“A killer—“ “(ahem) Mentally ill person” “Walked into my son’s school—“ “Hows that gun-free zone working?” “With a 30-round mag—“ “It’s a clip” “Loaded into assault rifle—“ “AR is for ArmaLite” “And killed my child” “He’s 18.” “There are grieving—” “Crisis actors.”
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"Grieving--" "Disrespectful to elders" "Children--" "Who inserted themselves into adult conversations" "With important--" "Naive & unconstitutional" "--ideas. I think they should be heard" "Rest assured we hear you, citizen." "You're standing on my son's--" "Public land" "Grave."
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Just picked up my kid from middle school. “It was Safety Day,” he said. “Police dogs. Full police squad. Active shooter practice.” They came in, had one of them banging on all of the doors pretending to be a shooter. “It lasted all day,” he said.
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"Mr. Arnold assigned four students to move the piano in front of the door. Apparently a piano can stop a bullet. Oh, and in high school we apparently get to watch an actual school shooting video." "Get to?" "Well...have to. It's something like Ca...Caber...something..."
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"Columbine?" "That's it!" "Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold...April 20, 1999." And then he watched me as I stared through the windshield & tried to keep my face from twisting up again.
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It was because my first day in my first job out of college was Pearl, MS and Luke Woodham. I talked to that kid. My second week on the job in SC was Columbine. And you know the rest since then. Now my kids are practicing...
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Or as I wrote a couple of years back..."When I think of my children practicing how to not be murdered, I can’t bear the idea of them going to school at all."http://rapideyereality.com/archives/2015/09/09/giggling-at-hell/ …
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On the way home from baseball practice last night, the 13-year-old said, "Does it seem like everybody is on edge...like something is about to happen? I've seen six patrol cars since we left practice."
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I told him because he'd been surrounded by police all day, his brain seeing things he might not have the day before. "It feels like everything is...sorta dark," he said. "Do you know what ignorance is bliss means?" I said. "No." "Well, now you do"
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There's the answer, pianos in every classroom.
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