@juliettekayyem@brimcmike I teach third graders.
They:
Giggle
Cry when their feelings are hurt
Give random hugs
Cry when they fall
Lose their teeth and wait for the tooth fairy
Still believe in Santa
Go wild for an Easter egg hunt
Fall asleep on the school bus after a field trip
They are still babies
who knows that their child has not survived because the parent hasn't been reunited with their child. Only this parent can tell -- by look, by the way a parent knows -- which body is his or her child's. And that is what is happening. "Shooting" sounds too benign. 3/3
out who is this child compared to who is that child by figuring out which parents are left without reuniting with their child. And then that child -- maybe unrecognizable, without identification -- has to be identified by a parent. 2/
I think it is important to be detailed because to say this was a "shooting" is sanitary. Children that young were killed by a weapon that shatters. Young kids would not have identification; they may not be recognizable. There are so many of them. Authorities are figuring 1/
Columbine.
Sandy Hook.
Santa Fe.
Parkland.
Oxford.
Today, it’s Robb Elementary School.
In the 23 years since Columbine, Congress hasn't passed a single, major gun safety law. When will enough be enough?
In 2012, I joined the newly formed @MomsDemand following the shooting in Sandy Hook.
I volunteered 5 yrs. and then ran for state house. In my first term, I filed bills to strengthen NC’s gun laws. 1/2
Where are the major gun manufacturers located in the United States? (I am flailing about; I can’t find the words. I mean…this country is broken. No one, not even our babies, are safe.)