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Yes, that is "almost never" in a country with 340,000,000 people. Besides which, "having access to a cellphone" did not alter the outcome at all in those tragi

• accrual 2y ago
  > Besides which, "having access to a cellphone" did not alter the outcome at all in those tragic incidents. Disagree. Being able to communicate to your family or emergency services that a shooting is happening and/or that you are safe or not is invaluable.
  • fatnoah 2y ago
    As a parent that experienced this two years ago, I can confirm. Hearing about a threat at school, followed by shota.fired, and receiving a call from my fleeing child are those "life in slow motion" moments burned into my memory. It didn't alter the outcome, but it was very beneficial to everyone's mental state.
• sigmar 2y ago
  It is very useful device, but sure- it doesn't block bullets. In a shooting it's mostly useful for contacting family and 911. >"having access to a cellphone" did not alter the outcome at all in those tragic incidents How could you possibly conclude that? Look at any timeline of a school shooting and there's often a lot of information going from 911 calls to inform the police on the number of shooters, the shooter's location, and where students are still alive/hiding. ex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting#Timeline_of_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting#Timelin...