NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS
If you haven’t been following along on my instagram story, you might not know that yesterday a student was shot dead by another student on my school campus as school was close to getting out. I’m not sure about the specifics. Some people say they were friends who got into a fight and some people are saying it was an accident.
All I know? Someone is dead.
Isabel and I were talking and about to head home yesterday when an administrator came out of her office and told us to get out of the building immediately. When we got out, there were a bunch of police cars and friends saying they saw someone getting CPR. We were confused and had NO IDEA what was going on.
I got home and went to karate and by the time I got out, a lot more info had come out and I had about a thousand texts from people asking me if I was ok and the news that someone had been killed at my school while I was there and that they hadn’t caught the person who had done it (they have since arrested a suspect).
Even if it wasn’t on purpose THAT IS TERRIFYING. I’m guessing the guy had run away by the time school ended or something like that because they didn’t sound an alarm?? Like they told us to get out but didn’t tell us anything else.
I just want to say something that I said in my story one more time: GUNS ARE THE PROBLEM. Yeah, people are freaking terrible but guns fuel that violence. No kid should ever have access to a gun. We don’t have these kinds of problems in other countries because they either don’t have guns or have stricter laws. I have gotten multiple messages from people who don’t live in the US saying things like “wow I can’t imagine” or “omg that has never happened here”. But I’ve also gotten multiple messages from people who live in the US saying they’ve had similar problems.
We need stricter laws, we need leaders who actually have a conscience and can’t be bribed by the NRA, and we need assault rifles and guns used by the military to be outright banned. I’m sorry but no civilian needs that. We need to change.
There have already been incidents with guns on campus and in the past 4 years, there have been at least 4 threats with people saying they’re going to come to shoot up the school I’m at. That ISN’T NORMAL. These things can’t be normalized and we can’t become numb to it because then the people in charge are going to get away with doing nothing.
My heart goes out to the family and everyone who knew the person who died. I didn’t but it’s still so sad. If y’all want to do things to make sure this doesn’t happen again check out this link from everytown and also the student's demand site. I'm signed up for there newsletter + texting group and they're always sending new info about bills you can support
For the rest of today, I’m going to do some homework and then probably just rest. They thankfully canceled school because dang I am kind of worn out. If you're going through the same thing, take care of yourself!!
Nice job, Nabila. I'm so sorry the adults are failing you and your friends.
ReplyDelete*cracks knuckles* alright let's go for this comment that'll honestly be a rant.
ReplyDeletepersonally, i believe we shouldn't have guns at all. i tell that to my parents and they're like"wELL wHat aBouT sAfeTy???!!@1!?",, right but if you believe that "safety" means carrying around a gun and shooting people when they do you even the slightest bit wrong? OH NO, byeeeeee.
and people are like "but what about hunting and such??",, i don't really have an opinion on that part, mainly because i'm vegetarian and i honestly believe you shouldn't be able to kill animals in general.
this is america, people are dying left and right from guns, my middle school almost got shot up last year, so did my high school, there was a shooting in my neighborhood during new years, all of my friends who live out of the country are all like "oh gosh that's terrible :(", and what does trump do? NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. not gonna lie, i'm sick of hearing all these incidents of shootings (especially bc i live in one of the cities with some of the highest murder rates),, it makes me sick to see these people have their lives taken so suddenly.
anyway, my rant is over. also, i've gone through some similar things, and i get that you may be physically okay, but you may not be mentally/emotionally okay. if you need to talk, i'm always here :)
-mckenzie
the-anti-social-social-clib.blogspot.com
I couldn’t agree more. Much love to you and your classmates .
ReplyDeleteThat's horrible. Hearing about things like this hurts, and you're right, no one deserves to go through that.
ReplyDeleteI understand. It's scary and no one should have to go through this. However, guns are merely a weapon and people are the problem. We get so divided over the stupid things like politics, left, right... What does it solve?
ReplyDeleteSaying a gun is at fault lessens the fault of the person who shot it and that's messed up.
Saying a gun is at fault is like saying a car hit someone. No, the driver of the car hit someone.
Anything can be a weapon. We need to defend ourselves. Bad people will always have a way to get guns. Good people are unarmed to protect themselves and others if you take away guns. If a bad person wants it, they will get it. That's it.
But no matter what, no school should have to deal with things like this. You shouldn't either. I hope that you don't take my comment as rude or combative. Above all I'm glad you're okay. Please know it may take time to heal and that's okay.
I will be praying for your school if that's okay. ❤