Enough Is Enough

So, I was having some feelings the other day

So, I was like

Oh, why don't I write a post

So here are my feelings

As everyone should know

There was a shooting recently

At a high school in Florida

17 innocent people died

The really truly sad thing

Is that

Well I'm not that shocked

By that sentence at all

Honestly when I first heard the news

I was sad of course

And crazy annoyed

But was I surprised?

Or think it was maybe out of the ordinary?

Not really

BECAUSE IT IS NOT

12 school shootings already this year

Like that makes so much sense

You know the US only has 5% of the population

And 43% of the guns if I remember correctly

And guess what

It also has one of the biggest deaths by firearms

So, I was looking up recently

Why this shooting was being talked about so much more

And longer than the others

And I found an article

That I can't find anymore

But it was talking about how

The reason is

Really because of the students

Of people like Emma Gonzales

Who gave this crazy amazing speech

And all the students who went to Parkland

And all the students around the country

Who are standing up

And organizing walkouts

And marches

And just everything

SO CRAZY INSPIRING

Like seriously

Fun fact did a walkout at my school!

And this might be just me being like overly optimistic

But I'm one of those people

Who isn't ever that optimistic

Without proof or logic

But I really do think

Some things will change

And that is so crazy amazing!!

Because things do need to change

The gunman

Was 19

Why was a 19 year old allowed to have a gun???????
And one with a record of bad behavior

Like ummmmm what???

So, he pulled the fire alarm

And then walked out with the other students

I must say kind of smart actually

And now 17 more people are dead

Yes, the right to bear arms

Is in the Constitution

But see those guns

Could fire what like one bullet a minute

Yeah some of ours now can fire 45

The guns have changed

And now the laws should as well

That Monday after the shooting

In my theatre class

The teacher sat us down

And she talked what to do in an intruder drill

We already knew but she was going over it

And people kept asking questions like

Well what if someone is pointing a gun at you

Or how would we escape the room if we had to

And my teacher answered honestly

Which was amazing

She's amazing

But it made me sad

And then one student

Decided to ask

If the teacher would put herself in the line of fire

For a student

And my teacher said yes

Without any thought

Because she said it was her job

Like why do we have to have these conversations????

WHY IS THAT EVER SOMETHING A TEACHER SHOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT?

I'm like kind of tearing up

You know just a bit

Oh and then guess what Trump says

He says we should then arm teachers

So that they can you know protect people

HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET

I know he doesn't believe in science or any statistics

But it has been proven so many times over

That more guns

Equal more death

And that a good guy with a gun

Does not defeat a bad one

Just sayin

But then I was also having a conversation

With someone in my class

Who is smart

And he was saying

How he couldn't decide if the arming teachers thing

Was good or not

I like flipped out on him

But that also made me realize

This maybe isn't like an all-around held opinion

Even with people who are for gun reform

Oh, and while I was talking to him

This other guy interjected

And said something for guns

I forgot what it was

And me being me

Started saying how he was wrong

And explaining facts and probably just being like super annoying lol

And then he stopped, saying how he didn't want to talk about something

If his opinion wouldn't be respected

That honestly interested me so much

Summary:

Change needs to happen

This was sad

Participate and help in any way you can

Thoughts and prayers aren't enough 

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Edit: Trump actually started talking about something against guns and stuff??? I'm surprised?? And like confused?? But this is good I guess???

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Yeah as you can see I have some feelings LOL. I really want to know everyone’s thoughts and everything so comment them down below!! 

What did you think when you first heard the news? What are your thoughts on the whole gun subject in general? Have you participated in any walkouts or anything like that in your school or community?