I can't believe that it's been an entire decade since the Sandy Hook Tragedy. All of these kids are now teenagers, and many of their classmates had their lives abruptly cut short. They're so strong.

@rodriguezvanessa8583

Жыл бұрын

I remember when this happened!! I was 9 years old in the 3rd grade. I just graduated back in June!! It’s crazy to think that k-2nd would now be 10-12th grade!!!!!😭❤️ times flies crazy!

@rebeccahargis9061

Жыл бұрын

They shouldn’t have to be. We all need to fight for gun reform in this country.

@projectherrikane1184

Жыл бұрын

@@rebeccahargis9061 guns are u stoopid or what its not guns its these idiots lowlife lonely scumbag nothing to live for assbutts thats doing these killings , u tthink guns gonna solve this u are retard, whats gonna stop them from using knives , axes, chainsaw , sledgehammer huh kmon u tard , get some sense in ur head and stop being an idiot like the rest of the world and blaming it on guns , is these mental assbutts we need to worry bout, guns lamfo get thug fudge outta here u tard

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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It's so saddening that they have to write "Dear future survivor" knowing that future school shootings are almost inevitable. Rest in peace to all the victims of these tragedies 💛

@kevinkarenkljyan9464

Жыл бұрын

Our society is so sick and so evil.

@vickieclark5931

Жыл бұрын

Yep it is very chilling when you think about it. Cause we know that it will happen again. :(

@adamkalb1

Жыл бұрын

These criminals, mass-murders, and domestic terrorists are not inevitable and eternal if we listen to warning signs and punish threatening people early to nip this in the bud, and take care of them early before they become any worse and do more damage!

@PalashaGabarra

Жыл бұрын

Breaking news: violence will occur in the future.

@LC-ur8gv

8 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same, almost as if it's become something that kids in school have to get used to now, almost non-shocking anymore. Simply unbelievable. I wonder when America is going to even try to do something about it, instead of letting this become part of its culture.

"I wish someone would have told me that even after a year I still wouldn't feel like my old self… And she may never come back." That hit me hard. It is heartbreaking that this is our new normal. God bless all the survivors ❤

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Жыл бұрын

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@fidelianerina

Жыл бұрын

The sad thing is, we always change. We will never be the same as we were. As a child to teen, from teen to young adult, etc, but this is so much different. The change something like this causes is significant. It's really sad to see how one thing can change so much.

The fact they’re writing letters to help future survivors who’s classmates are still alive is heartbreaking because it’s inevitable it will happen again and we don’t know where or when or who will be taken… We need change! We need to protect our children… Praying for all past and future victims and survivors of gun violence. X

@jom678

Жыл бұрын

I agree, I don't understand why we can't have change. It is common sense laws that will save our children

@renanphillips1479

Жыл бұрын

It’s not inevitable it’s easily avoidable

@renanphillips1479

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCalebMalone gun control and more mental health resources. You probably won’t like that answer, but it’s just the truth. It’s harder to get a drivers license than it is to get a gun. That doesn’t seem right.

@janellemora6457

Жыл бұрын

A lot of these future survivors and victims haven't even been born yet. Let that sink in.

@jennifermoody6987

Жыл бұрын

@@renanphillips1479 exactly! The process for purchasing and owning guns should be much more difficult than it is.. I don't approve of guns per se, but I do believe that people should have a right to own them to protect themselves and their families.. indepth background checks and mental health screening for those wanting to own guns is the best way to address a lot of these issues..

The fact that they are writing to "future survivors" leaves a heavy weight. It didn't end with them or that it hasn't stopped.

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Жыл бұрын

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@CherryBlossomBlyue

Жыл бұрын

This!

The fact that the little girl from Uvalde was still alive when they pulled her out just makes me more mad. If they would have went in there like they are suppose to she could be alive today along with some of those other kids. They were fighting to survive while those cowards were standing around scared to go in.

@hoodieso8858

Жыл бұрын

They were in the school,, They just failed to engage the suspect until it was too late.

