11 - ELEVEN school shootings in 2018
17 - SEVENTEEN deaths in the latest Florida shooting
16 - SIXTEEN more in critical condition and hospitalized
1 - WEAPON and SHOOTER
3,000 - THREE THOUSAND STUDENTS AFFECTED
129 - ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE TEACHERS/STAFF AFFECTED
4 - FOUR KILOMETERS from where I stay in Florida
+ an infinite amount of other students, parents, teachers and staff scared of a repeat
Even though Canada and U.S.A. have VERY different GUN LAWS - does the latest shooting scare you? Does it make you think that something could happen here?
Do you believe WE do enough to prepare our students of a CODE RED?
What suggestions do you have?
Explain.
I don't think that the particular shooting in Florida is scary, but the general idea of school shootings is really scary. I think that the government should realize by now that we're doing much better over here with actual gun laws, and maybe the US should take notes... I definitely don't think that schools are doing enough. We spend way too much time on fire drills, which are dangerous, but less threatening than a dangerous person with a gun in the school. There should be some secret signal to let people know, and some other way of hiding rather than sitting in the back of the class, because if the intruder gets in, they can just shoot everyone. I think that we should first of all call the police because well that's common sense, but also have some sort of evacuation plan that gets everyone out of the school. Something like everyone locks the doors and then jumps out the windows and then gets far away from the school.
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DeleteThat might work, except I think in a real shooter situation all of us would be in shock or hyperventilating from the stress of being in a life-or-death situation.
DeleteI think that each classroom/ teacher should have a specific protocol for a code red that they should communicate to ALL of their students. This means that we would probably have more than one lock down drill in a year, even if it's just a singular teacher's doing with their own classes. Straying a little from the topic of gun control, I think that schools need to make more of an effort to help students struggling with mental health issues. Only really sick people are capable of commiting horrendous acts like mass shootings, and more often than not, people like this show symptoms early on. I know that it's not a very pleasant subject, but with stricter gun control, better lockdown protocols and more focus on mental health, I really believe that mass shootings can be prevented.
ReplyDeleteno matter how hard you try something will happen
Deleteit might be hard to remember all different protocols though but very smart
Deletei think that if on the intercom they say code red its pretty stupid because that lets the shooter know that there are people in the school, most likely the people that are shooting up the school are probably students so they probably already know and what is everyone hiding against a wall gonna do. there is no real protection, if the shooter was determined a locked door wouldnt stop anything.
ReplyDeleteThat is true, realistically a piece of wood is no match for an assault weapon. Great Blog!
Deleteschool shootings in general scare me. it is really sad how there has been so many shootings in the past two months. in my elementary school, instead of using "code red" to warn the students about the intruder my principal would go on the intercom and say "we will be checking the ventilation systems" or something like that. that way, if the shooter doesn't go to our school, they won't suspect us suspecting anything. there really isn't a lot we could do to prevent a school shooting except have good security
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Deletewow that is a great strategy of staying safe! our school should definitely use a special code like that.
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ReplyDeleteThe latest shooting does scare me alot. I’m not sure what is different from any other time but I have been massively affected by the recent events. My eyes have been completely opened by what happend and have made me frustrated,furious and sad. I'm not saying that something will happen here but what happen was definitely a wake up call to how unsafe/how low the security is around us. Lastly, we don't do enough code red. We are all in at least six different classes a day and one code red a year is not sufficient enough as it only covers one class.
The school where the shooting took place was near where I was born. So if I didn't move to Canada and stayed in Florida then I might have gone to that school. The school that students, teachers and staff got attcked with guns.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that we are prepared enough for CODE reds because most of us have never been in a situation like that. Only experience can really teach you how to react. Even though our school seems safe, we should have more practice drills just in case. To prepare us as much as possible.
Yes exactly. We've never been in that position so if it does happen we won't know what to do.
DeleteIt does scare me a little that something like could happen at our school. Although we do little practices in case i does happen. Is it really enough to protect us from the man with a gun. What if it is a student that knows that we are just hiding in the corner what happens then. One of my suggestions would be to have a armed verternarian in every school so that if it does happen their is atleast someone to protect us.
ReplyDeleteVeterinarians work with pets not guns why would you want one in a school to protect us
DeleteI’m not afraid something like this would happen at our school. Canada is pretty peaceful compared to USA and who would target St Thomas if there was a school shooting anyways.I don’t think we are well prepared for a shooting if it does happen and if it does, I don’t think anyone would really follow the guidelines of what to do. It would just be chaos and every man for himself in the case of a shooting. I think that it should be a little harder for strangers to enter schools because they literally just need to open the door and walk in. Maybe a few more cameras on the outside and locked doors would prevent a shooter from easily walking in.
ReplyDeleteI really like your point of every man for themselves. In situations like this, our fight or flight response comes into play. Really good blog
DeleteSo I’ve done my research very well on this topic, so this entry is probably going to be really long and I’m probably going to be a bit sad when almost nobody looks at it.
