What students really think about school shootings
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- čas přidán 22. 03. 2018
- We asked students across the US to share their thoughts on school shootings. Over 1,600 responded.
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To see how students across the country really felt about school shootings, we put out an open request for students to send us their thoughts. Here are some of their responses.
Gun violence, particularly school shootings, ranks among the most contentious issues in America. Since the February 14, 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, mass shootings have again become a staple of the news cycle.
This school shooting is distinguished from previous ones, because students around the nation have rallied to organize for safer schools. Whether that means stricter gun control, metal detectors, regulating ammunition sales, or arming teachers, remains unclear.
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The polling indicates that while young Americans are divided on gun restriction measures, many are decidedly not fans of the NRA.
Vox that study is probably pretty biased tho
The type of ppl to watch or follow u are very likely to agree with u
It not a good representation of my generation if it’s only liberals that are likely to support gun control that take the survey
I'm from Germany and if someone would tell me "Schoolshootings are normal here" I would ask him if he lives in a war zone.
Vox the real way to help stop school shooting is to address the isue at hand what is causing them to shoot up the school in the first place. In alot of ways I think bullying is the problem. I graduated in 2014 and was Dame near constantly bullyed untill like 8th grade even though we had a zero tolerance policy but no one cared. I'm not saying that this is the only solution but definitely somewhere to start
So your poll proved nothing but that not everyone wants more gun control which can be seen by anyone with eyes but hey not everyone is fans of the NRA. Awesome. Glad we got this vital information.
Vox,
Obviously mass shootings are a problem. Whether or not the NRA is complicit in, involved with, or culpable for mass shootings is another issue entirely.
None of the shooters have been NRA members? You must know this? That, or I suppose, you guys over at Vox are just (a) woefully naïve, or (b) ideologically possessed with this bizarre demonizing of the NRA.
Why is it the NRA is to be despised so vehemently, Vox?
In America if you bully someone, it could litteraly backfire.
@NM Trindle - Randomness and more No, im saying that it could backfire.
@NM Trindle - Randomness and more yes, exactly
CURSED
wow. Jokes about school shootings. Hilarious
@@gdcjames961 well no one does anything about them so joke time it is
Its absolutely sad that students have to consciously think of a space where they think they'll run and hide in case of such shootings. 'Moment the library lights go out...', this constant fear is downright depressing.
For me if a school shooter comes to my school I'll run out of the classroom and go after the d-bag I'll stop him or die trying
@Just your friendly neighborhood quiet kid yeah I may very well be but I can survive maybe but yeah I'll die trying
@BoaSky No but I do want to and I follow a code and I will do it even if it means I would have to pay the ultimate price
I like the fear, I'm having a good time.
I'm looking to get a kevlar plate to put in my backpack, something strong enough to stop a 5.56 bullet
because why would the people in charge ever listen to the people it *actually* affects?
PREACH
PREACH LOUDER FOR LOUDER IN THE BACK
*PEOPLE
YOU ARE the people in charge, so start actually listening, and set the standard, instead of just parroting what you are told.
why dont we listen to drug abusers about legalizing drugs
At our school, we have canned food so we can throw them. Apparently I'm not supposed to know that, but my friend's mom works at my school.
@red rose sksksk save our lives
End me
69th like
Ash what we do if we unscrew our scissors and turn them into knifes to stab the shooter to death
to bad im hungy
During one drill, which was particularly lengthy, we had a man (a teacher) come to our door and try to open it and shout at us, and pretend to have a gun. Our teacher had no idea about the drill and we were all fearing for our lives. Worst moment of my entire life.
dolphindolphy yah damm
I highly doubt a school did a possible shooter drill and didn't let the teachers know. Why? Do they do that with fire drill as well?
Mr. Papageorgio it’s because they want everyone to treat it as if it’s a real situation. If people knew it was a drill they won’t take it seriously
Mr. Papageorgio some schools do it
Are you prepared now?
"This plan reminds me a lot of what students call, uh, bullshit." In regards to arming teachers.
Perfect evaluation of the situation.
How is letting teachers carry weapons a bad idea?? I'm genuinely curious why you think that.
@@drumpfbad5258 a teacher is more capable of murder than a serial killer. A teacher can easily put a bullet to a student's head. A student can grab the teacher's gun. A lot of teachers arent capable of shooting a kid or another person.
@@zoinks8868 name a teacher who started a school shooting....
@@drumpfbad5258 they're still capable of murder. A serial killer with a degree in teaching can get the job. To answer your question, there hasnt been one, i believe. But that doesnt mean that they still cant murder.
Also, name a kid who started a school shooting that didnt steal a gun from someone or bought it off from the streets.
@@drumpfbad5258 Name a country where gun control didn't work. Teachers would be given so much power cause School is a place where various tempered people live. Some may threaten teachers just in a funny way and teachers would just shot them. Then what's the use of going to school if teachers are given guns which can basically cause a mistake
4:17. “Regulate amo, since there is nothing in the constitution about amo” This kid is going to go far in life
Nice.
One more thing, stay home stay safe.
amo
Okay, yeah, but not ammo, no guns, and yet the Constitution talks about guns, through the 2nd Amendment private militia, right ?
Even though the 2nd amendment doesn't specifically state ammunition. The Supreme Court has ruled that ammunition is a part of the 2nd ammendment
My school has had 2 shooting scares. I have an anxiety disorder and the whole day I couldn't focus, I was too busy trying not to spiral into a full-blown panic attack while planning which exit I would use, how I would get to my phone, and where I could hide. The very next week, the high school had a shooting threat with a kid standing outside the school with an airsoft gun.
My school had a false alarm... I dint have a panic attack. I just.....numbed myself. I will have a panic attack over an assignment. But I had thought over that situation so much I that it was automatic. I am terrified of when I get like that because I become robotic. It's only hitting now about 18 months later because I can look back clearly.
