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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
In the 1960's there were 19 incidents for that decade.
In the 1970's - 50 incidents.
1980's - 78 incidents.
1990's - 123 incidents (this was the decade of pocket pagers and flip-phones)
School shootings have always been a thing - Wikipedia has one listed in the 1700's.
But now that everyone and their kid brother has more guns than there are people in the country, it's become a much more prevalent thing to worry about than it was before cell phones.
I guess it really isn't a big deal at all, who cares right? Stop making such a fuss about it. Until your kid, your grandkid, your grandkid's best friend, your cousin's kid - your cousin the teacher - is the victim. Then maybe you'll care.
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I’m sorry but I can’t see how it matters that much. As a teacher when we had an armed invader on school property we had a protocol we followed; children under desks away from door and window. Doors locked, lights off. Everyone silent. The librarian, in our case she used to be Mossad, patrolled the hallways, washrooms etc she was just a petite person. The police, fire department was notified with silent alarm. Honestly, I can’t imagine a parent, grandparent or relative reacting swiftly enough to be of much help.