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Жыл бұрын

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@Confusedn1NJA

Жыл бұрын

@@hoodieso8858 literally that’s what we’re upset about. They didn’t go in

@hoodieso8858

Жыл бұрын

@@Confusedn1NJA ik they fucked up

@jennifermoody6987

Жыл бұрын

@@Confusedn1NJA that's kinda similar to the way officers acted with the Las Vegas mass shooting..smh.. too afraid of something happening to themselves more than they are about protecting innocent people who aren't wearing bulletproof vests and carrying firearms the way they are.. not to mention, that's what their job description entails and they swore an oath to uphold..

It’s been one of the most deadliest decades in school history! I hope in the future our schools will be safer, and peaceful!

@gwenmloveskpopcecmore

Жыл бұрын

Yeah no wonder other countries don’t allow people to carry guns

There are no words... I can only offer a warm embrace. I'm so sorry that happened to all of you.

@ryanehlis426

Жыл бұрын

Lol 🎉😊

@anime4318

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanehlis426 Shut up

@ryanehlis426

Жыл бұрын

@@anime4318 lol, the acting 🎭 continues.

@anime4318

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanehlis426 Shut up

She is so strong and so are the rest of the survivors of those awful tragedy

We have failed. I'm sorry. Thank you for sharing your voice.

Bless these innocent souls

My sister was recently invovled in a shooting, injuried as well. We're lucky she's alive, we're lucky she's with us. It's hard, we're struggling, my other sister and I have been trying our hardest to pick up the pieces but no one can prepare you for these sorts of things. It's hard, it's a long journey to even feel some sort of normalcy. I feel for the victims, I feel for the families affected by any shooting, it's not easy.

I lost all hope with public schools, so I've been homeschooling my kids for 4 years now. They absolutely love it

@nata3467

Жыл бұрын

These shootings are not the fault of public schools this is a fault of a society that has put the second amendment above the lives of children.

@user-be3iu9vz4s

Жыл бұрын

lmao good luck with them losing touch with reality

@vickiefinney6073

Жыл бұрын

@@user-be3iu9vz4s please, my kids are homeschool, NOT IN PRISON

This is a great idea for those that have experienced such trauma as therapy but also help future students. It's sad that they need to write these to future students. Now, we don't know if they will go to future students or if it's just part of the steps they have to go through to work through the trauma

@bre.172

Жыл бұрын

We shouldn’t have to do this

Hugs to everyone!!! They're all an inspiration and so strong.

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Жыл бұрын

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This is true trauma

To all survivors and all those who passed, we love and support you. Big hugs, all my prayers and thoughts are for you guys and what you went through

@karen5916

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️❤️

This is sick. This is preventable, that’s the most catastrophic part of this whole thing.

Praying for these survivors....

I work down the road from Oxford Highschool and graduated in 2006. I worked with one of the Young kids killed that day - My brother goes to Oxford and was very good friends with Tate. Our entire community is still coping and will be for many many years. This has changed our community and has brought a very dark time for us all. There is not a day that goes by that it is not mentioned in passing or you hear someone talking about it. Sorry for everyone involved in any sort of tragedy like this. Stay Blessed everyone!

@rachelt4792

Жыл бұрын

💙💛

Poignant. Tragic. Sad. Our reality of living in a country like we do.

🤗 Warm hugs from the family of Columbine High school teacher, coach and hero Dave Sanders 💙 who was murdered along with 12 students on April 20, 1999!!👣 #ptsdsurvivor #davesandersstepdaughter

@bessmahaneypilates8638

Жыл бұрын

Bless you ❤❤❤

@TraumaSurvivorCynthia

Жыл бұрын

@@bessmahaneypilates8638 🤗 Thank you.❤️

@14elvira14

Жыл бұрын

❤️🙏

Mind blowing. This little video was so well done. God Bless all those that came forward and shared.

This is so moving, thoughtful, and well done. I too am a survivor of a different type that may have been a result of violence. I will never know. I suffered a traumatic brain injury and I have no memory of it to this day. The effects of it are with me for life. I too, have been changed for good. And although some of the things that I deal with daily are not good, I know that my Father in Heaven will make all things turn out for good both in my life here and when I am in His presence. Yes, good will come to me as I pray it will come to each of you.