Too bad my school has had a shooting threat every week for the past month and our office has done nothing to keep us as students safe I might not agree with most of my other students but I agree something different has to happen, I’m not going to school tommorow because of a shooting that has been planed to be taken place
Soft
@@steelbeams468 yeah well i bet you cant get hard
Make schools a non pvp zone
Jn Pa oof
Damn
they already are people still get killed
Jn Pa lol
The Peeps SAO joke. Nice
During lockdown practice, people in my class are laughing because they know it’s not real, and someone chuckled when a real one happened.
I GAVE HER THE MEAT oh sh.....SWEET HOME ALABAMA
NookiesVlogs i hate when people do that
The person laughing during an actual shooting might have been acting on a nervous response. When I play horror games I tend to comment about everything I see and after narrowly escaping something that actually is terrifying I'll just laugh it off. This isn't a perfect analogy but I hope it conveys my meaning.
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JOLYNE!!!!!!
its a nervous response especially when ure nervous some cry others laugh
Wow. As a french guy, after reading the title I thougt it was about class photos... it feels so unreal for a european
C’est claire
Une catastrophe
...IT DIDN'T USED TO BE LIKE THIS: NOT TOO LONG AGO, THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY HAD RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY, PEOPLE HAD A LOT MORE CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS, AND CRIME WAS NOT TOLERATED LIKE IT IS NOW!!!
@@l4zuzis534 1- I USE CAPITAL LETTERS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY WAY I KNOW TO MAKE MY POSTINGS STAND OUT, AND 2- DON'T TELL ME HOW TO TYPE MY POSTINGS- AND I WON'T TELL YOU HOW TO TYPE YOURS- FAIR ENOUGH?!
The fact that we simply _aren't_ copying Europe on this is ludicrous.
“This plan reminds me a lot of what we students call bulls***
Best statement in the whole video 😂
This isn’t republican vs democrat issue. It’s a question are we and is our country willing to protect children?
That's literally what it is though. Republicans and Democrats just have different ideas on how to prevent these things.
Both sides are interested in that, both sides just have different solutions. Democrats suggest gun regulation, citing lack of school shootings in other countries with strict gun laws, with the Republicans citing a relatively recent shooting attempt where an armed security guard shot an active shooter dead before he got any fatal shots out.
You're so right!! This situation really IS so dry cut !! You nailed it right on the head! (: Take a government and politics course and learn how the US operates :/ it's never simple
We have armed guards at jewelry stores.....banks......and even wal mart.....but not at schools......
Objects and money are much more valued in our society than our school children's lives.
Mass murderers don't pick places with armed guards as their victim location.
Armed guards at schools means cowardly murderers looking to harm defenseless people- *will go somewhere there are unarmed and defenseless people*
Notice there aren't mass shooting in police stations or at the gun range
Because cowards aren't looking for fights
And cowards don't target the strong
They target the weak and defenseless
So we arm our teachers, I agree.
My heart goes out to the students and teachers who are in the shootings who either died,lost their brothers/sister/bf or gf or got seriously injured due to shootings for the rest of their life.
-Love From Australia 🇦🇺
The Pyscho Killer On The Lose So you are not a psycho killer
The Pyscho Killer On The Lose now your lucky, you live in Australia where all you have to worry about is birds attacking your head. I live in America- I have to fear shootings, terrorist attacks, and nuclear strikes from North Korea. Living in Australia would be nice...
-with great fear, an American citizen-🇺🇸
Thanks, phsyco killer
Thank you.
Thank you ❤️
2016: an apple a day keeps the docter away! 😁
2019: a.. a.. compliment a d..day keeps a sh..shooter away.. 😥
Look on the bright side, alot less bullying going on.
It’s not just 2019, school shootings happen every year.
Lol!
@G0RY SNIP3Z Ikr, schools need to start helping kids who are suffering with mental illnesses . I suffer with really bad social anxiety and all my school does is tell me to deal with it.
2020: a hand wash a day keeps the virus away
When we Europeans hear some American say: We have the greatest Country in the world, we just laugh. This issue is one of the many reasons why.
Honestly I think guns are regulated decently well right now. The real reason that I personally think the US is one of if not the best country is that they don’t limit speech like other places. Here in Canada I’m criminally responsible if a court finds that I intentionally misgendered someone.
@@declaniii6324 Why would you intentionally misgender someone?
Americans just like to believe we are the best. But I don't think any one country is "the best". There are so many things going on here just like other countries. No one is perfect. America also has a lot of the wrong people in office. These major chances will only come when people stop putting their rights above everyone's safety. Maybe we will be one of the best when our generation takes over eventually.
Europe has their own set of problems.
EDIT: My view on the US has changed. The comment I made was a bit foolish since many European countries don't have to deal with the level of violence the U.S has.
Example?
Every lockdown drill in my school makes me more scared than anything. My heart drops every time a staff member pulls on the door handle, seeing if it would open. I am scared that I have to life this life in fear.
Tarunya Sabapathy 2 Timothy 1:7 English Standard Version (ESV)
7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
You know when its a drill though.
@@imjolly19 *hugs killer* see,you just need to give them lo- *gets shot sixteen times in the forehead*
Just calm down, IT'S A DRILL if it were real then yeah go ahead and panic
@@naythanvaladez1467 don't panic!
When an American kid brings a magazine to school, it’s not gonna be for reading
usa gov is so evil they dont care about the right for kids to survive in school. Is feeling safe at school a natural right? I am certain it is bro
@@myguyhasrizz_9210 school should try to stop bullying
@@hopefulenough not about bullying, australia has the most mental health issues and still doesnt have shootings.
It;s the guns, not the bullying.
Foreign kid: crying under desk
America kid: first time
You now I’m America wen I can’t even spell foreign
You : I copied this from the other vid
"foren"
LastLaught parkland shooting video
@@mrdominospizza695 yeah i guess
Foreign?
