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I know fears are irrational, but the probability of your kids being killed by a mass shooter at school in the US is extremely low. Logically, if you’re worried
by umanwizard 6y ago
I know fears are irrational, but the probability of your kids being killed by a mass shooter at school in the US is extremely low. Logically, if you’re worried about that level of risk, you should never leave the house, even in Europe.
The sibling commentator mentioned Islamic terrorism which I think is a good analogy. You would probably think it was ludicrous (and I’d agree with you) if someone said they didn’t want to move to Europe because they have to worry about being run down by someone in a truck.
- gambiting 6y agoSo I wanted to offer my view on this - I know that the risk of actual shooting is so low that it's not worth worrying about. But what I'd definitely have an issue with is the entire security theatre that American kids are subject to - the fact that many American schools have metal detectors at the doors, the fact that their bags are searched when entering, the fact that many schools have armed security or even policemen on campus - that's crazy to me and I wouldn't want to subject my kids to any of that. It normalizes something that's very very wrong in my opinion.
- cpwright 6y agoMetal detectors and bag searches are not the norm in American suburbs. Post school shootings, the changes made in my district were that the front door is locked by default and you need to ring the bell and be buzzed in.
- Invictus0 6y agoWhat is the norm though is a "do something, anything" mentality that has led school districts to dump billions into unproven initiative after unproven initiative, from macbooks to netbooks to SROs to anterooms and buzzers on a neverending keeping up with the times treadmill of pointless education reform.