In Uvalde, Texas, an 18-year-old just invaded an elementary school & killed 21 people. It was a huge mistake to allow this person to have any weapon, let alone a rifle. However, lunatics will always exist. The real tragedy is that the school left these children unprotected from the armed lunatic. These disasters just keep happening & US schools don’t seem to learn anything. This article will discuss how yet another US elementary school called the police & waited while a deranged teenager killed 21 innocent people.
Many US schools declare themselves ‘gun-free zones’. Obviously this means there is no guns allowed on the premises, and obviously kids shouldn’t have dangerous weapons to begin with. However, this ‘gun-free zone’ is meant for adults & basically just means that the only people who can bear arms are the police who arrive after a terrible disaster has already struck. Even the larger idea of restricting guns from society means the same thing; wait for the police. This is a terrible idea.
Guns exist commonplace in modern society. Children see them in movies, and all types of law enforcement carry them in the US. Yet somehow, education boards think it best to shelter the children away from the sight or knowledge of guns for as long as possible. Again, this is the wrong approach. Responsible adults should definitely be allowed to bear arms for the safety of the children in-case of disasters like the one in Texas. In fact, the ones teaching the children should also be responsible for protecting them. If the teacher doesn’t have the knowledge and ability to protect their students from these disasters, then they shouldn’t go to work. In reality, the sheltering philosophy behind the ‘gun-free zone’ is actually stripping away the kids security.
As a result of this approach, this school called police and waited while a deranged teenager who had just shot his grandmother invaded a classroom & killed 21 people. The police eventually arrived to shoot the killer, but it’s truly a shame that these schools are so bent on preventing children from becoming familiar with guns that they would rather wait while these armed lunatics walk straight into their classrooms. Why wait for the police officers? If you look at other government facilities besides schools, there is a much higher level of security. If someone tried to break into the police department for example, they would never make it far. However, this increased level of security is not exclusive to police officers. Other government officials also enjoy the maximum security possible while they work. Nobody breaks into the IRS. However these children are left totally vulnerable thanks to these ‘gun-free zones’. Some ‘gun-free zones’ are as large as the state of California.
It’s time to reevaluate the standards of our society. How can police be the only ones allowed to exercise their right to own & bear arms when there is armed lunatics walking into these schools & taking lives away? There are plenty men in the community that would gladly protect the school their son or daughter attends, but these parents are told ‘this is a gun-free zone’. There are also many teachers that would probably gladly accept the responsibility of protecting their students during class. However, these teachers probably wouldn’t even be allowed to teach because the public education system leans towards democrats & secularism. At the very least, schools should have the limited protection of qualified professionals such as armed guards or local police. If US cities & states want their kids to be safe, they need to respect human rights; including the right to bear arms. There is an abundance of armed police in these cities already, but their routine consists of enforcing traffic codes & collecting petty convictions. Maybe they should reprioritize.
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