Every other country: You need at least a some practice and a license.
Americe: Ur not a criminal? Yea? Here you go, a *TANK* !
you obviously haven’t bought a gun before
Connor Beasley if you’re talking to me that’s because I’m not 18 and I don’t live in America so...
You say that as if its a bad thing
@A L Thats a lie, try buying a gun then, oh wait but you can illegally buy guns from cartels and criminals.
@@johngivsosi3905 it is. Are you slow?
As an Australian, I can't imagine every being worried about going to school. We practice lock downs, but chances are, it would be a mad man with a knife or a stick.. something classroom doors can well and truly stop.
BTW, Australian did comprehensive systematic gun ban. And yet US still failed to emulate that. Too much lobbying from NRA.
Nick John
You mean lobbying from the constitution of the United States
I assume that piece of paper means nothing to you
The gun ban in australia was easyer because there where 1 milion guns in australia. If they do wanted to ban guns in the USA. It would almost impossible to ban 300 million firearms. good luck usa
constitution was written over 200 years ago, times change bro... none of these guns used to take over government lmfao
If only you could do some sort of change or amendment to the constitution... but no everyone knows that the second amendment can't be changed
That student who said "Arming teacher is normalizing school shooting." make a very good point when you think about it. That means we expect there is going to be a shooting in the school.
Farhan Ihram Yea, and whats wrong about that? Better to be safe than sorry. Its like saying airport bag checks is normalizing plane hijackings (which is true)
It is called hyper-normalization. That is scary both psychologically and physical.
iAmGreens you’re creating an environment where school shootings are even more present in everyone’s mind. Everyone is going to be more anxious and I think it would actually make school shootings more common, since they’re framed as a “normal” occurrence. Not to mention it’s really sad, that students can’t even go to school feeling safe.
There are plenty of countries similar to the US without a school shooting problem. None of them need armed teachers or guards to ensure the safety of their students. Why not look at what they’re doing and see what the US can implement? Shouldn’t the end goal be no school shootings rather than assuming they’re going to happen?
Yea thats it, why people can't understand 😫
C'mon! Where I live we have none of those things (except the safety drills, but those are not for shootings). I have also never heard of a stable Western country where these things are popular enough to mention. I think that only the US has these things, so I am actually inclined to agree. Yes, these things do normalize school shootings, though to a much lesser extend than having legislation in place that doesn't tries to fix a problem instead of preventing it.
“This plan reminds me a lot of what students call bullshit.”
Well I'm glad that I'm not born in America.
ARIKATO SASAIMAS ik not
Don’t feel the same way gotta worry about school shootings and I’m only a 7th grader people
Meme Stealer I’m glad I am born in America
I’m glad that I’m not born in school shooting land
The one benefit I get from living in the UK
As a kid in school (Austria/EU) the only fear I had was that I would be called out during physics for an oral exam. Its hard to grasp that in a modern country like the USA children get shot in schools on regular bases.
David Bauman "paranoid" so not only did you not watch the video, you haven't watched the news for some years now.
+3atarfire
You don't sound like you've lived in Europe.
Live Music like 75% of people feel safe. We don’t get shot on a regular basis. If you actually research statistics, there isn’t even that many. It’s just the media bias here. I filled the paper out and put my honest answer. I understand they didn’t choose me because it didn’t follow their agenda
THATS the True words of someone that lives in Austria
3atarfire man I hope you enjoy your life over there where it's unsafe, workers barely have rights, people rather die than go to a doctor cause no health care, shitty school system and rich just getting richer while people lose homes. You enjoy that life and we "the children" will enjoy our lovely healthy lives. Good luck little friend✌️
Politics aside, my boy at 1:46 got that neon genesis evangelion poster.
Mad lad
@@starstellastar3680 Oh he thinks the Shinji/Asuka pairing is gonna protect him from school shooters? Yeah he must be a mad lad.
@@blossomknight ofc, its the only true defense from imminent death
@@starstellastar3680 ofc? what's that stand for?
@@blossomknight it stands for "of course" :)
I am an Indian, and boy am I happy that Indian schools are much safer, and I have never heard of something like this happening in India much often.
True that.
in india guns are ridiculously priced and they can be bought only from the govt with a license and the choice of guns is really bad. i have seen a video on this and those guns are only capable of self defense and it's up to an individual to decide if that is good for them but it works in favor of majority of the people
@@kaneki1056 but if you looks over at the USA. Everyone owns a gun, sooo....
I would be terrified tbh to go to school if something like this would happen in India.
Hehe... My friends from US, this doesn't mean that India is safe lol. We don't have school shootings... But we do have an unofficial dictator for a Prime Minister who's slowly but surely talking our country towards a disastrous end :-)
Every single school year for every class I make an evacuation plan in case something happens which is truly sad
Wow, I gotta start doing this.
It’s funny that Elizabeth Gonzalez admits to bullying the Parkland shooter and then goes on a rampage that it’s the gun’s fault. People like her cause these shootings, she knew this kid was getting bullied and did nothing about it. The school knew he was mentally ill and did nothing about it. The FBI knew he was going to shoot up the school and they did nothing about it. The school guard knew he was shooting up the school and did nothing about it. The sheriff knew he was shooting up the school and did nothing about it.
This country has a responsibility issue, not a gun issue.
diesel patches dude I agree
diesel patches preach it brother
diesel patches PREACH
So true
I agree
I do not know about the teachers with guns. But i think we should be more prepared than just a sit in the corner lockdown.
Ikr
yes
NanoBot05 that's actually the exact opposite of what you should do in a shooting, because the shooter is most likely a student and knows that layout and the procedure that teachers will take. So the best option is to get out of the building as fast as you can and get as far away as possible.
NanoBot05 Yes
NanoBot05 lol, Rick and Morty profile picture.
