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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 04:40 PM Feb 2018

Just heard that the Parkland school with the active shooter had training last week...

on what to do if a school shooter attacks.

JEEBUS!

When I was a kid in NYC we had "Duck and Cover" for when the Soviets might drop the bomb. That was during the Cold War, when we actually feared a nuclear war was possible.

Now the fear is that our own will be targeting our kids? Not even foreign terrorists, but our own neighbors?

And the kids under fire are growing up with this?

What are we becoming?

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Just heard that the Parkland school with the active shooter had training last week... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Feb 2018 OP
When I was in school - people would call in bomb threats - just so we Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2018 #1
suitcase nukes for everyone! lapfog_1 Feb 2018 #2
Duck & Cover Was Soooo Effective For Nuclear Attack SoCalMusicLover Feb 2018 #3
Sadly, a nation of a few loud, crazy gun nuts Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #4
Fucking sick and tired of this shit randr Feb 2018 #5
We do practice drills monthly Nevernose Feb 2018 #6
Too soon, too soon,,,,,,,,, MyOwnPeace Feb 2018 #7
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
1. When I was in school - people would call in bomb threats - just so we
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 04:42 PM
Feb 2018

could get out of class - but it never worked. No one ever even imagined it could happen - so we never had class canceled.

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
3. Duck & Cover Was Soooo Effective For Nuclear Attack
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 04:43 PM
Feb 2018

About the same chance of survival as in a school shooting. Which is to say, if there is a nuclear attack or a school shooting, you're pretty screwed.

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)
4. Sadly, a nation of a few loud, crazy gun nuts
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 04:43 PM
Feb 2018

Backed by a massive lobby group, the NRA, that has bought and paid for way too many politicians. We need to vote the assholes out.

randr

(12,412 posts)
5. Fucking sick and tired of this shit
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 04:44 PM
Feb 2018

Assholes with their bull shit gun rights crap need to bd held accountable

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
6. We do practice drills monthly
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 04:48 PM
Feb 2018

And official training twice a year. I’ve quit going to them. I know what to do, we practice all the time, and I don’t want to see any more videos of school shootings.

Take care of the fucking GUN PROBLEM. Any politician who is not strongly on board with meaningful reform of our gun laws can go fuck themselves.

MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)
7. Too soon, too soon,,,,,,,,,
Wed Feb 14, 2018, 05:08 PM
Feb 2018

we were just getting ready to respond to the last school shooting, you know, like, maybe consider a way to think about something that maybe somebody might want to form a committee that would perhaps begin to consider a plan that could be proposed ......................

Oh, by the way, "thoughts and prayers"

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