Is it just me or does it seem like kids are growing up faster and faster, at least in some respects? 6th grade...man, she should be exploring the world and having a good ol' time - school isn't even all that serious at those levels.
Very common in the urban setting. Now it's found its way to rural America. Kudos to the heroic teacher who risked her life to save her students -- including the shooter.
"Very common" for elementary school students to bring guns to school and shoot people? No. Not at all.
Social media bullying via a smartphone their parents were more than happy to put in their hands? Now THAT is very common.
^This guy gets it
Yep. Friends come over, kids start talking. Peer pressure kicks in. It's a real thing.
Very good question. I don't know anything about that individual, her family situation, bullying (if any), mental health, etc but I wonder if she is active on social media at that age? Social media pushes our emotional buttons constantly day after day. Also I wonder if disconnect from regular social contact due to covid played a role. Not saying either of those had a role but both can have a big effect on poeple.
I also wouldn't put it past a kid to pick up something like my Glock 44 and not realize that thing is a real gun. The only metal parts on that thing are the internals and the barrel. My kid has heavier NERF guns.
Exactly the same here. When kids are over to the house guns are locked up and only I have the key. Nothing can go wrong this way and I and any of the kids parents can have peace of mind. To me that is just common sense for a responsible gun owner.
Why now? When I was a kid decades ago, there were no gun locks, no gun safes/cabinets, everyone I knew had guns under beds and in closets. I had my own .22 rifle and 12ga shotgun in my room when I was 16, my high school friends theirs too. I remember guns in cars in the high school parking lot, teens going shooting or hunting after school.
Like you said, times change. Kids have smartphones, tablets and every other online device now instead of guns.Why now? When I was a kid decades ago, there were no gun locks, no gun safes/cabinets, everyone I knew had guns under beds and in closets. I had my own .22 rifle and 12ga shotgun in my room when I was 16, my high school friends theirs too. I remember guns in cars in the high school parking lot, teens going shooting or hunting after school.
We NEVER had these atrocities back then. So what changed? Not the guns.
Big Pharma pushing their mind-altering drugs. Hip-Hop rap lyrics and violent video games and movies glorifying killing. And fatherless families. But they never talk about those, just guns, guns, guns. And now they want all drugs, even coke, meth, and heroin, legalized.
Yes, lock them up. The bubblegum is getting deep.
Depends on the kids. I got my hunting rifle at 11, and it was never a problem. But then I never cared much what other kids thought, and TBH out in the country, having a gun wasn't something that was conversation worthy - of course I did, didn't everyone?
Hormones....