I'm dutch so we don't have guns just laying around
Can i live there
Een voordeel in Europa te wonen
@Axel Smith I get it 😂😂
LittleDeus me to
Same
"If your right is apparently harming the lives of other students, it shouldn't be considered a right anymore"
She's right fam.
"it's not the time to talk about gun control"
2000 more shootings later...
"it's still not the time to talk about gun control"
"how many children must die before you do something?"
"All of them"
Damn right is not the time to talk about gun control, is over 200+ deaths too late to talk about gun control
if everyone had the same opinion then there is nothing to talk about.
When about two orders of magnitude more people die per year from mass shootings, that will be when it's time to talk about them.
“It’s not time to talk about certain groups fighting a terroristic war against the western nations”
2000 more vans of peace later...
“It’s still not time to talk about these groups”
It’s almost like the thing you want to talk about won’t solve the issue you are trying to fix.
ill be 18 in September, 😂😂😂 midterm elections some politicians are gonna be in trouble when we start voting.
Sabertooth 5 I HOPE THEY'RE ALL DEMOCRATS!!!
they'll never be in trouble
RespectFreeSpeech GiveMeMuhFreedom and you would kill millions to keep your guns? All you are doing is advocating for violence with both sides of your comment.
RespectFreeSpeech GiveMeMuhFreedom so you are agreeing that guns are the problem then?
No one is trying to strip good law abiding people of their right to bear arms. They are merely trying to put restrictions on them to prevent the PSYCHOPATHS AND MURDERERS from getting guns/weapons.
How to avoid school shootings
1. get tf out of the U.S.
Yeah you should leave
Not very sure how a *minor* can do that....
how to avoid school shootings: Stop bullying
It's very unlikely to get in a school shooting.
@@marcoantoniobarretovera756 no not even that. They will shoot because they're depressed or just are weird and like doing that
Is it the parents or the students
Parent: NO ITS THE CHILDRENS FAULT FOR SHOOTINGS
Technically Yes
A lockdown drill happened during PE. My anxiety went through the roof enough for me to start crying. My friend leaned on my shoulder to comfort me and say that she was there. Even though it was a drill. And it was also to tell me that she would be there for me. She’s amazing and brave. And even if our friendship ever ends. After quarantine next school year. I will give her the biggest hug.
Y'all would have been dead if it wasn't a drill
1:46 I see u flexin with that evangelion wall scroll
So weird to see that they are all so scared, I've never been worried about school shootings because they almost don't exist in the Netherlands and I'm really happy for that
Same
@@M1NA69 wij hebben alleen frikandelbroodje
@@Visnetter En worstenbroodjes
It gives me the chills and makes me sad at the same time to think that every single student in the US has to worry about this every single day of school. I hope things get better for you all. Best wishes from Mexico.
Here's one thing that needs to happen: media coverage changes. We don't need to know everything about the shooters life, it only glorifies them and brings them what the always wanted. Instead simply focus on the victims and remembering them.
its all the same story, he had a troubled childhood, being a kid sux ass, bullying is now 24/7 not just at school
RACER X Yet you're on a form of media right now? Everything that informs you is media. Not just TV.
Media is the reason Americans get sent to war overseas with thier overhyped propoganda
I agree we shouldn't glorify the students who committed these awful crimes, but I believe that in showing their stories, we can pick apart the psychology of a school shooter. This is beneficial as we can get to the root of the problem of kids carrying out school shootings.
The Chiefs ah so it's the media! Notice how we don't cover the lives of shooters in Chicago, yet they have an obscene rate of gun death. Try again
i feel super safe at school. but to be fair, i dont live in america
lucky you
is it Australia
Random Person why would you assume I live Australia lol
fyukfy There are already at least 5 on the top comments that said they are from Australia so I guess.
so there are, well im not lol
Just don’t understand the emotional attachment that so many Americans have towards firearms
Cole Lynch we also like being alive
I’m an American, and idk either.
@@colelynch1760 so european countries which have much higher quality of life than the u.s. with very few guns and extremely strict gun laws are being oppresed?
@@colelynch1760 they don't tell them what to do, they just have much stricter gun laws.
@@colelynch1760 also why would government tell them what to do??? Europe as well as America are democratic nations. We have democracy.
The 2nd Amendment doesn't say anything about guns even, it just talks about bear arms.
The right to “bear arms” is the right to “have guns” Oml
its called a joke guys
@@emmawithrow7261 he’s kidding 😂
@@RKKY-mf7fe You can own Rocket Launchers but they're expensive.
You can even own a tank or a warship.
@@arandomperson5434 😂😂😂 no tf you cant
I appreciate that Vox showed students with more conservative opinions, even if I don't agree with some of them. I'm just happy that there's a conversation. I'm sick of people trying to ignore this rampant issue. We need to debate about what can be done to stop it.
The only people talking about what can realistically be done to stop these shootings are conservatives. Liberals are just using this tragedy to spread their disarmament agenda, nothing more. They use these tragedies to convince you that taking MY guns away would have prevented this, when any amount of rational thought will debunk that idea. There's a laundry list of government failure that allowed Nicolas de Jesus Cruz to carry out his shootings. Conservatives are the ones going through that list and offering fixes that would have actually prevented this shooting. Conservatives are even the ones who just raised the gun buying age to 21. All liberals are doing is chanting "ban rifles" and no law they propose would have prevented this shooting.
Braedon Merwin where? There wasn't "students" it was only one student that sounded like he had a conservative viewpoint.
bigboy51ish maybe it's possible arming teachers is a minority opinion. This is a survey not CNN. Dissenting views don't get 50/50 coverage in real life.
I'm definitely not a fan of banning rifles, I tend to dislike the government taking away any freedom. It's just good that people on all sides are letting their voices be heard, and I hope healthy non-aggressive debate becomes more common. We need to work together on these issues.