ReplyDeleteA school shooting is something that every student fears, but not many students experience. However, in the United States, school and mass shootings have become almost a regular experience. As a matter of fact there’s a shooting in America every day, or every other day. It’s way too easy to buy a gun in most of the States. I literally just googled “AK-47 for sale” and found a site instantly which sold these armor-penetrating assault rifles, AR-15s, which are the most commonly used weapons during mass shootings, and even, I kid you not, an FV433 Abbot L109 Self Propelled 105mm. To condense that for you, that is literally a tank made to shoot high explosive shells at over 9 miles. For 69000 USD. That’s honestly stupid, even if it would cost far more to get its firing systems online. Several states in the US don’t even require background checks to buy assault rifles, or even ID in some places. I see no point in owning an assault rifle or sniper rifle except for recreational purposes. Hunting rifles are fine for hunting, shotguns are fine for home defense, which, by the way, is only legal if there is an equal threat i.e. the other guy is also holding a gun or knife. Why not just leave the assault rifles, submachine guns and sniper rifles to the military and gun ranges. I think that there should be restrictions on types of armor-penetrating ammunition, like the 7.62x39mm rounds fired by AK-47s, the 5.56x45mm rounds shot by your average AR-15 or M4 (Both military grade weapons), or the 5.7x28mm rounds fired by the Five-seveN pistol. All of these rounds were specifically designed to KILL a person WITH ARMOR. At least if there were restrictions against them, people who are paranoid or for whatever reason anticipate themselves being shot can wear vests to protect themselves. Background checks need to be far deeper, like they are here. In some states, all it takes is for you to confirm that you’re 18 or older for you to be walking out ten minutes later with a decked out AR-15 with a hundred spare rounds which, if you wanted to, you could use to shoot up a school or other building. Here, you need to first have a license and training to use a gun, you need to go through background checks that could last months, and at the end of it all you can select from rifles and shotguns. Handguns are restricted and need ANOTHER license to carry. Assault rifles, suppressed weapons and sniper rifles are prohibited in our country. Meanwhile in Texas you can walk into a store, ask the guy for, I don’t know, an M107 anti-material rifle firing .50 BMG rounds capable of either 1. Putting a hole the size of a football in a person or 2. Going clean through bulletproof glass and destroying engine blocks in a single shot and shooting through like two centimetres of steel.
It’s really quite ridiculous, there’s even a law in America that says that any fully automatic weapon made (as in built, not invented) before 1986 is fair game to civilians, which means that you can buy an M2 Browning heavy machine gun or an M134 General Electric Minigun. I know I kind of missed the point by quite a bit, but this is just me openly stating my opinion in great detail.
As for code reds, we really don’t have enough rehearsals. Sure, I’m relatively certain that none of us have gone through a true code red in which an actual armed and dangerous person was in the building, but anything is possible, even with our strict gun laws.
I think I’m done now. Google all my information if you want. It’s all fact.
I spent 30 minutes googling everything you just said.
DeleteI am not really that scared or afraid of an event like this. I don't normaly think of these situations as being on my mind. I guess I just have a feeling that because we live in a country who's gun laws are a lot stricter, I feel safer. Canada is a very peaceful country. I hear a lot in the news, "The world needs more Canada!". I think that it could happen anywhere though, even if we live in like the most peaceful country. Things like this can happen at any time and any day. I think it is very important to prepare students for CODE RED because you can't really know if it will or even ever happen. Better to be safe then sorry. Some suggestions I have is that we get new heavy duty locks on all the doors to the classroom. I'm not sure if we already have this but a button underneath the principal's or the secretary's desk, that call the police to come right over without talking. Kind of like the bank emergency button if anyone is robbing the bank. If this ever does happen and I encounter the shooter I'm just going to flippin send it.
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DeleteTo be honest, I am actually terrified of having a school shooting here. I mean, it is possible. I feel that we aren't prepared enough for a code red. Whenever we practice, no one takes it seriously. Everyone is giggling and moving around. So if something rally did happen, we would all be dead. Also, hiding in a corner behind a locked door isn't going to do much. The shooters could come through the windows or just pick the lock or knock down the door. I feel like we need more protection for the future.
ReplyDeleteI don't feel that scared about school shootings even though I Probably should be more scared. The whole way that the government of America is trying to "control" the situation by giving guns to the teachers is ridiculous. There are so many problems with this such as the teachers hurting students in cross fire, the police arriving and not knowing who the bad guy is and the students not feeling comfortable learning with their teacher having a gun on them. I know that I would not be very happy if all my teachers started wearing concealed weapons, instead the government should focus on not letting the shooters get guns by making the laws much more intense like in Canada.
ReplyDeletelets go le Canada eh!
DeleteOk, this is like the 3rd time I’ve posted this blog because it keeps deleting because this website is really glitchy.
