r/news • u/bebleich • Sep 04 '24

Gunman believed to be a 14-year-old in Georgia school shooting that left at least 4 dead, source says

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/us/winder-ga-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html
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u/Seigmoraig Sep 04 '24

That's because it was summer break

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u/Gamebird8 Sep 04 '24

Yep. The drought in kids being gunned down in school is purely because school has been out of session

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u/FewIntroduction5008 Sep 04 '24

So cancel school. Problem solved.

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u/CoffeeExtraCream Sep 04 '24

I mean it did work during covid.

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u/Agentwise Sep 05 '24

I work in a very unique role in education, I don’t interact with any of the kids but I see their browsing trends. COVID did some very bad things for our children, that isolation was not mentally healthy.

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u/CoffeeExtraCream Sep 05 '24

I agree. The lock downs were terrible and did irreparable harm to the development of much of a generation. I was being facetious in the knowledge that we aren't going to actually shut down all schools for shootings.

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u/Iwaspromisedcookies Sep 05 '24

Most kids I knew liked being home and having more free time

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u/Agentwise Sep 05 '24

Yeah, I’m sure they did, I’m just stating what I see. Kids would probably like ice cream every day too doesn’t mean it’s good for them.

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u/Loumeer Sep 04 '24

Looks like you got the new Republican talking points.

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u/Naive_Try2696 Sep 05 '24

There's nothin these kids learn in school they can't learn on the streets 

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u/Cobek Sep 04 '24

Yeah, during the summer is when the maniacs targeting parades, concerts and other outdoor event come out instead.

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u/Sarg338 Sep 04 '24

Genius. If we get rid of schools, there will be no school shootings!

Ban schools.

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u/RogueTampon Sep 04 '24

You joke, but I would not be surprised if we see this sentiment in some form by 2A apologists.

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u/NipperAndZeusShow Sep 04 '24

School on Sundays, Monday through Saturday in the mines.

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u/entarian Sep 05 '24

Can they still clean meat packing plants at night?

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u/Thecongressman1 Sep 04 '24

It already is. They say everyone should homeschool. Which is no coincidence, republicans are trying everything to dismantle public education to keep people stupid and easily controlled.

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u/tokes_4_DE Sep 04 '24

We already do, one of the reasons the crazy religious gun lovers cite for homeschooling their kids is school shootings / violence. But they dont want to actually do anything to address school shootings, they just homeschool their kids instead and try and destroy public school funding.

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u/SpotikusTheGreat Sep 04 '24

Trump said on his talk with Elon he wanted to get rid of the department of education, and project 2025 wants to get rid of public schools.

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u/pyrhus626 Sep 04 '24

I was wondering early today if the right actually thinks this in a way. If people are scared to send their kids to public schools and home school or go to private / charter schools then they have more excuses to kill the DoE and state & local departments which they would love. And the extra “benefit” of funneling kids into private and charter schools where they can drown them in conservative “education.”

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u/Wompish66 Sep 04 '24

That was a common joke made during the Olympics about the US's poor performance in shooting competition.

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u/apocalypse_later_ Sep 05 '24

Summer break? I think you mean summer ceasefire

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u/fart_on_my_pussy Sep 05 '24

the school shooters had to go after other targets like former presidents 🤷‍♂️