Tristan White you dont need to try your best to be condescending. Maybe arming skilled cc educators is an unpopular view point, bolstering school security in general is not a unpopular viewpoint wether it be ex military, trained security or teacher i dont care if safety is the objective goal we should do our best to fufill that without going around and infringing on constitutional rights or passing law through empathy and emotion.
here after my school got shot up
I don’t feel safe anymore at Saugus High
Did you know the shooter?
vxøney welcome to America. Stay safe man, stay safe.
I know no one might not see this, but it's not ok that I am scared to go to school. Though it might be "coronacation" right now, it's still not ok that I don't feel ok sometimes at school. As a coming in freshman, I might not feel safe at high school. It's pretty terrifying if you wrap it around your hand.
I've already accepted the fact that even if my school and the area I live in is safe, there could be shooting anytime. Every day, the moment I step through the doors and classes, I think of the nearest doors and the safest places to hide, how I can use the things I have in my backpack to defend myself, etc. At this point, it's carved in my brain, stay calm and act. Panic will get you nowhere.
When I was in highschool I always felt safe. The scariest things were grades and teachers checking homework when you forgot about it. We could just walk out, grab some ice cream in the inner city, and then sit in the grass in the sunshine. No metal detectors, no talk about arming the teachers. Lots of great kids in school.
That is the way school should be for children.
@@MissMoontree Hey thanks for responding! I'm now a sophomore, almost a junior! I agree with everything you're saying!!
I'm in tears. I feel so sorry for you and so many other kids in this f-ed up country(U.S.) . The worst I had to fear going into high school as a kid was , will I get teased by the seniors? Will my grades make my parents proud? This is awful. I wish I could give you a big hug right now. I considered becoming a teacher when I got older , but now? I don't want to enter a war zone. I just want educate kids about art. I guess I'll have to find another way. I will pray for you and all the other children in this country who feel this way. And I will contact my legislators about this too, I know prayers and good thoughts are no longer enough, but it's all I can do.
I go to a private school, and since there is no government funding, they don’t have a way to get metal detectors or anything that would actually stop someone from bringing a weapon into the building. A few months ago someone from the elementary school brought an unloaded pistol. Also at the school I would have gone to had I not transferred to the private school a student was found in possession of a loaded pistol. To think what would have happened if they weren’t caught… and I almost went to that school. Something has to change
This question exist is a problem in itself.
It exposes their agenda that they do not care:
- authorities ignored 39 opportunities to prevent the FL shooting,
- authorities ignored 18 calls warning about the shooter,
- authorities ignored how the shooter posted on social media that he wanted to be a school shooter,
- authorities ignored the reports that the shooter held guns to people's heads before,
- authorities ignored the reports that the shooter made death threats to several students
- four deputies did not go inside to stop the shooter,
The authorities should be investigated for allowing these kids to be slaughtered, and instead the left acts like it's guns that did it.
Given these actions, seems like the anti-gun activists love the fact this shooting took place, the *PROOF* being they couldn't care less the authorities could have stopped it a dozen times over - they never even mentioned it. The family members need to sue the authorities and demand an investigation on all fronts.
ForumLight I know right
Except for the fact that it was a gun that enabled this person to commit this atrocities. And guns that enabled other people to kill people en masse elsewhere.
People died in Sandy Hook. Over 50 people died in LA. Over a dozen people died in Parkland.
Gun control will solve this issue.
And, trust me, we're pissed off about the authorities as well. But, it's sidestepping the main point.
The first thing we can and should be focused on getting fixed is this gun problem.
So if he drove a van through a bus stop and killed a bunch of people you would be all for banning vans? Didn’t think so. It’s the lefts agenda to disarm the citizens to ensure their socialist utopia can come to fruition. And the puppet masters are using the anger and grief these young people are feeling in order to attain political goals. Don’t be tools. Stand up for the constitution, especially the second amendment. It will save our country again someday soon.
petlahk, if a gun enabled a person to kill the gun should be arrested, tried and convicted. Guns that enable people to kill should all be sent to the electric chair. Silly expressions like this is what happens when you allow emotion to rule your thoughts, beliefs and comments instead of logic and common sense. A superficial worldview enables comments like yours.
petlahk when a cop shoots an unarmed person we blame the cop not the gun, when a drunk driver kills a person we blame the driver not the car and before you say cars aren’t weapons, Nice, France a guy killed 80 people with a truck. Gun control will only make it harder for the normal person
"the ak's the 47's..." Really I'm no gun enthusiast but c'mon.
I agree
LOL
I thought that's what she said too but I think she said "aks, the 47, the 10" but there is no such thing as Ak-10
nerds always just trying to correct any minor detail. nice punctuation tho bulldog
Blue Dog its not about sport.its to stop a tyrannical government
The school I'm supposed to be going to next year is really big, and has a lot of fights. I'm kinda spooked but eh
Don't worry, you will never get killed there. My promise to you.
I hope you're safe man
You still alive?
@@prime_optimus hardly
School should be a safe place. We shouldn’t have to be afraid to go.
Let's see. I'm a student, and I dissagree with everything they say, sooo.....
noah walters Agreed
noah walters
Interesting...
I also agree with you
Putting "I was born only a year after columbine." puts no credibility on that certain event.
Vincienzo61 He's trying to stress that this issue has been going on before he was born............ He was born after the worst shootings and is already in unsettling times
Jay Bank which was carried out by hand guns after the bill they wanted was passed what’s your poiny
Jay Bank I was in high school when columbine happened and I can tell u There were worse events before that..
Vincienzo61 Hell yeah
Vincienzo61 yeah that's bullshit I agree
My mom was in the Arapahoe shooting, for years when a balloon popped or there was a loud noise she got flashbacks. I live near columbine, sickos come and view it like a tourist destination. It’s a school. They’ve thought about taking it down because the issue of random people showing up on campus.they’re building new schools here so that they can lock down certain points of the buildings, and that hallways are curved, the same way 1st person shootings are. -a high schooler with inside knowledge
Today I was sitting in class and I heard about 20 poping sounds. I was so scared. It was probably a teacher doing something in a classroom, but even that scared me. I don’t feel safe at school
I feel very safe in school. I feel unsafe around bad people.