@TheBeautyAround

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Big hug!

These people are so strong and hardest time. Sending prayers from Wv.

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Жыл бұрын

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Unfortunately it never goes away you learn to cope with things in a degree. I'm sorry these children dealt with something this harsh cause guilt and pain are going to never leave for those who are suffering my heart goes out to you.

@jameswilliams3t

Жыл бұрын

Hey 😊

While I was not in danger in the shooting, I was attending Virginia Tech during their mass shooting. And in the weeks and months that followed, I had hoped it would never happen anywhere else again. I’m so sorry to see just how many have happened since then.

If a friend or a classmate shows signs that they might harm themselves or others, please report this to a trusted teacher or guidance counselor. You could save their life.

@TheBeautyAround

Жыл бұрын

And pray reporting it works. Remember that kid last year his parents got him a gun for christmas? The teacher did report it. The parents did not think much of it and then the kid killed 4 students.

@22lyric

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBeautyAround my memory is going, did the teacher report it to OFFICIALS? People need to report to more than one person, and DEFINITELY more than just the personal parents!

@TheBeautyAround

Жыл бұрын

@@22lyric She told the parents the day before the shooting that something disturbing was going on. The next day the teacher took him to the principal. The parents were called to pick him up. when they showed up they had meeting were they were told to take him and get him help and not return until he was given an assessment. They refused to take him with them. They left the school and before they made it back home the kid had already killed the students. He came out of the bathroom shooting. Nobody cared to checked the backpack. The school did not know about him being given a weapon by his parents. In this very unique case the parents are being charged. For their negligence and for leaving the state to not get arrested.

@graciegonzales2077

Жыл бұрын

They could also show signs that they experienced enough pain and bullying in class that they'll want to kill everyone in school. Don't forget. These shooters may have had a reason to cause these actions. I know this because I've been bullied a lot. I was alone most of the time, even when I was involved. Yet, when I come home, it's like nothing ever happened. What's worse is when I argued with the people on a sports team when we played together, they treat me like a loser, a weakling, and a problem to everyone, even when I tried to stand up for myself and eventually lose my temper in the process. I also argued with the nerds since they said they were better than me and I would never do anything right. There were times where I wanted to shoot everyone and create an end of the world. There were other times to where I think they were right about me and I would try to commit suicide, stabbing and slapping myself several times. I also thought how my reputation that I created would fall since I was in other organizations and everyone would see me as a psychopath or violent criminal if I did do a school shooting. I tried so hard to prove everyone in school that I was worth something. After graduating, I vowed never to go back to those people ever again, especially the ones who gave me a lot of pain in the past. I thought of therapy before, but I knew they would probably make it worse by calling the cops on me or taking me to an asylum. I really don't trust the the therapy around either. At least I'm finally free from that torture and can move on from the past. I may have a lot of issues, but I know what it's like to deal with a lot of trauma.

@kkaayyllaaf

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBeautyAround I don’t think kids receiving guns for Christmas is really a common thing these days. And even if they did, a gun received on Christmas isn’t going to inspire a mentally sane person to go kill people.

Last Monday's mass shooting at Michigan State led me back here. 3 people were killed and 5 people were wounded. One of the people who was wounded is now paralyzed from the chest down! ☹️

A great movie that captures what survivors go through after a shooting is called "The Fallout." The anxiety, numbness, guilt, etc. that someone feels after going through something like this is unprecedented. People think the only ones affected are the victims' families, but school shootings affect everyone. Everyone suffers, and it's horrible.

I can’t believe we are normalizing having to do this

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Жыл бұрын

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So moving. My tears are for those who suffered through these tragic events.

I find it disturbing that these survivors have to do this for future survivors of school shootings, there should be no future survivors or victims. so heartbreaking!

My heart is breaking. This is the saddest video I've ever come across. I'm so sorry for all of you that you had to go through this. You're amazingly strong! And it makes me soo angry that everyone knows that there'll be next ones

This has got to stop 😓💔

Writing these letters knowing it’s going to happen again

@TheBeautyAround

Жыл бұрын

Sadly!

@prancer1803

Жыл бұрын

How do you/we prevent it???

