Today I subbed in a second grade classroom. When I entered the school, I was buzzed in by someone who knew me. As I looked up at the camera I thought, " What an important job the person buzzing me in has". So many thoughts ran through my head the rest of the day as I worked with those little children. Their parents sent them to school & intrusted their safety in others. It IS a big deal!
Earlier this year, I was in a first grade classroom teaching the 6 and 7 year olds about 'Needs & Wants". You NEED air, water, food, shelter, certain medicines, etc. You may WANT chocolate milk, candy, an I-Phone, a bike, etc.
I read this morning, that the shooter had enough ammunition to kill every child and adult in that school three times over. I guess he felt he needed an assault rifle.
However we , as a nation, address this problem, it must include a way to keep these types of weapons out of the hands of people who might do this. There are billions of people in our world. How do we know who will do something like this? Putting armed weapons in everyone's hands will create a potentially explosive situation everywhere.Putting armed guards in all our schools, malls, sporting facilities, etc is a maybe. I just don't know. The solution can't be a debate about rights because the Right To Life supercedes it all. We can't waste time arguing who is right & who is wrong. While we do, Kids are being killed. Ask the questions: Why are Assault Weapons made? And Who really needs one? Again I don't know the solution but I do know Something Needs doing & after it's done, we all need to work together as a Nation to see that it works because if we don't....More Kids will be killed. So please don't get defensive.....instead find a way to keep our kids safe.
I don't Want our Kids to be Safe......I NEED them to be. Actually I both Want & Need that.
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