Sad.
@@oceanbreeze1162 and how do you know people around you are good or bad?
@@Artist_of_Imagination somebody walks in with a mask, rifle, and shouts get on the ground, they're probably bad. Person walks around with a pistol in a holster on their side, statistically they're most likely good.
Grow a pair
It’s not a gun problem, it’s a people problem
LuisXP Its both
Dark Shadow Storm a gun is a tool just like a hammer is a tool. If you lay a hammer on a table it will stay there intill the end of time unless someone picks it up. The same is said if you put a gun on a table, it will stay there intill someone picks it up. So there is and never have been a gun problem. It has aways been a person problem.
@Doc Brown oh please do explain in detail how it's a problem for people like me
Here's a thought parents start being parents and being part of their children's lives and helping them with the stress of life and lock up their guns
I got hit by a car and no body blame the car. They blame the person.
This has to be the most idiotic comparison that I've seen for a while
Lately Perry And yet you gave no reason why.
Unless brakes don't work. But that's just semantics, sorry, guns forever.
a car is not a gun😑
What's the purpose of the car? To commute.
What's the purpose of the gun? To shoot
The fear when your home, sick and your friends are texting you about a lockdown, and you don't know if it is a dill or if you are texting your friends in possibly their last minutes. It turned out to be okay but probably the most terrifying moment of my life.
How many of these interviewees did you interview and then reject because they didn’t fit what you thought the video should say, Vox?
most likely thousands
Good Point
I’m a student from the UK, and in a way, I’m very privileged that I feel safe most of the time at school, as we have stricter gun laws than the US. It is even stricter in Hong Kong, where I used to study. In fact, the last time before the jewelry store robbery today, I’ve heard of guns in Hong Kong years ago. The world doesn’t need guns, it needs cooperation and a stable life for everyone, meals, beds, clean water, just no fighting and weapons.
This comment really deserves more attention. Too bad this comment section is filled with kids that need an easy target, that doesn't fight back.
yeah but if i dont like you, how am i going to kill you?
Yeah, like the world needs to adopt the practices of a government that makes you show ID as proof of age to buy a freaking silverware set because it has a steak knife in it.
Skybluewing Skybluewing YOU ARE A NAIVE, STUPID FOOL!!! I GUESS YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT THAT EVIL EXISTS IN THIS WORLD, AND WE HAVEN'T GOT PERFECT PEOPLE!!!
I agree skybluewing only thing is if we had leaders who were honest and less deception then it would be easier for people to not have a fear response.I find it gets more frustrating for example censoring topics even if its a quote.But on tv sex drugs our music.Why do our leaders focus on breaking constitution when there are plenty of issues that we can start with.
Only in america!!
One of the unique things with this "freedom" loving country...
Senator! The midterms are coming! Oh no, he has airpods in! He can't hear us!
My school did a walk out last week.
Every school was supposed to do that
We had high school seniors try to walk out and they got suspended for 2 days then I.S.S for a week
they absolutely deserved it especially if the school made the annoucement because by school rules they aren´t allowed to do that a better way to protest is wearing school colors because it doesn´t inhibit learning
They never said anything about not being allowed to do it our superintendent said ok but the principal never said a thing yet punished the kids
what a waste of time
What about the shooting in Maryland that was stopped by an armed security guard before the shooter he could kill anyone. He only wounded 2 people and was stopped.
or...The Church with a AR?
Nick Breeding Also worth noting: Maryland has some of the most dystopian gun laws in the country and yet he still got his hands on one. Proof that gun control doesn't work.
What about the shooting at a Military base aka Fort Hood? in which 14 people died. Kinda BS with that logic that because someone has a gun, They can prevent the shooting.
In maryland one girl did die
I live in md
I graduated from high school in 2012. Never had a school shooting drill. Now my school has to do them.. I always felt so safe at school, it makes me sad that students have to question whether or not they are safe at school
Why are people putting their rights to own guns over the lives of their country's children?
Owning a gun is a RIGHT.
Nobody is putting anything over the lives of children.
Why would you phrase it in such a ridiculous way?
I wasn't surprised with what they had to say, until this one guy said: "Regulate Ammo". I think this is a legit Solution.
J4yP isn’t hat the same as saying abortion can be legal but restricting abortion centers?
Yes..?
J4yP it is a good solution. Switzerland has a simmilar policy on ammunition but weapons themselves are accessible
J4yP Then you’ll just have more people making their own ammo, those companies lose tons of money, and in turn you hurt the economy
Owen Major thank you
"You know what i think, It's them vidya games fault. My son was playing sonic on the nintendo genesis and believe me, next thing i knew he was running across the street without pressing the crossing button while shouting "GOTTA GO AT AN ACCELERATED RATE!"
One things for sure i didn't raise em."
lol
That sigh at the end sums everything up perfectly
Our school was threatened 2 years ago. Today, our district's *middle school* was threatened. That's horrifying.
"This plan reminds me a lot of what students call... uhh bullshit"
lmao that was weird
I'm ashamed of being part of this generation most shootings that occur are with illegally bought weapons but there should be a couple restrictions not full out banning the 2nd amendment. Those kids are a bunch of weebs
You shouldn't be ashamed! The problems we have today are the creation of our parents, and their parents... The world we create today, our children inherits tomorrow.
Lightning McQueer Gun Control is never about completely banning guns for all Americans. it is about reforming the restrictions so it makes it harder for criminals or dangerous people to get their hands on one. It doesn't take away the right for healthy, law abiding citizens to obtain one. And also, no, many recent shootings, including the one a few weeks ago in Florida, was caused by a student legally purchasing a fire arm. Just as an FYI.
