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MASS SHOOTINGS, MASSIVE FAILURES
Gun violence is rampant in schools and legislators should be held accountable
Opinion by Natasha Torkzaban
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Firearm deaths occur five times more than drownings. Instead of teaching your child how to swim, you might consider firearm defense training and school shooter drills.
According to CNN, there have been 172 mass shootings as of April 23, reaching a record amount of mass shootings at this point in the year. Regardless of your political agenda, you cannot deny this issue — at least not to the 11,500 people that died from it in 2023.
So many students are outraged, afraid and frankly numb from the constant fatal shootings, myself included. You would think hearing such an act of violence would push students into some sort of disarray, but so many are desensitized because of the constant danger. However, the government has yet to take legal accountability for the complicit negligence that the lack of gun safety has brought.
The Protecting Our Kids Act, introduced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (DNY) in June 2022, called for common sense gun laws and the restriction of firearm purchases for individuals under 21 years of age in its Statement of Administration Policy.
Although government officials say they want to protect children, the state government has been preoccupied with controlling my uterus and banning my transgender classmates from playing sports, both of which have no impact on the safety of children across the state.
According to an article from the Kansas Reflector, the Kansas GOP has plans to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of an National Rifle Association-backed gun program for public schools. The program would encourage elementary and middle school students to participate in an NRA-developed child gun safety curriculum. The curriculum would essentially use colorful cartoons to teach “safe” gun use to students K-8.
This further proves that students’ well-being isn’t the top priority for the Kansas government, nor state governments across the nation. Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay’’ bill and Oklahoma State Sen.
14,965 deaths from gun violence this year
