“more students or teachers killed by guns in U.S. schools than active-duty military deaths in 2018.”
How about “killed by nut job drug addled students”? I don’t think the guns have yet become autonomous.
We should close all government schools and encourage people to homeschool if possible, but institute School Choice for people who wish to make use of private schools.
Do it for the children!
If true this is a good thing.....we must be living in a time of peace.
Rittalin-addled snowflakes are more dangerous than terrorists to American children.
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Ok, boys, a crude metric is worth what, now?
Clearly they are not considering the number of people “in harms way” out of which those deaths occur.
How many soldiers killed out of how many in combat vs how many students and teachers killed out of all those in schools?
note: I’m not saying that for the comparison to make sense they need to consider a school in harm’s way now, only that for one to be considered more dangerous than the other it must be based on actuarial analysis rather than an apples to oranges comparison.
There are 38x more kids enrolled in public schools than there are active military. It’s a dumb argument regardless.
You might answer, yes. Because the military is armed and able to defend themselves, unlike people on a school campus. Guns save lives.
It could be true...I mean, after all, the military has guns, and they can SHOOT BACK at the bad guys.
Schools can’t, therefore they could possibly be construed as “more dangerous”.
Just sayin’
Military = conservative
Public schools = liberal
Figures lie and liars figure. There are a lot more scool students than military. More people are killed in cars, bathtubs, swimming pools...
“Thats because our soldiers out there have lots and lots of GUNS.. how about we try that in school? Good guys with guns....”
Well, US Troops in Combat are armed, which means that they can shoot the guys that are shooting at them.
Soldiers are able to defend themselves. Students should be granted the same advantage.
I saw the meme, and doing my own research found 31 students dead, 29 military members in 2018.
Of course, that didn’t include the 890 shot Chicagoans, and 178 of those that died.
It’s worse to be in Chicago at all than to be in school anywhere else, or the military.
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