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David Hogg
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THREAD: Arming teachers does just about as much as thoughts and prayers to reduce gun violence.

That does 2 things
1. Puts students in danger
2. Sells more guns, promoting the NRA’s deadly agenda.
According to research my Sheldon Greenberg a former LEO and current Johns Hopkins University Education professor, “Whether teachers could use their firearm effectively in an active shooter situation is, said Greenberg, a “crapshoot.”’citylab.com/life/2018/03/w…
For anyone that wants to read the entire study you can read it here

There are dozens of assumptions we make when talking about arming teachers compared to LEOs

kycss.org/pdfs-docs/Armi…
Here’s a list of assumptions we make about armed teachers in active shooter situations as brought up by a roundtable from the study of 36 LEOs
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David Hogg
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More than double that die from guns every week. What's your plan to deal with that?
Btw about 2/3 of those deaths are primarily white middle aged males, your key votining demo.
Source:
”The rate of suicide is highest in middle age — white men in particular.”

afsp.org/about-suicide/…
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David Hogg
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Thread:

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Listen up: If you marched with us then we need you now. What should be simple, routine, and evenly applied to all gun purchases isn’t. But now, we have a chance to fight for federal legislation. #HR8
When we toured the country we saw that gun violence prevention isn’t a partisan issue. Because no one wants innocent lives lost.

Case in point: 97% of Americans support for universal background checks. Apple pie? That polls at just 95%. thehill.com/blogs/blog-bri…
If 97% of Americans agree on something, then it shouldn't matter if your representative is a Republican or a Democrat – they should be fighting for #HR8, and we need to make sure they do.
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David Hogg
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Everyone should be disturbed by the leader of the School Safety Commission (which opened following the shooting at MSD) going on NRATV.

This is supposed to be a non-partisan commission that looks at safety; it’s goal is supposed to be protecting students, not selling more guns.
Not to mention school safety only protects kids from bullets coming from inside our schools, not outside. Where is the commission on community safety?

Seems to me our politians only care when kids from higher socioeconomic statuses get shot.
Unsurprisingly the NRA also funds Sherriffs political campaigns. The undermining of our democracy and the arming of criminals everyone, bought to you by the NRA.
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