Deep breathes FAMS. And you are talking to somebody who has to travel for work year round..... trust me when I tell you I'm not able to be there for my kids all the time....but you gotta handle your shit when you are.
There you go folks. Guns are to precious to those who own them for us to ever fix any of our problems. People can still do heinous shit without them but they sure do make it easy. How is everyone's mental health when you all go out to a super market these days? How about a movie theater? I personally love going to Blazer games and game planning my active shooter escape plan. Everyone totally feels safe now. These are tools of death that should not be available to everyone.
They don't pay the teachers shit. We had one of my daughter's former teachers come babysit once and when we told her what the tuition was she was completely shocked. The turnover rate is insane for teachers. Daycare workers are treated like shit.
I've literally never once even thought about the possibility of an active shooter when doing any of those things. People choose what things to dwell upon.
What about the metal health aspects of our children who have regular active shooter drills in elementary school? Is that also a non issue for mental health related issues? Are we allowed to discuss that in the very tight parameters of this conversation?
Totally agree. But you do have some advantages not everyone else has. A good job and income, a wife who helps and you own your house I believe. Those three things make having kids a lot easier. It's a different world out there for a lot of people.
So your argument is that guns are the reason for the mental health crisis in America? They're causing it?
That was an unfortunate typo by me but I think you got my point anyway. They are part of the cause and they are part of peoples coping mechanism so they deserve to be part of the discussion. There are obviously many other issues but everyone gets so defensive if I bring up guns that's all anyone focuses on. It's ridiculous to not entertain any connection between the two.
Social media is a bi-product of lazy parenting. And many parents themselves, are also tethered to their phones/social media. Often times, those same parents, who don't want to be bothered by actually spending time with their children, instead simply pacify them with cell phones/video games. (cheap baby sitting) A lot of people who have children are also the people who are least prepared to raise them.
If you have some evidence that the rise in suicides or suicide attempts is due in part to active shooter drills in school then I would be more than happy to look at it.
You're probably 10x more likely to be shot by a cop at a traffic stop than by a terrorist at one of those locations. Probably about as likely as getting struck by lightning. Schools are safer now than they have been the last several decades... These are not things people should be spending time worrying about. If you are, you are not engaging in healthy behavior. If you are freaking your kids out about this kind of thing, I'm sorry to say that IMO, you are hindering their chances at being healthy. It seems like stressing about extremely unlikely stuff may well be a part of the problem. We are currently living in about the safest time to be alive in human history. The elevated level of stress doesn't make sense considering the relative lack of risk.
I do think about it at times but it doesn't stop me from doing most things. I'm cognizant of it. So I probably land more in the middle. Regardless, it is becoming a thing no matter how much we may or may not think it. (not saying either is right), but it will be interesting in 10 years to see where we are at in feeling safe, because again regardless of where any of us stand on it the general consensus is a lot of people are feeling a lot more unsafe than 5-10 years ago. I often tell people that back in 08-12 I would walk around downtown any time of day or night and not have a thought that something may occur. The last few years that's changed. It'll probably change again, but where that level has changed to is up to a collaborative effort from both citizens and government officials.
I agree and disagree. "Lack of risk" is based on a lot of factors. Unfortunately, those factors, especially in red states, falls on people who are getting their basic human rights taken away from them. Just because it doesn't affect me, doesn't mean other people don't feel incredibly unsafe. This isn't a soapbox thing, just presenting a reality that a lot of people feel unsafe for a lot of very real reasons as well.