@theafamily8693

Жыл бұрын

@@prancer1803 I would say mental health support

@EatYourVegetables2920

Жыл бұрын

@@theafamily8693 or restrict gun laws.

@theafamily8693

Жыл бұрын

@@EatYourVegetables2920 It’s the person handling the firearm thats the problem it isn’t the firearm. I think mental health issues need to be properly addressed

The fact that they need to write letters to FUTURE survivors is heartbreaking. Why anything changing?

This past week was my first time in a real lockdown in my highschool. It gave me a small peek into what it could've been like for all those other people out there that had to go through so much worse, and it breaks my heart. My school was lucky that day.

i remember going into lockdown in my 6th grade english class and learning it was because children in sandy hook were actively getting gunned down. that drill just felt different, like the first time I truly understood why we did these drills.

The letters are heartbreaking but uplifting

This is absolutely beautiful, bittersweet, and well-written. Wow.

I still feel that pain 10 years ago when it happened. It was Friday December 14th . I remember going into my class room and I saw the news and I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing it just shocked me and it made me wanna cry for those kids and parents who lost their children and children who lost their friends.

Incredible stories of survival.

That broke my heart!💔

I was only 11 when this tragedy took place. My entire 5th grade class watched an entire news segment on this tragedy. I thought to myself that if something like that were to ever happen to me- I knew in my heart I would of needed to stay strong to both my family and my friends. I know in my heart this sweet girl will heal- it just takes time. Today marks a dark day 10 years ago, Never forget Sandy Hook. May the innocent lives taken that day Rest In Peace 💔🙏🕊😔

@benjamaster4k

Жыл бұрын

I was only 14 or 15 when this happened but I remember going to school and everyone was talking about it scary place man.

@laurent.9968

Жыл бұрын

I was 10 when sandy hook happened, now I'm 20. I remember watching the news on tv about sandy hook

@gwenmloveskpopcecmore

Жыл бұрын

I was like in Kindergarten

This is sad. Anything that corrupts or destroys a person’s innocence and life forever especially an early elementary school students are the most evil in my honest opinion.

So beautiful and so very sad at the same time especially since these things continue to happen

My heart is in my throat.. ❤

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Жыл бұрын

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@yaelfeder9042

Жыл бұрын

Me too

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Жыл бұрын

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Crazy how I thought this was the last of it 😓

It's about time we take the parents/guardians of these monsters accountable.

@bekindtoanimals2189

Жыл бұрын

And Alex Jones. Is his money keeping him out of prison?

My heart goes out to all the survivors, victims, and their familes. And the person in this video that lost her sister to the Robb elementary school shooting. As an older sister myself, I can't imagine my little sister losing her life like this. Thankfully, I live in a safe community, however I'm still scared for my loved ones, and my school

Letter writing can be an extremely useful healing tool. I pray they all find the healing and peace they each need. The truth is we all have traumas. Trauma is trauma. We are all effected differently. I turned to drugs for over twenty years to cope with mine. I’m clean 8 months now.

This tragedy happened when I was 3 (I’m 13) when the sandy hook shooting happened it’s so sad to hear all of this especially from an elementary school. These shootings only got more common, the most horrific shooting now might be the one in uvalde.

So powerful

Emilie Parker was truly an angel

"you'll never be the same, but you'll learn to live with this..."

Oh it’s infuriating that these people got shot at SCHOOL… and that they are far from the last to have to go thru it. what has this world come to? 🥺

Heart breaking

I don't think there is a single student or teacher out there who isn't afraid that these letters might one day be for them.

Living in Colorado and being surrounded by gun violence all around, it’s unfortunate the amount of loss we as a country have endured.

Thank You for sharing Your story and I am so sorry that this is a part of Your life, but I am so very Proud of You for carrying on and for reaching out 💕 to other survivors. I Thank You with my whole heart mental health is a serious matter and the stigmas are detrimental in themselves....I am happy and grateful You are here in the World sharing the truths of the struggles and fighting the good fight You my Dear are loved by Me too!! 💕❤️💕❤️

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Жыл бұрын

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I remember when I was a senior in high school I was in history class and my teacher was talking about the sandy hook shooting and then I said “You know the guy that did that is a complete piece of s**t” and my teacher just looked at me and she said “Yes he is” It was one of the only times I didn’t get in trouble for saying a swear word in school RIP to all the children that were murdered in the sandy hook tragedy

@CherryBlossomBlyue

Жыл бұрын

This!

