Rick Santorum made a statement that is a symptom of a problem. A day after people rallied across America calling for stricter gun control laws, he made a cold statement. He stated or as others called it (made a suggestion) that students should learn CPR. Also, they need to learn how to survive school shooting scenarios. Tell that crap to the families and friends of the 17 killed in a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
I would ask is he aware of the first three links below. This is the United States. We are a democracy. The third link deals with the branches of the government. It goes into detail on what the jobs of each branch is supposed to be. Somebody has dropped the ball.
It is a sad day when a tightening of gun control laws causes grown men and women to panic. I have my gun and will fight to keep it. But rapid fire weapons do not belong in public. I saw a deer up close that was killed with one. The meat could not be salvaged to feed hunting dogs. Saw the end results of a squirrel and rabbit killed with same gun. Only bloody tufts of hair were left. These guns need to be controlled and not be for public use.
The people who rallied just want a change in the laws. School is for academics. It should never be a place for teaching students how to duck bullets while learning. The US is not a third world country where that is a reality. Tighten the laws to prevent this. If not, realize that the people who are being made fun of for going to the rallies will be voting soon. School boards that punished these students should realize the same thing. These students protested lawfully which is their right.
I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoneman_Douglas_High_School_shooting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/25/politics/rick-santorum-guns-cnntv/index.html?sr=twCNN032818rick-santorum-guns-cnntv0744AMVODtop
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/28/rick-santorum-cpr-response-489635
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/28/politics/rick-santorum-cpr-gun-control-chris-cuomo-new-day-cnntv/index.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rick-santorum-tries-to-walk-back-cpr-comments-by-making-the-same-point
https://mashable.com/2018/03/28/rick-santorum-parkland-shooting-cpr/#U_Bl_ATNDPqG
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