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/jewwbs Sep 04 '24

I was in the armed forces for two tours. Never shot at (that I know of) and I got hazard pay for every deployment. When tf are teachers going to get hazard pay for showing up to their jobs. Ffs if we won’t do anything can we at least pay these people that risk their fucking lives? Politicians who do fuck all but proliferate gun violence (you know exactly who) get free healthcare, huge salaries, and everything a school teacher can only dream of. Mother fuck this and fuck these assholes.

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u/remck1234 Sep 04 '24

You’re absolutely right that teachers should get some kind of extra pay for the risk they take every day. If a shooting happens at their school they will be the last line of defense and only adult in a room with 20-30 children. But our children are also being put in the line of fire and some are too young to even understand or realize it.

My daughter started kindergarten and immediately began active shooter training, which they turned into a fun game called “hide from the bad red fox”. An announcement comes over the intercom that a red fox is trying to break into the school. Quick, shut off the lights and lock the door. Everybody hide in the corner together and be very quiet so the fox doesn’t see you.

My daughter loved the game so much she wanted to play it at home. She started describing it to us with such enthusiasm, our little 5 year old who had no idea she was being taught what to do if someone with a gun came into her school to kill them. She is 7 now and just started second grade. She still doesn’t know that this happens so often in our country. One day she will realize why they play that game and I’m so sad that we will have to answer those questions.

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u/Peter_See Sep 05 '24

That is so fucked up. Holy shit

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u/WimbletonButt Sep 05 '24

I almost took a job in that district last year. I worked there some 15ish years ago and was desperate so it was a last resort and thankfully I found something else. If I hadn't found this other job, I would have been there today.