@heaththornton763

Жыл бұрын

@@CherryBlossomBlyue what’s this?

Beautiful!

Wow, inspiring and well said. It is so sad that a video like this is needed, but the truth is, it is needed even more now. I am one of the very lucky ones, in my high school, we had 1 attempt but thankfully their peer spoke up before it got to the point of a shooting. The adults and police took it seriously and stop it. I believe it is because of seeing all the shooting in the late 90's and 2000's that their peer spoke up, being brave to save lives. Please be brave to speak up and save the lives of your friends.

im no longer in school, but every time my brother goes. i get so scared. he's only five. what is that happens to him too? we need to stop this violence against children who did nothing but live and learn.

@Itsurgirlevelyn

Жыл бұрын

ill pray for your brother's safety and as well for the others who go to his school. he has god watching over him. spend time with your brother as much as possible. stay strong!! we all need to comfort eachother to help things like this stop!

Heartbreaking 🥺🥺❤️🙏🏽

So many tears

I was in kindergarten when this happened, I don’t remember it being on the news but I feel for everybody that was involved in it.

Thank you survivors. We stand with you in the fight. Rest in peace to all those lost in gun violence ❤

It has been a whole 10 years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting. I'm glad to see that these survivors are thriving through all the grief and depression they went through that changed their lives forever.

@Joe_Okey

Жыл бұрын

The sad thing is that they also had to deal with all of the conspiracy nutjobs who tried to claim that they were crisis actors. That certainly didn't help their mental health at all. I wish them nothing but the best going forward and hope that they can live the rest of their lives in peace.

@iranoutofusernameideas7438

11 ай бұрын

@@Joe_Okey Yes, how dare they question the script that the tel-lie-vision gives them.

I remember Oxford I held my nephews and nieces a little bit closer. I’m lucky enough to attend a college that’s less than 10 minutes from their respective schools if there is an emergency I can be there in seconds.

I remember the Sandy Hook tragedy in 2012. I too, was in elementary school and the same age as those kids that had their lives taken away from them. My elementary school in Connecticut paid tribute to one child in particular, Catherine, that died. Our school had rebuilt our playground for her and her mother gave an impactful speech to us. I wasn't able to grasp the severity of the situation at the time and I thought it was cool that we had a new playground. It wasn't until I was put into a bad position myself that I realized how many beautiful kids died in Baby Kayli's song when I was in a homeless shelter.

Dude that’s was so heartbreaking to watch 😭😭😭

Is there an organization that we can donate to so we can support families that lost loved ones in these tragic events?

Wow 10 years since sandy

Got to keep the line going.

Been happening from these stories since 1997 what else do people have to see to make a change. The states should be shaking their heads especially with this wow

This is very sad. American gun culture is a tragic excepionalism..

@PonyBoy1776

Жыл бұрын

What's the correlation with American gun culture and the sandy hook shooting?

@michalovesanime

Жыл бұрын

@@PonyBoy1776 are you serious? This stuff (school shootings) doesn't happen in other Western countries, even countries were citizens are allowed to own firearms. It is literally the unique culture around firearms that makes the USA the only country that struggles with this. Literally only USA.

@benjobanjo7475

Жыл бұрын

@@michalovesanimeYes it does. I can give you a list of school shootings from around the world. And that's not anything to do with guns anyway. if people WANTED TO they could drive cars into school kids of stab them to death. USA has had guns and schools around for centuries without this problem. And there are MANY nations with much higher shooting rates then the USA. Banning guns does not save life or stop anything.

@PonyBoy1776

Жыл бұрын

@@michalovesanime gun culture is not to blame here. Why are you blaming basically millions of firearm owners over the acts of scumbags? Blame the individuals and not the culture as a whole. These scum act on their own

everything happens for a reason and sometimes its the bad things too stay strong and positive!