Grant the Dragon he shouldn’t have been able to purchase the weapon, Law enforcement and the FBI knew about home for a while and didn’t do anything despite the signs. No damn legislation is ganna make it “harder” on criminals. There’s something called a black market and it will only grow the more stuff you try to ban.
A shotgun is more effective in a mass shooting I am surprised that a shotgun hasn't been used yet...i also remember when I was in high school many of my friends had guns in their truck racks n this was in the 90s. Guns haven't changed people have changed. That's the issue here.
Columbine
A university near me was shot up with a shotgun and 3 pistols in 2008 by a mentally deranged man who stopped taking his medication. He shot over 20 students.
Excalibur Rebel touche forgot they used one but since then I haven't heard of one being used, I could b wrong
Reece Lynch wow did not hear about that shooting
Yeah it happened at Northern Illinois University. I live really close to that area and my cousin almost got shot. I'm still an avid supporter of the second amendment though. I'm a rare student that actually sees the value and importance in our rights, not just the Second amendment, but all of them in the constitution.
As a student and as someone who has been bullied, it isn't about gun control. The fact is that it seems that the way we treat one another had suddenly escalated. If someone doesn't agree with you, the situation becomes violent compared to talking it out. It's the same for anyone of any belief, if it doesn't align with what is believed, you are wrong and people make sure you think you're wrong
“That sounds like something students call bullshit.”
Love it
clearly copied comment
Because I was in a shooting, I automatically know what systemic changes would prevent random acts like this again. Bullshit.
StarwarsCafe and youre more qualified to tell them theyre wrong? I smell hypocrisy
OBVIOUSLY as a teenager the most obvious route to me is correct. Trauma = enlightenment, and I already have the world figured out to boot. God, we should subject more children to trauma sooner so the world gets so immediately smart and politically Woke from Big GunsTM and their grip on the media!
What shooting
Andrew Cohen, Hitler banned guns, how did that work out for the Jews?
Tommy Estrada cohen is a troll. Probably not jewish. Who says that anyway?
I’m a student in highschool and you are assuming I support gun control, you do not have the right to affiliate me with people who do not understand the facts
it was pretty clear in this video that not everyone supports gun control
but what do I know? I'm just a sensitive liberal snowflake
Kevin Harper thank you
um sorry if this offends you LIBERAL get a job! cry about it!
Samuel Price and u went straight to victim role before anyone said anything to you lol
are you all seriously that dense? It was to draw comparisons your little rants about liberals being easily offended, and then right here we have this guy getting pissy about his view not being represented (even though it was)
you talk about liberals being offended, yet you're no different
I agree with that one guy, students should have sunshine and rainbows, not gunfire and bulletholes.
My middle school, after Parkland, started putting blocks around particular exits and forced us to figure out what we’d do. We also had an assembly about what we had to do if there was a shooter. And the hide, run, fight thing- it’s a standard.
This is pure liberalism at it's best. Childlike solutions for real world problems. How many of these kids mentioned the fact that the vast majority of the school shooters were bullied by their fellow classmates? How many of these children noted that guns were welcomed in schools in the past and there was virtually zero school shootings then. How many of these children gave more than one reason why their generation is suffering from this dysfunction when past generations did not? Children thinking like children - is this the way you want public policy to be determined???
man, the word "liberal" now means progressive
stop using liberal in the place of progressive, it discredits people like sargon who aren't progressives
Lethal Oxyclean Clorox Bleach I agree. The term “Libtard” is more accurate.
it’s not even about guns. they are taking about assault rifles. people are so stupid.
You do know the definition of assault rifle right? An assault rifle is a selective-fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. The Parkland shooter was using an AR-15 which is not an assault rifle. AR stand for the company's name, ArmaLite, not assault rifle.
Joe Uehlein Children grow up to become adults yet they argue like children.
BEING AFFECTED BY A TRAGEDY DOES NOT MAKE YOU CREDIBLE FOR LEGISLATION
Garrett Talbot yes it does...
ken reacts what the hell are you talking about. being shot at or being near a shooting doesnt confer expertise on guns nor gun violence upon you. all it does is make said person/people an “expert(s)” on being a victim(s) of an experience.
"Being shot at makes you a gun expert"
Agreed. If anything, it would give her a very extreme bias.
Lmaooo I instantly was like just because you had a traumatic experience doesn’t make you an expert on policy. Getting into a car accident doesn’t mean you could design roads. It’s crazy stupid
this isn’t a left or right issue….. this is a life or death issue
School shootings in UK since 1996: 0
School shootings in US 2018: 94 (most with no victims but that’s not the point)
Cameron Smith lol Its not the point? Would you also like to compare other rates of other crimes like home invasions, rapes, stabbings, acid attacks, vehicle attacks, and bombings?
Why is that not the point. The could include an accidental discharge from an officer, to a man shot outside a school by police.
SS Robs the point I’m getting it is that the UK has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. It’s homicide rate is much lower than the US although knife crime is an issue in the uk knifes cause way less casualties than a firearm. You can escape a knife by running a firearm can still be used at distance.
Zach B victims include injuries so someone being shot outside a school would be classed as a victim, negligent discharged were not included in the study if it was from law enforcement or any other type of armed security service, the study was from any shootings that’s purpose was to cause harm or create mass panic. Negligent discharge from say an officer would not be classed as intentionally causing fear it would be unintentional.
Cameron Smith You can "escape" a firearm being used against you or others with another firearm. Some South American nations along with others have insanely strict gun regulations comparative to the U.S. and still see more violence, including gun related. Even your example of the UK is flawed because they still do see higher rates of all types of violent crimes. What might "work" for one place doesn't necessarily mean it will work everywhere, especially when the purposed idea isn't entirely honest and or surface level at best.
Get rid of gun free zones
Gun free zones are pointless anyway. Even though you or I will probably be called "psychopaths" or whatever, I agree with you. Most shootings are in gun-free zones anyway.
Oh it's a gun free zone, let me put away my gun. Wow, I wouldn't want to break any laws when I'm shooting up a school.
