“Chances are, you’re never ever going to have to use this. If you do, it’s gonna be scary,” Kate Carleton told the 20 or so 8- and 9-year-olds. “But because we’ve taught you what to do, it makes it a little less scary.”

She spent the next 30 minutes teaching them how to stop a wound from bleeding out.

Although a child dying at school in a mass shooting may be unlikely, a child dying from a gunshot is not. Firearms are the leading cause of death among people 18 and younger in the US, accounting for nearly 19% of all childhood deaths.

  • @jordanlund
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    45 months ago

    When I was in school we had earthquake drills and stop drop and roll. My parents had “Duck and Cover”.

    Not sure how this is any different other than being potentially more useful.

    https://youtu.be/6IYrA3Ans_U

    • @Arbiter
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      85 months ago

      Earthquakes and Fires still happen though

      • @0110010001100010
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        5 months ago

        Also, earthquakes and fires aren’t something that can be stopped through legislation.

        What CAN be done about both of those things is to mandate building codes to minimize the risk.

        Perhaps we could apply a similar concept to guns…

        • @Arbiter
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          15 months ago

          The US government was able to pressure God off the whole polygamy rules in Mormonism.

          I think we could do the same for earthquakes and fires.