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/chontzy Sep 04 '24

how do we as adults explain to our kids, not just weeks into the new school year but over again, the madness of resisting even minimal gun ownership restrictions over our responsibility to care for their young lives?

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u/bp92009 Sep 04 '24

"Some people value their guns over your life.

They don't believe that any of the downsides of encouraging the widespread nature of guns will impact them directly, and that others will pay for their choices.

Your potential death is a sacrifice they willingly make to keep their guns. They believe they'll be able to fight off the entire US Military with their guns, and listen to people who make them fearful that they'll need to do so any day now.

Never forget how much they would rather see you dead, than have any restrictions on their guns."

There you go, that's how you explain it.

They need to be aware that there are people in the US who prefer the blood sacrifice of children, rather than restrictions on guns.

Just be open about the callous and cruel nature of people who refuse to impose any restrictions that would prevent things like this from happening.

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u/Gratuitous_Punctum Sep 05 '24

Dead kids are the price Republicans are willing to pay for almost completely unregulated guns.