'While details of how the shooting happened remained sparse, one parent said students had tried to stop the attack.' https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/colorado-school-shooting.html …pic.twitter.com/uNSIlbD2UE
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“I heard a gunshot,” said Makai Dixon, 8, a second grader who had been training for this moment, with active shooter drills and lockdowns, since he was in kindergarten. “I’d never heard it before.”https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/colorado-school-shooting.html#click=https://t.co/gpQ2sA9ohf …
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'The area’s history of gun violence was front and center in last year’s election for its United States representative. Jason Crow, a Democrat, unseated Mike Coffman, a five-term Republican incumbent supported by the National Rifle Association.'https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/colorado-school-shooting.html …
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The 20th anniversary of Columbine, just a few miles away, was a few days ago. Its survivors now have children. “I’m terrified to send my son to high school next year,” one told
@julieturkewitz. More on that anniversary here:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/us/columbine-anniversary-parents.html …Show this thread
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Well gee, that identifies what is missing in these shootings, training second graders to accurately identify the sound of a gunshot . Maybe they can put it on a standardized test with extra points for identifying the fucking caliber
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"a second grader who had been training for this moment, with active shooter drills and lockdowns, since he was in kindergarten" I am a mother with two small children his age and this makes me sob. How can this be our reality? Will my kids make it out of elementary school alive?
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Young children training for this moment are words that should never be uttered again. Reasonable gun control now.
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That picture... jesus
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On the anniversary of “Be Best” we are seriously screwing that up. A 2nd grader walking out of a school with his arms up is anything but our best.
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I long for the days when kindergartners focused on their ABC’s, 1-2-3’s,and finger painting.
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