Sorry to hear about your girlfriends son. It’s terrifying to think about the what if but at the same time I’m glad you moved on. It is a tragedy and no one should have to go through it. No child should have to attend class with having an escape route in mind in case a shooter enters the campus. It’s very sad that kids have to think about it nowadays.

@chlorine413 as a high school teacher...it is the worst feeling to know our children must learn drills of survival from a shooter on school campus. I never thought I would ever see this day. I honestly thought our country would do something that held change and meaning. But I was wrong so very wrong. I have given up and have a somewhat apathetic response to mass shootings now because there isn’t much left of my heart after one of these tragedies.

And obviously prayers have never worked. That’s what kills me after every one of these events because let’s face it...they are now media spectacles or events...prayers will not stop or resolve this behavior. So sad

@DiThor The relgious never seem to get that prayers have no effect upon the physical world.

@dahermit agree I never have been able to understand or accept that behavior. I think it gives people a false sense of “doing” something when in reality it just gives them a pass to sit on their ass...so to speak.