😭💔

I couldn't finish the video. Be safe this Holidays people

i was 5 when sandy hook happened. now i’m a school shooting survivor. this country has let these kids die in vain.

Seeing that sweet Angel ... 189 shootings at schools around the US since Sandy Hook that have resulted in at least one fatality. What are we doing wrong America?

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 god bless yall for surviving thank God yall survive💜💜💜🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏☻️

So sad what those kids who survived will be traumatized by this event is something they will never forget.

I remember being in college when Columbine happened. It was unfathomable at the time and felt like a one-off tragedy. Who would have thought it would become a trend that we have to see over and over again.

I'm so sorry that you had your childhood or adolescence and therefore innocence, stolen from you and were forced to grow up too soon.

As a parent of a graduating Senior I can’t help but think about those babies and that they should be graduating too.

I work in a middle school and this is my greatest fear.

I would love to see all of these in a book and maybe have the money raise from the book go to helping out survivors or the sandy hook promise site, or any of the many other wonderful sites set up to help and gun violence

@LL-yy6mn

Жыл бұрын

Wow. This is a great idea.

@michaellovely6601

Жыл бұрын

This is a pretty good idea; but what would be an appropriate title for the potential book? For example; Columbine survivor Crystal Woodman-Miller published a book about her experience on April 20th, 1999 that was titled "Columbine: Marked for Life." Even though Crystal was not physically injured she was left marked with a mental and emotional scar that she will carry with her for the rest of her life.

I was in 5th grade when the loud speaker at my school went off and they let us know what happened at sandy hook we held a moment of silence some students even cried.. I went to school in Long Island New York at the time, we all felt these kids pain without really FEELING IT.

Most of your lives , after those events , I guess that people used to tell you " I am so sorry for what you've been through.. " and I think that that is what they keep telling you but are those " sorry " going to earase all those traumatic events? I don't think so but to be honest as someone who didn't and hoping to never go through this , I don't really know what else to say . You are not victims , you survived through pain and sorrow . And I hope , that you'll keep surviving . I want you to know that a lot of people are supporting you . Life will never be the same but you'll go through it . I'm sending my deepest condoleances , love , prayers to you'll . You are warriors and heroes , Our HEROES

I remember so vividly watching the news about Sandy Hook happening and sitting there in utter shock. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years.

I cried like a baby newborn baby;*(

So saddd

God, 15-year-old me was listening to music more than my teachers in school. But then again, I live in the UK where we only have had 1 school shooting in 1996 before I was born and we did something about it. Sadly, most Americans are protecting their guns rather than their children's lives. That needs to change or there will be more tragedy

Imagine living through New Town, Conneticut then see the same type of school shooting almost identical happen again after a whole decade of gun rallies and talks to the congress and government....That is something not many around the world can even began to feel for, most government around the world at least either introduce measures that would instatly stopped something like that from happening if not pass a law so huge, something like this wont ever be something a criminal would want to commit. Example can be seen with Australia's Port Arthur massacre, a bill was introduced where automatic rifles would be banned from being owned by anyone in the country...

I was 7 when Columbine happened. And it was, for a WHILE, the example of a school shooting. Then Virginia Tech happened when I was 14 in 2007 and THAT became the example. Then Sandy Hook when I was 20 in 2012. And then suddenly it wasn’t just in school. Aurora and Sandy happened in the SAME year. MGM VEGAS and Parkland BOTH happened in the same year. Suddenly it wasn’t 5 years apart or even 10 years apart. With Texas, it’s just proof that parents were ultimately okay with Sandy Hook. That they chose guns over children and mental health. And I’m someone who supports armed defense. Nobody wants to solve the issue. Just make it disappear. I’m numb. Nobody truly cares. If they did, parents would change. The COUNTRY would have changed. And this is why we feel such a sense of doom. The ones who CAN prevent these aren’t. And the children pay the price.

I can't imagine the pain and suffering these people have dealt with. I have only dealt with a different second hand trauma and that was horrible enough. May they find peace. We as a country have failed these young souls. We need to fix our gun problem.

Love u Jackie from Olivia tredwell camp