Scared to go to school

[mitfy]

it's perfectly understandable to be scared. a lot of us (US public schools) apparently have been getting threats. but lemme tell you, school security will be SUPER TIGHT after events like these. i'm sorry there are some people on this thread invalidating your fears. i think you have the perfect right to be scared. though like i said, in times like these security will be extreme, all threats will be taken seriously and investigated. and what's really giving me hope in all this is the amount of teenagers who have been standing up to all this, especially survivors of the shooting. they're incredibly brave, to go through such a traumatic experience that no hs student should have to go through, and not even a week later they're speaking to politicians, organizing rallies, speaking on the news, speaking to the president. if your school isn't already participating in a walk-out, get in contact with the administration and encourage them to do so. our school is doing one on march 14, and i know there are other dates (such as april 20th) nationally planned as well. today during 6th period a small group of kids stood at the curb chanting with a small impromptu protest.
"protect kids, not guns"

i think a lot of the adults are truly underestimating the power of today's teenagers.

I think you're being a bit too unreasonably scared. Most high schools and schools in general will not have a school shooting take place. Here in West Virginia, the only thing that has happened, is a class being taken hostage with a gun - no one hurt.

ok, but this is what everyone says. everyone thinks they'll be fine until it actually happens. and the fact that a class was taken hostage with a gun??? still shouldn't be something that should happen??? wtf

we shouldn't have to fight for our safety. we shouldn't have to be scared of, y'know, the possibility of getting killed at school. sure, especially after a major event like this when everyone's on watch, it's likely nothing's going to happen, but you shouldn't tell people they're being unreasonable. especially when this literally happened like last week.

like no offense but im tired of people like me getting targeted in my home. first pulse and now another (ANOTHER!!) high school. it's frightening and emotional, but there's no better time than now to do something about it.

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yeah someone will definitely kill over fifty people in ten minutes with a knife or baseball bat....
guns are made to kill and hurt others and have no other use. knives are necessary lol and it?s illegal in many places to carry around knives, you?re not allowed to carry box cutters around unless you have a good reason (which cant be self defense bc thats illegal) here. if someone plans a murder of one person yes they will probably still be able to do it without a gun, even if it?s more difficult. but it is a lot more difficult to kill many people without guns, at least in a school where you can?t run people over with a truck.

there's like, no reason people should be able to own automatic assault rifles. those things are MEANT to kill. something that's intended to kill/harm large amounts of people in a matter of seconds isn't something we should have access to.

also, to people freaking out about gun control being oppressing or whatever: dude. it'd just be like, getting your drivers license. if you want your precious guns so badly then deal with it. it really shouldn't be easier for me to get a gun than my license lol
http://aro-alien.tumblr.com/post/171016654670/oh-snap-pro-choice-reginaeinferos
this is a good idea of what gun control should look like in the US. if you believe in owning guns but you truly believe in the safety of the public, then you should be okay with doing all of this to get your gun.

 

[Hellfish]

I truly feel sorry for people who live in America and I completely understand why your paranoid. Watching the aftermath of the shootings on tv (in NZ) where there's kids running into the car park sends chills down my spine and it also infuriates me.

Unfortunately due to indoctrination and the way America was built up I really don't think these problems will ever, ever go away. It's part of the foundations of America which means it'll take the greatest miracle to move on.

I remember seeing an article where they stopped gun licenses of a certain type requiring certain checks, I couldn't understand this at all. If your elligable to own a gun (i.e. your clean) why would you do away with regulations? Does everyone in the states have a dark secret that will prevent them from "bearing arms" as they so desperately desire? In which case no one should have guns.

Although I live in a really safe country I get so stupidly angry when I see this on tv. My heart just sinks and I feel depressed. It's horrible cause there's this helpless feeling on the looks of their faces where the government has failed them.

I just wish I could fly over the US with a magnet and remove all the guns.

Stay strong all of you in America, my prayers go to you.

 

[Hellfish]

Just saw on the news today that Trump wants to give guns to teachers...

There was a guy who was crying in front of Trump because all his friends are dead and he can say something as disgusting as that!

I almost felt like crying D:

 

[ThomasHasntPlayedAC]

Mr Cheeto doesn't seem to be helping any.

 

[Keldi]

Just saw on the news today that Trump wants to give guns to teachers...