Proper Title: What Selected American Students That are uneducated on the Matter of Guns whose beliefs also happen to align with our political agenda really think about gun control.
Cx
Josh Hopkins praise
Josh Hopkins 😂😂 deadass one of them said "stupidest"
Not even a word 😂😂
You deserve more likes,
Yes
My friend lived in America, and was at school when ten minutes away, a school shooting happened. She had to go into lockdown, and left the USA a year later. She still has the trauma from that fear tears later. She was only eight.
There was just this incident in CSULB, and I was in the classroom when everyone received a message from the school, saying that 'they just received a credible threat, and warning everyone remain inside of the classroom'. The first thing that everyone thought was a possible active shooter. It was short 20 minuets of confusing and horror. Everyone was very sensitive to loud noises. Somebody moved their chair and made this squeaky noise, and all of the sudden the classroom went all quiet, and everybody turning their head to the entrance door, fearing that it was someone trying to break in. Until 20 minuets later we received a message that the threat was clear. I searched the news later on, it was nothing like school shooting, and nobody got hurt. But the truth is that everyobe in school that day had the same reaction and thought, it really revealed our underlying fear towards the school shooting. This is the fact, it was just a normal day like every other day, and it was just 20 minuets of confusing and horror, and there were so many of the students sending text saying that they love their parents...
I'm not going 2 debate gun control with people that eat soap and are confused by bathrooms.
No such thing
Sure it is, princess.
DrewPlaysTHPS - Even though I agree with you and appreciate your sarcasm, I'm going to report your comments for spam because it isn't really contributing anything to the discussion.
what's reporting going to do and also it is contributing because these are the people who want gun control
Chaff - Well, he posted the same exact comment multiple times to several different threads. So, yes, I do know what spam is. It's nothing against him as a person, I just think that we have an opportunity for discussion here.
Also, I just type really fast.
11 teens die every day texting and driving.
VIKINGHUN But this is completly different. There are laws about that.
put restrictions on cell phones scrub
Liberals always go after the smallest problems like they matter more than the big ones, and also don’t even blame the right things.
Dark Shadow Storm there are laws against texting and driving? You mean there aren’t laws against shooting up a school!?!?
VIKINGHUN just ban cars
as a Canadian and going to high school, the only thing I have to worry about is not having the soap dispensers (weird TikTok challenge)
As a freshman-to-be soon. I’m terrified to go to school anymore. Our school is known to have many school shooting threats and it’s terrifying. It may not be actual shootings but the dangerous thoughts people have is terrifying. I pray that one day we, children and adults, don’t have to worry about our safety wherever we go as much as we do now.
I'va had an AR-15 for about 7 years. These past two I've been waiting everyday for it to stand up and kill me.
reaks 1211 I'd return it, and tell them you want your money back because it doesn't work as advertised by the liberal media.
Haha 😂
reaks 1211 post a picture of the barrel off on twitter and watch the liberal likes and retweets come in.
reaks 1211 lol
Before this video gets praised remember:
1. Gun Violence has been on a steady decline in the past decades.
2. Gun violence has nearly decreased in half at the same time gun ownership has doubled.
3. There has been more mass shootings in the 90s (during the assault weapons ban may I add) than there is today.
4. Most mass shootings are done with pistols, not rifles.
5. When you hear that 30,000 people die a year from guns remember that 2/3 of those are suicide.
6. Out of 10,000 deaths about 8K are from handguns while only about 200 are from ALL rifles combined.
7. if you include New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit, D.C., and St. Louis, the U.S. would still rank 110th in the world homocides
8. All of these five cities I mentioned have high homicides, extreme Gun control and contain mostly African American communities.
9. African Americans contribute to 50% of the Homicides in the U.S. (it's not racist to acknowledge that)
10. Poverty and single parent households statistically prove that children who grow up in these environments are more inclined to become criminals.
In conclusion, America doesn't have a gun problem. We have a community problem. If you really want to make a change with gun deaths don't march for gun reformation. March for improvement of impoverished communities. 17 children died and now all these kids want to stand up. Meanwhile at least 3 kids die every weekend in Chicago and everyone is silent.
(Edited because someone fact checked some incorrect information).
Jay LuMarr you are 100% right and I am happy to see someone who knows full well about the statistics on guns in america
If you never been to Detroit don't speak on it like you know period
I will never go to detroit. That should tell u something.
Markus Brown I live in Detroit
Guy Fawkes-Day Was anything he said wrong?
As a student, I personally love the idea of fellow students taking charge and doing what older and supposedly wiser adults should do.
Then Youre basing solutions off emotion not logic
As for someone from Europe, I find it unbelievable that events like school-shootings could ever happen at any day.
As a student... guns aren’t bad. People are being warned about a million times to these unstable people.
A gun's only purpose is to kill. It's not like a knife, car, or whatever. FYI I have two shotguns that I enjoy shooting and consider getting a license for a concealed handgun but that doesn't prevent me from seeing through "Well a gun is an object. Wha wha cars kill people too so we should ban those" bullshit.
My guns are broken...
Guns are meant to protect not kill.
Rez only purpose to kill huh cant really say that otherwise people wouldn't be protecting others and in other words ur saying that the military and police only kill people
Should the prosecution press charges against the person who pulled the trigger or the gun? Should Cruz face charges or should the AR-15 face the charges instead of him.
I'm a student and I am pro gun.
Why?
Ticklish Terrorist banning guns will be a shooting range at schools. People will still get guns and if we make schools more armed less shootings will happen
Hey I have in idea give a security guards weapons
If I could give this comment a million likes I would. VERY simple solution to school shootings without infringing 2nd amendment rights. They don’t have to be carrying weapons around, have them trained with semi autos and have one stored somewhere for emergency situations. It’s really that simple.
They do already
They do, but I think if their was a shooter, they would go for the security guards first
they do
They do.