ReplyDeleteSo, here I go.
Gun control has been the hot topic this week. The one thing that I am happy people are talking about is the mental illness behind the perpetrator. As Haley briefly mentioned in her blog, the only people who are really capable of doing such horrid acts are sick. They need help and assistance! We need to eliminate the mental health stigma. I know for a fact that it is very present in our school because I speak from experience. The US needs to start making better decisions on gun laws and how they can help their population in general. This makes me sick to my stomach because, kids are just trying to go to school and get an education with their friends... it’s really sad the situation that the Unites States have gotten themselves into. #bringObamaback
personally i am not afraid of school shooting even though they are very dangerous. i have faith in our good Canadian people that we will not allow for something like this to happen in our country.
ReplyDeletethe U.S "has" gun policy's to try and stop massacres but the laws that they have a re 100% useless and don't prevent anything from happening. i think that what trump said about arming the teachers is one of the stupidest things i have ever heard. the U.S is trying to make schools safe but by arming teacher it turns school into prisons at least in my opinion.
I try to as well however there is a saying. “Stupid be stupid “ and stupid can be found anywhere. Hell there’s a case in Canada where a dude shot his girlfriend with a hunting rifle for eating his grilled cheese sandwich . Sometimes i lose date in humanity
DeleteThe recent shooting in Florida that has happened really scared me, especially since my aunt doesn't live very far from the destination. I believe that incidents like this could happen anywhere. There are phycos everywhere. Even though our country has strict gun laws, it could still happen. This is WHY we need more protection. I do not think that our school, or any school in fact, are prepared for a code red. Most people take things like this as a joke. People laughing, moving around, and just making tons of noise. There should be a stricter way of protecting ourselves, whether that being jumping out of a window and running for it, or simply changing the "code red" signal to something unsuspected. This way, we will have a safer way of protecting ourselves if anything were to happen. It is so sad that some kids now are scared to go to school, because people have DIED in that exact building due to this retarded incident. I also do not think that letting teachers arm guns is a very logical decision. This will probably make students feel very uncomfortable around teachers as it will make them feel like they're in jail. I know that I wouldn't enjoy that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement. People need to take these types of situations more seriously, as they can occur at any time.
DeleteThe latest school shooting was very shocking to me, and nerve wracking. The thought of having a school shooting in my school never really occurred to me, as gun laws in Canada are more strict, and our school is a safe place. I personally don't believe that our school does a great job in preparing us for code reds, since we rarely even practice for them. Also, the times that we do practice for code reds are during class time, which makes us unable to know what to do if a code red occurs during lunch, etc. I believe that us students need to have people come to our school, and explain what to do in any case of these horrific events. If they truly value our lives, they need to a better job to protect them.
ReplyDeleteI myself quite find it annoying that they don’t ban assault rifles in general. However since I know they won’t unless they elect people who believe the same things they do, they can aim for deeper and invasive background checks . I’ll be honest the people who don’t want people looking into their history are the people who have something to hide. As for the part where I’ve seen many people talk about giving teachers guns and arming them . My opinion is that it’s a worst case scenario option, to enforce it. Even if the teacher wants to be armed as most school shooters now that they have nothing to lose and will get the greatest weapons of war, drug themselves with steroids and pain killers in the goal of suicide by cop. Most teachers in the USA don’t get payed a high wage! So they’ll have a pistol and maybe some gun training .if you account to the fear a person gets when there put in a combat. It’s literaly the worst case scenario . Instead i believe the fbi needs either more workers or more tools for researching and given more power as they have their hands full as it is by pressure from terrorism and the Russian collusion. I don’t see it as the fbi being lazy on the job which lead to shooting , but the amount they’ve been overworked. In my opinion the fbi shouldn’t have even been blamed. There were three ways the shooter could have been stoped, by the cops , the gun store and the fbi. The gun store at the time of the purchase didn’t have background checks so he was able to purchase the gun. The cops knew what was happening but weren’t given the tools to act , and so I believe cops should have more of an ability to act when they believe that an individual is crazy. As for the internet posts of the shooter , I believe that there Should be a organization focused primarily on social media for identifying potential threats and process the credible ones And gathers the info before it goes to the fbi so it’ll be more filtered. I’m not exucsing any one on this mistake including the fbi however there needs to be more measures now to prevent it. We’re almost at 2018 and there’s been an insane amount of school shooting happening. As for starting drills, I beluev we should have something similar to a fire alarm for when there is a exit. Then we do the same thing we do for a lockdown however those in the toilets need to gtfo of the school as they’re not protected by a door. As the shooter would know that they’re there instead of checking he doors though that’s the same for lock down as chances are that they might’ve gone to school and practiced lockdown. I myself aren’t afraid as Canada seems better than the US in many ways for guns as they’re more restrained . Anyway I’m kinda bugged out that I know that the government in the us wont budge on guns and so compromises have to be made instead
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