There was a guy who was crying in front of Trump because all his friends are dead and he can say something as disgusting as that!

I almost felt like crying D:

I saw that. It was ****ing disgusting. This poor kid's friends are all dead and Trump's derpy ass face is like "let's give guns to teachers eventhoughitkindamakesiteasyforanybodytoshootanybodysincesomebodycouldjustbreakintoyourclassroomandshootyouhahahahaderp"
It makes me wish I could just stay home.

 

[Mr. Cat]

There were so many teachers that I would have felt extremely uncomfortable with owning a gun back when I was in school. Teachers are not all saints, there would definitely be some that would abuse their right to carry a gun in the classroom. It would also be easier for school students to access said guns (don't tell me you don't think certain kids wouldn't try to get their hands on them). The orange man's logic is dangerous, as usual.

 

[helloxcutiee]

Happy I graduated in 2013...

I feel for you guys though and my little brothers, try to stay safe.

 

[mitfy]

Just saw on the news today that Trump wants to give guns to teachers...

There was a guy who was crying in front of Trump because all his friends are dead and he can say something as disgusting as that!

I almost felt like crying D:

it was infuriating seeing that on the news.

LeTs SoLvE tHe GuN pRoBlEm WiTh MoRe GuNs!!1!!1!!!!

yeah right. like the teacher having a handgun in their desk is gonna make me feel any safer.

 

[-Apples-]

This article seems interesting:

Most mass shootings at K-12 schools happened after Gun Free School Zones made into law

I'm not saying that stricter gun laws won't work, but this is true. Also on that same site, they suggested that ever since we got religion out of schools, public shootings at schools started to increase. But if you want to know why I think these shootings have gotten more common, it would have to be a side effect of the population increase. What I learned is that if we have too many people living close to each other to where we don't even know our neighbors, there's going to be a lot of socially ill people. And what would they do? Crazy stuff. Sure you can take the guns away, but it's not the guns. It's the people behind the guns.

 

[Keldi]

This article seems interesting:

Most mass shootings at K-12 schools happened after Gun Free School Zones made into law

I'm not saying that stricter gun laws won't work, but this is true. Also on that same site, they suggested that ever since we got religion out of schools, public shootings at schools started to increase. But if you want to know why I think these shootings have gotten more common, it would have to be a side effect of the population increase. What I learned is that if we have too many people living close to each other to where we don't even know our neighbors, there's going to be a lot of socially ill people. And what would they do? Crazy stuff. Sure you can take the guns away, but it's not the guns. It's the people behind the guns.

I think everybody should be put through various tests before getting a gun license. Especially a psychiatric exam ^_^

 

[piichinu]

U can tell who shouldnt be allowed to have a gun just by looking at them 2 bad u r not allowed 2 be rude in the court of law

 

[tybalt_cake]

Just saw on the news today that Trump wants to give guns to teachers...

There was a guy who was crying in front of Trump because all his friends are dead and he can say something as disgusting as that!

I almost felt like crying D:

could a president be more stupid than him? oh god.

 

[riummi]

As I was walking in my dorm building there was a tv screen that was said "active shooter" and had tips in smaller font for if it ever happened. Even during my lecture I can't help but think what would happen if there was the threat of an active shooter on campus.

 

[Meloetta]

yeah i'm in florida and the gun laws are slim to none. i watched the cnn town hall meeting and i was so proud of the parents and kids speaking up to the adults with blood on their hands

i'm the age of those kids who got shot so i know exactly how they feel, being thought of by adults as self-entitled and glued to their phone and not being aware of what's going on

Oh They Are Aware

 

[Keldi]

I just found out: The mother****er had n o t e s on what to say to victims during a meeting.
That's just ****ed up.

 

[BambieTheMayor]

It's a scary thing, what's happening these days. But fret not. It may seem terrifying, but if you keep your head up high and push forward and know that no matter what happens, you'll be okay... it'll be okay.

Believing there is something to fear will make you fear it.

Believing that you'll be okay will eliminate that fear.

If it makes you feel better, you can always prepare yourself for any situation. There are videos and step-by-steps you can look up on YouTube and Google that will give you tips on, if the worst were to happen, what you could do to survive.

