10 year anniversary of Sandy Hook shooting

[CdnCarrie]

So sad. Can’t believe it’s been 10 years.

 

[Moliphino]

I remember it so vividly. I was in WDW and just got off of Pirates when I saw a text from my sister about it. It's really bizarre to be so completely shocked and horrified when walking around the Magic Kingdom.

 

[Dan Murphy]

One of those very sad moments in time. And still, after all these years, and so many countless mass shootings, many in schools, still, no progress.

 

[CdnCarrie]

One of those " do you remember where you were when you heard..." news stories.

 

[luv2cheer92]

One of those very sad moments in time. And still, after all these years, and so many countless mass shootings, many in schools, still, no progress.

Sadly, I'm not optimistic. If that wasn't enough for some people, I'm not sure what will be.

"Freedom" seems to be more important to some than human (especially childrens') lives, which is sad.

 

[lynxstch]

 

[AppleDumpling]

Sadly, I'm not optimistic. If that wasn't enough for some people, I'm not sure what will be.

"Freedom" seems to be more important to some than human (especially childrens') lives, which is sad.

Absolutely. It is unfathomable and unconscionable to me that in 10 years’ time, essentially nothing has been done in the aftermath of this horrific incident. IMO, it’s a national disgrace.

 

[Frwinkley]

But we're pro-life, right??

smh

 

[Wendy1985]

I remember when this happened how scared I was even though I lived in the south I remember my sense of safety went away I never in a million years thought that could happen

I remember thinking omg if it can happen to their it can happen anywhere

 

[BroadwayHermione5]

I live about an hour away give it take with traffic. I know people who lost family and friends that day.

One of said people is a friend from college. They made their senior thesis a one person show about it. Brilliant and heartbreaking all at once.

Events like these should’ve stopped when those innocent humans were lost. Absolutely heartbreaking that it hasn’t.

 

[Travel60]

There have been so many that it is no longer a "Where were you when ." moment.

And, yet, we've done nothing as a country.

My 8yo granddaughter had two school lockouts last week. What are we doing to our youngest?

 

[TippyThomas]

There have been so many that it is no longer a "Where were you when ." moment.

And, yet, we've done nothing as a country.

My 8yo granddaughter had two school lockouts last week. What are we doing to our youngest?

Unfortunately, I think we're acclimating them. They'll just expect it as it continues to happen.

 

[BroadwayHermione5]

Unfortunately, I think we're acclimating them. They'll just expect it as it continues to happen.

Sadly this is the reality.

I don’t like getting political on here, but I’ll just say this: until younger humans on all sides of the aisle (because I do agree with George Washington NOT wanting a two party system way way back when we were a baby of a country) start becoming elected and the older humans start recognizing they can’t do it anymore (and that goes for the ones I agree AND don’t agree with. Time to move on all as some of you have been in politics for twice my age and that’s….very long), stuff will not change and we will not have some better discussions, debates and changes.

While I know there will always be people on opposite sides of the coin so to speak, this younger generation has lived through a lot together, and I can see them being more bipartisan or at the very least not becoming stagnant in their views. They won’t be afraid to have these debates.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Unfortunately, I think we're acclimating them. They'll just expect it as it continues to happen.

Well most schools now do active shooter drills. In many states, they are required. Being taught to prepare for the possibility of a violent attack can certainly instill fear in children (and adults as well). How sad.

While I know there will always be people on opposite sides of the coin so to speak, this younger generation has lived through a lot together, and I can see them being more bipartisan or at the very least not becoming stagnant in their views. They won’t be afraid to have these debates.

I hope you are right. I want to have hope for the future. But you must consider too that the perpetrators of mass shootings (and especially most/all school shootings) are mostly young as well (typically males with mental health issues). There are multiple contributing factors that need to be addressed, and we as a society must have a strong collective desire to do so.

 

[BroadwayHermione5]

Well most schools now do active shooter drills. In many states, they are required. Being taught to prepare for the possibility of a violent attack can certainly instill fear in children (and adults as well). How sad.


I hope you are right. I want to have hope for the future. But you must consider too that the perpetrators of mass shootings (and especially most/all school shootings) are mostly young as well (typically males with mental health issues). There are multiple contributing factors that need to be addressed, and we as a society must have a strong collective desire to do so.

As the song Rodgers and Hanmerstein wrote for South Pacific goes “You’ve got to be carefully taught”


Since then so much has happened. And while these words still ring true, knowing they’ve all been through this together, gives me some hope. They are being taught how to be safe in schools. My cousin knows exactly what to do and has since kindergarten which was after Virginia tech and prior to Sandy hook in their case. Just very sad all around

 

[SheSingsAlong]

My husband and I quietly grabbed each other's hands in the car the day our Kindergartener mentioned they had a "Werewolf drill" at school. She had no idea what she was really talking about as she explained how they would first try to run away from the Werewolf in the school, and then hide from the Werewolf, and then fight the Werewolf and throw everything they could at it as a last resort. Something inside of me broke the day of Sandy Hook and I've never been the same since. I love Christmas so much, but around the anniversary of Sandy Hook my anxiety flares up and I wonder if someday my daughter's school will be on the news. Our nation is absolutely broken when we allow these things to continue to happen to the most innocent of our citizens.

 

[Frwinkley]

I teach 3rd grade. It is absolutely horrifying to me that any young child has to endure the fear brought on by these drills.

I began my teaching career in my early 40s, after moving from another career in the private sector. I will retire in 2024. In my 20 years of teaching, 40 elementary school students (not to mention the teachers who desperately tried to save them), have been murdered at the hands of assault weapons. This doesn't even count the high school or college students that have been killed.

The fact that nothing has been done to ban weapons that can take out a classroom of children in a place where they should feel safe makes my blood boil.

I don't want to hear that it isn't the guns--it is. Other countries have mental illness, violent video games, etc. They do not have the level of gun violence we have in this country.

 

[EilonwyWanderer]

When Sandy Hook happened I didn't have kids and I remember being just gutted and thinking surely, surely gun reform will happen and when we do have kids they will be safe.

I have two kids now and the youngest is 6 and in first grade. I cried after she left for school on the anniversary. We live close to the school and there is not a day that goes by that my heart doesn't drop into my stomach if I see a fire truck rushing in that direction. Even if we have a bad morning I always make sure the last thing they hear from me before they leave is "I love you" because you just never know.

 

[DCLMP]

Isn’t gun control a political topic?

 

[Dan Murphy]

Isn’t gun control a political topic?

Not that I am aware of. No. It's a sensible topic to discuss.