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originally posted by: Lab4Us
These are the future sheep of the Country.
originally posted by: JAGStorm
www.nbcnews.com...
I have very mixed feelings about all the student walkouts scheduled for tomorrow. I am for and understand civil disobedience and know for some things it does work. I'm not sure this is one of them. So the kids protest, I seriously doubt that will have a big impact on current gun owners.
In my opinion the best way for these kids to protest is to stay in school, get an education, vote, run for offices and make the change they want to see happen. I think it is also naive to think this is just a gun issue, there is so much more to what is happening. Bullying, mental illness, pharmaceuticals, drugs, school security, family dynamic, media sensationalism, etc etc.
I have a feeling as with most kids, their views on the world will drastically change within a decade.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Lab4Us
These are the future sheep of the Country.
Sadly, that's probably actually true.
Thankfully for now, they haven't been fully indoctrinated and are still capable of achieving an individual thought structure... In a few years time, they'll be fully indoctrinated and will be marching in mass down the main street, strapped with an AR-15, chanting, "more guns".
originally posted by: SocratesJohnson
a reply to: Bhadhidar
seriously????
A kid is more likely to die texting while driving, ODing on a drug, etc, then being shot in a school shooting. Heck, more school kids will die in gang shootings then will be shot at school.
The odds of them being in a school shooting are almost zero. Obviously adults are putting fear into them, for political gain.
There are something like 55 million kids in K-12, so yeah, do the math
originally posted by: RomeByFire
"Take the guns first, due process second."
- Some high school kids
Talk about snowflakes.
originally posted by: Bhadhidar
originally posted by: SocratesJohnson
a reply to: Bhadhidar
seriously????
A kid is more likely to die texting while driving, ODing on a drug, etc, then being shot in a school shooting. Heck, more school kids will die in gang shootings then will be shot at school.
The odds of them being in a school shooting are almost zero. Obviously adults are putting fear into them, for political gain.
There are something like 55 million kids in K-12, so yeah, do the math
Yes, seriously.
There are App’s that can block texting while driving. Unfortunately, there is no App that can block a bullet.
Yes, kids have, and will continue to die from drug overdoses; until the government (that’s all us adults who vote) stops subsidizing the cartels and pharmaceutical companies that provide the drugs.
And the odds of you or I dying in a terrorist attack are infinitesimally small as well; that didn’t stop the current administration from trying to block travel from several ME countries for fear of allowing potential terrorists into the US, did it?
Or was that just another example of “adults” using fear “for political gain”?