 

[visibleghost]

This article seems interesting:

Most mass shootings at K-12 schools happened after Gun Free School Zones made into law

I'm not saying that stricter gun laws won't work, but this is true. Also on that same site, they suggested that ever since we got religion out of schools, public shootings at schools started to increase. But if you want to know why I think these shootings have gotten more common, it would have to be a side effect of the population increase. What I learned is that if we have too many people living close to each other to where we don't even know our neighbors, there's going to be a lot of socially ill people. And what would they do? Crazy stuff. Sure you can take the guns away, but it's not the guns. It's the people behind the guns.

gun free zones don't remove the overall gun population. are you seriously trying to say that gun control causes shootings? if fewer people get access to guns more people will be shot?

usa is not the only country with a dense population but it's the only country where deadly school shootings happen so often.
more people does mean that there are more people who have bad intentions and that is a problem in itself that needs to be solved. other countries don't have the same problem as the us does, even though they also have big populations. it's not easy to know who has actual intention to kill someone, many people would be missed and many would be suspected because of prejudice if you were to try to deal with the people behind the guns directly.
anti bullying work, therapy, spreading information, helping people in need of help etc. are all things that could help prevent people from turning into Bad Members of Society (of which mass murderers are part), but lol as if trump and his gang are ever going to help these people, they just want someone to blame it all one while they keep getting money from the NRA.

there are many underlying reasons to violence but blaming it all on mental illness or whatever is wrong and hurtful.
it's a fact that if the shooters would not have had weapons they would not have been able to go through with the shootings. removing guns is a much safer and more effective way to prevent shootings than to have an fbi agent assigned to everyone to make sure they're not going to kill someone.

like lol i get it you love your guns that you have given names and sleep with, but children are getting murdered in their schools. it would be fine if people didn't use their deadly weapons of murder which are made for killing to kill others, but here we are. the guns are a giant part of the problem and they need to go.

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also your source is a conservative "news" site...... please..... get your totally legit facts from less super accurate 100% true sources, this just hurts. this dude just sat down and looked at some numbers, thought "how can i use these to support my point and political views?", put together an article showing off these Facts without thinking critically for one second about it and about other, more direct, reasons why massacres in schools are more common now than in 1990.

 

[lars708]

Yeah I've heard about the shootings and some people I know are having similar problems. I'm so sorry that this has happened. I hope that this will never happen again. I really don't understand how people can be so cruel.
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[-Apples-]

gun free zones don't remove the overall gun population. are you seriously trying to say that gun control causes shootings? if fewer people get access to guns more people will be shot?

usa is not the only country with a dense population but it's the only country where deadly school shootings happen so often.
more people does mean that there are more people who have bad intentions and that is a problem in itself that needs to be solved. other countries don't have the same problem as the us does, even though they also have big populations. it's not easy to know who has actual intention to kill someone, many people would be missed and many would be suspected because of prejudice if you were to try to deal with the people behind the guns directly.
anti bullying work, therapy, spreading information, helping people in need of help etc. are all things that could help prevent people from turning into Bad Members of Society (of which mass murderers are part), but lol as if trump and his gang are ever going to help these people, they just want someone to blame it all one while they keep getting money from the NRA.

there are many underlying reasons to violence but blaming it all on mental illness or whatever is wrong and hurtful.
it's a fact that if the shooters would not have had weapons they would not have been able to go through with the shootings. removing guns is a much safer and more effective way to prevent shootings than to have an fbi agent assigned to everyone to make sure they're not going to kill someone.

like lol i get it you love your guns that you have given names and sleep with, but children are getting murdered in their schools. it would be fine if people didn't use their deadly weapons of murder which are made for killing to kill others, but here we are. the guns are a giant part of the problem and they need to go.

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also your source is a conservative "news" site...... please..... get your totally legit facts from less super accurate 100% true sources, this just hurts. this dude just sat down and looked at some numbers, thought "how can i use these to support my point and political views?", put together an article showing off these Facts without thinking critically for one second about it and about other, more direct, reasons why massacres in schools are more common now than in 1990.

Didn't I telll you to stop quoting me? I don't want you doing this because I know you're going to criticize me.

 

[lars708]

Didn't I telll you to stop quoting me? I don't want you doing this because I know you're going to criticize me.

Well you cannot tell others what to do, and if you are participating in a discussion then of course people will respond to you, more often negatively than positively. But it's not under your control and people are allowed to share their opinion just like you are.