Very brief and poorly researched piece on America’s Gun Epidemic, initially written as an Oped for this weeks Sunday Review, but publishing it separately! While reading about the Michigan School Shooting of 2021, and the precedent setting sentence, where the parents of the shooter were also held responsible, I came across a school drill known as ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate), which uses proactive strategies to evade a gunman, such as using noise as a distraction and creating distance. This blew my mind. Young children in America are learning ‘how to not get shot’ in the event of a school shooting. If school children are bringing guns to their place of education, to shoot their peers and teachers, common sense dictates access to guns should be banned or restricted. Simple, right? Nope. Legal battles spanning centuries, relentless protests, and extensive advocacy and lobbying against gun culture have proven otherwise, the issue is more complex and multifaceted than it appears. In fact, seven-in-ten Conservatives favor allowing teachers and officials to carry guns in K-12 schools (69%), and only 47% support stricter gun control measures.
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America’s Gun Epidemic
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Very brief and poorly researched piece on America’s Gun Epidemic, initially written as an Oped for this weeks Sunday Review, but publishing it separately! While reading about the Michigan School Shooting of 2021, and the precedent setting sentence, where the parents of the shooter were also held responsible, I came across a school drill known as ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate), which uses proactive strategies to evade a gunman, such as using noise as a distraction and creating distance. This blew my mind. Young children in America are learning ‘how to not get shot’ in the event of a school shooting. If school children are bringing guns to their place of education, to shoot their peers and teachers, common sense dictates access to guns should be banned or restricted. Simple, right? Nope. Legal battles spanning centuries, relentless protests, and extensive advocacy and lobbying against gun culture have proven otherwise, the issue is more complex and multifaceted than it appears. In fact, seven-in-ten Conservatives favor allowing teachers and officials to carry guns in K-12 schools (69%), and only 47% support stricter gun control measures.