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I love it.
I frigging love it.
America needs a PSA for this from a major newspaper!
Clearly this is something to just get used to like acts of God, tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes etc.
Clearly gun control is as likely as God control.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...&utm_term=.6ac9e3e7bc16&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Partial snip:
Dave Grossman, author of “On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society,” speaks regularly on the subject and often begins his lectures with this question: “How many kids in America have died from a school fire in recent years?” His answer: “None.” Meanwhile, according to a 2014 FBI study, active shooters killed 117 people in schools between 2000 and 2013. Schools conduct fire drills and adhere to fire codes, but they generally don’t do nearly as much, Grossman insists, to train students for a scenario far more likely to kill kids in schools: an active shooter. Most adults lack preventive training, as well.
Talking about these attacks can be difficult and heart-wrenching. But we can’t avoid preparing ourselves just because the topic is disturbing. As my colleague James Hamilton — who served for years in the FBI and provides training to corporations, government agencies and security personnel for public figures — says, “You must be an active participant in your own survival.”
I frigging love it.
America needs a PSA for this from a major newspaper!
Clearly this is something to just get used to like acts of God, tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes etc.
Clearly gun control is as likely as God control.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...&utm_term=.6ac9e3e7bc16&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Partial snip:
Dave Grossman, author of “On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society,” speaks regularly on the subject and often begins his lectures with this question: “How many kids in America have died from a school fire in recent years?” His answer: “None.” Meanwhile, according to a 2014 FBI study, active shooters killed 117 people in schools between 2000 and 2013. Schools conduct fire drills and adhere to fire codes, but they generally don’t do nearly as much, Grossman insists, to train students for a scenario far more likely to kill kids in schools: an active shooter. Most adults lack preventive training, as well.
Talking about these attacks can be difficult and heart-wrenching. But we can’t avoid preparing ourselves just because the topic is disturbing. As my colleague James Hamilton — who served for years in the FBI and provides training to corporations, government agencies and security personnel for public figures — says, “You must be an active participant in your own survival.”
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