Some of the threats were very much not “false.” There were multiple specific threats of a shooter within a class at our school, and a specific “target list” that they would “soon eliminate.” These came from a student who claimed that they were in a science class room in the middle of the building, “waiting for lockdown to end for action” through a fake snapchat account. The list included multiple students and administrators, and there were at least 10 fully armed (like, very large weaponry)  local police officers on site to escort students (including myself) out of the school early. So yeah, not a great day, and definitely not empty threats.,(reply>), @ً Well, while I'll agree with you that places like California are shitholes, safety comes from the overall community holding good moral values (which California is lacking) and having a solid family system (which California is also heavily lacking). It has nothing to do with who has guns and who doesn't.,(reply>), @Arnox I know where your going but it really isn't that way, yet at least. And we are heading in the opposit directions of your apprehensions. I was in many countries, a lot of russians and I did a semstre in california too. And in hindsight I've never felt as safe as here in germany. One thing I've learned is when there are plenty of kids out on the streets it shows you a really trustworthy sign of how safe you are in your country and it tells you a lot about the social structure and stability of the country you are in and safety as well.<br><br>It's really like living in different worlds,(reply>), @ً I get it. It's your country so I won't say very much. Just that the lack of guns does not make me feel safe. Quite the opposite to be honest. When the government has a monopoly on violent force, that's HELLA dangerous, because they have all the cards now.<br><br>It may be perfectly fine at the moment, but sometime in the future, when the government inevitably begins to get corrupt, you guys will be seriously hurting for a means of resistance besides peaceful protest, assuming such doesn't work. Not to say that you guys wouldn't be able to do so, but it will be much much harder.,(reply>), @Arnox Of course there are nearly no guns around. But no matter where in the world you are. If you really want a gun you can get one. But you feel generally really safe here because there are literally no guns in broader public. That's probably a reason why conversations with police are really professional and chill here. Also you can go out in the night and feel safe. Also there are many childrens here outside and alone or with other kids. So yeah generally a really safe and chill place here.,(reply>), @lez carpenter Nah there were no shootings after all. It was back then when Facebook was still a new thing. The cool kids who did those threats where caught later on. The most creepy thing though was that the parents didn't got called. You went to school like there was nothing instead of closing the school down for a week and follow back the trace from the threat to the person.<br><br>One quite fun thing was that one time a friend of mine who was always they came late that one day too. He stood infront of a the locked door to our classroom and had quite a strange conversation with our teacher for half an our lmao