber, when a stabber stabs, we blame the stabber, when someone shoots someone we blame the gun.... looooogic

There are regulations in place for everything you just listed, except gun control. All of those regulations have been proven to help lower the rate of these instances. Obviously you already know this and have chosen to ignore it.

I arrived at my kids ES to volunteer in the art roomjust as a lockdown started. By the end of the utterly silent 5 minutes, I was a sobbing mess. Such silence and control in a 1,000+ kid school is unreal and terrifying.

My niece is a counselor in a school. Her first day working they had a drill & she was in tears in the restroom.