{"id":1880,"date":"2023-10-10T18:38:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T18:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nulifedaily.com\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2023-10-10T19:09:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T19:09:45","slug":"pro-gun-rights-politicians-have-created-a-bigger-problem-in-us-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/pro-gun-rights-politicians-have-created-a-bigger-problem-in-us-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Gun Rights Politicians Have Created a Bigger Problem in US Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a Washington Post exclusive, it is reported that \u201cGuns are seized in US schools each day<\/a>.\u201d When kids begin to use those guns against their classmates for frivolous reasons, the blood of every child killed will be on the hands of those politicians, and the children imprisoned will be the tax-liable responsibility of all those who believe it is a good idea for everyone, even children, to open carry guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the article, the blame goes everywhere except to those who support gun rights and have advocated for laxed gun laws in many states. These people live on a bravado mentality believing that guns are an extension of their character and the American dream. Yet in their intellectual laziness, they never conclude that this mentality spreads in a most dangerous way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of their subplots is to dismantle the public school system so their wealthy friends can profit from the private school, voucher program and urban voter\u2019s tax dollars. But as predicted, the carnage from school shootings and domestic violence spills over into their private schools and suburban neighborhoods and into the hands of their depressed suburban families and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is not concentrated in urban schools, as they would wish, but \u201cThe Post’s news survey showed guns were found in every type of community during the 2022-2023 school year.\u201d Many of the children brought guns from home, retrieved from parents who advocate for loose gun laws behind conservative talking points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe guns were discovered practically everywhere \u2014 bookbags, lockers, trash cans, bathrooms, cars, pockets, purses, bulging behind waistbands and hidden above bathroom ceiling tiles. Some were brought by accident, others to show off. In many cases, police alleged, they were brought to end lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And even though media experts make all kinds of suggestions to stop the problem, such as locked doors, one entrance into school buildings, school resource officers, police presence and other solutions that do not address the root of the problem, \u201ctoo many guns,\u201d so far nothing is working. \u201cClear backpacks and metal detectors at school entrances, while reassuring to parents, do little to stop students from slipping guns through side and rear doors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When students are caught carrying in guns, school officials and administrations try hard to hide the problem from local news outlets, parents and the public, so not to cause panic. So, many gun-related school incidences go unreported. In some cases, administrators leave both parents and staff in the dark. In each case, the school system either didn\u2019t notify parents and teachers fast enough or gave them incomplete information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven an exhaustive review of local news sources cannot account for guns carried into schools undetected, gun seizures never disclosed by districts and guns found on campuses located in communities underserved by news organizations. Still, The Post\u2019s survey recorded guns recoveredat schools in rural, suburban and urban areas, in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. And those reports tell just part of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In those districts, representing 6.3 million students, 515 guns were found during the 2022-2023 school year. Only 42 percent of those incidents received any media attention, and the rate of news coverage varied widely between cities. In DeKalb County, Ga., for example, just two of the 24 guns found on campuses were reported on, while in Louisville, nearly every gun seizure \u2014 24 out of 26 \u2014 led to a news story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Post found that the number of campus gun seizures spiked significantly between the 2018-2019 school year and the 2022-2023 school year \u2014 a five-year period that, following the pandemic shutdowns, alsohas seen significantly more behavioral problems<\/a> in school. The 47 districts for which The Post was able to obtain five full school years of data saw a 79 percent increase in guns found on campuses over that time frame. In many communities, the number of guns found has more than doubled, a trend that mirrors a precipitous rise in school shootings<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some law-makers and out of touch politicians started calling for teachers to carry guns to avert school shootings, but when teachers and parents pushed back against the idea, they resorted to more technical solutions such as more surveillance of the students and school hallways; and recruited more resource officers who walked the halls with guns on their hips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIncreasingly, though, schools are turning to surveillance, metal detectors and artificial-intelligence-driven technology rather than dedicating hours of professional training to teaching staff how to foster those relationships, experts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When preventive measures fail, school security officers and resource officers often represent the final defense against would-be shooters. The Post found that those officers \u2014 while highly unlikely to stop a school shooting in progress \u2014 have proved important in seizing guns brought onto school campuses, preventing potential violence every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On some campuses, their very presence would be considered controversial. In the wake of George Floyd\u2019s murder by police in Minneapolis, more than 30 school districts began removing officers  from their schools, including in Denver; Oakland, Calif.; Portland, Ore.; and Alexandria, Va.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent study<\/a> out of Brown University found that law enforcement in schools intensified \u201cthe use of suspension, expulsion, police referral, and arrest of students\u201d \u2014 particularly for minority students. Researchers found that those effects appeared \u201clarger for Black students than White students.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In essence, the blame is placed on the aftermath of the George Floyd murder and the resistance of police to do their jobs in an attempted backlash against police accountability. This excuse is weak and getting old as the problem will not go away until someone decides that there are simply too many guns on the streets and now in the hands of children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a Washington Post exclusive, it is reported that \u201cGuns are seized in US schools each day.\u201d When kids begin to use those guns against their classmates for frivolous reasons, the blood of every child killed will be on the hands of those politicians, and the children imprisoned will be the tax-liable responsibility of all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,78,16,73],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-editorials","8":"category-education","9":"category-politics","10":"category-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proliberation.com\/underthesun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}