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  Felons should be able to vote after servicing their sentence
context: My wife works in district! She has friends who work at the school. They said the woman shot went to admin multiple times to voice her concerns with the child who was acting strange. Then, the student shot her. Admin is a joke. >
  
  Not surprising at all and why so many of us are leaving this profession. I've been in the same situation, as have every single one of my elementary school peers. I've worked in an affluent school for over a decade and it now worries me more than when I started out and taught in the projects. 
  Thank you for speaking up! Only teachers, their family, and closest friends understand how terribly bad it's gotten. Everyone else is still in denial or shock. >
  
  My sister is now a teacher in a super-affluent high school and has said the same thing; the atmosphere and the events that are happening to/from the students are way more intense than any urban or rural farmland school she’s worked at. The admin is so afraid of the parents, the kids are effectively allowed to do whatever they want, whenever they want. >
  
  This is what the “parents rights” movment has done to us >
  
  Yep and any attempt by a teacher/admin to control the situation is “big government indoctrination” it’s so fucking stupid. >
  
  And the ones who scream about schools "indoctrinating" kids haven't set foot inside a school or taken an active interest in their kid's education in years. >
  
  How dare you indoctrinate my kid who I’m trying to indoctrinate >
  
  When i was six i peed my pants on the carpet during story time because i didn’t want to miss the story. >
  
  Right?   I loved my teachers… it was fun to go to school and have story time and popcorn on Fridays!   Oh and when the local firefighters came and we got to outside to see the fire trucks!     What have we become. >
  
  "Kindergartner shoots fireman for not letting him turn on the hose." >
  
  "6 year old wanted to use the hose, instead busts a cap in them hoes" >
  
  Mrs Miller read stories from the bible. Odd because we were a public school.  She refused to read the story about Samson because apparently he wasted his life and was gay.
  I was 6.  This was 1981 in Toronto. >
  
  Circle-Square! >
  
  
  we are going to learn from this
  
  Hey I doubt it! >
  
  
  "This was not an accidental shooting," Police Chief Steve Drew told reporters during an evening press conference.
  
  Seriously?  A 6-year-old planned an attack on a teacher?  
  I have no words. >
  
  Children that age don't understand the implications of their actions. A child that age would launch nukes because they didn't get ice cream if the button was in front of them. And no doubt this is a very troubled child. What is absolutely insane is that this child was able to procure a gun and get it to school and evidently had learned from someone how to fire it. >
  
  I have a daughter who is about to turn 5 and she has an aggressive cousin who is about a year younger than her; it makes her “nervous” to be around him and ”worried” he is going to be “mean” to her and Mema and Papa (her words, not mine).  
  Young children can have emotional intelligence, especially enough to understand that it is not okay to hurt someone else.
  
  What is absolutely insane is that this child was able to procure a gun and get it to school and evidently had learned from someone how to fire it.
  
  Yes, that is very disturbing. >
  
  Your parents suck. So did his. >
  
  They reacted as if it were some plaything or antique. Which it was. But muskets are also antiques, and in 2023 you can shoot someone dead with one just as you could in 1770 >
  
  It is an antique maybe, but let me tell you that getting hit with a fucking sword will still hurt and maybe even cut, even if it's dull. You might let 1 thing slide, but when there's multiple red flags going on, you should avoid that person at all cost. Her parents suck for letting all of that happen on their roof. >
  
  That's what I'm saying- they dismissed it because they didn't recognize it as something still actually dangerous... They're totally dumb. Also missed the detail these kids were messing around on the roof, of all places! 😜 >
  
  How does a six year old have access to, the ability to conceal and bring to school, and the knowledge to use a handgun?! What the fuck is going on out there?? >
  
  Parents keeping loaded weapons in easily accessible locations. >
  
  Parents should be charged as accessory to attempted murder. >
  
  Parents very likely will be charged with something. It’s very difficult to charge a child under the age of 10 with a crime. >
  
  And charging a six year old is utterly pointless. They can put the kid in some secured facility or group home without relying on criminal charges. >
  
  
  
  This was not an accidental shooting
  
  
  Fuck us all >
  
  No, no, we're going to be OK:
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  "It's a dark day for Newport News," Jones said. "We're going to learn from this, and we're going to come back stronger."
  
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  !Just kidding.  We're not going to learn a thing from this.!< >
  
  Come on man. The lesson is clear. If that teacher was armed, she would’ve shot the evil 6 year old and defended herself. If a good 6 year old next to the evil 6 year had a shotgun he would’ve killed the evil 6 year old before the teacher was shot. You need to arm the good guys and then delete all doors except for one.
  Come on. How hard is that to understand?
  Goddamn liburls. >
  
  Obviously we need to fund mental health care for checks notes toddlers and kindergarteners and first graders. >
  
  I’m not even sure how much capacity for consequences a six year old has. They are very dumb. Respectfully. I could totally see a six year old doing this and then only
  Realizing what happened after the gun goes off. >
  
  I have a 6 year old.  She knows something like that would be very, very bad.  However, she doesnt know what the fallout would be or what would happen to that persons family, etc. >
  
  I have a 5 and 7yo.  our 7yo needs help with emotional regulation, and we are trying to get him into a therapist or someone who is qualified to help him and help us help him, and his pede won't just start meds without a consult.  there is a 4 year wait on appointments.  we literally want to help him, so we are relying on self help and our best judgements from reading books and shit that experts have written on the subject.  we still need help. >
  
  Martial arts may help. I’m a taekwondo instructor and the absolute best part of my job is when a parent comes in and tells me how much their kid has changed. Kiddo freshly diagnosed with ADHD and on the spectrum started classes and would cover his ears, cry, etc. he still has bad days but they are few and far between. Not just on the mat but home and school too. He’s just one example. 
  If you are interested, I’m more than happy to look into schools in your area and recommend one. >
  
  I want to second this. I have a 6 year old girl with ADHD who struggles with emotion regulation and focusing. We decided to try karate. She's been attending for three months and the improvements we've seen have been amazing. I went from getting at least one call a week from the school to none in the past two months. >
  
  That is FANTASTIC! I got a similar report from a parent recently and it felt like I got an extra paycheck. If you haven’t, please tell her instructors. It will really make their day. I smiled like a dork at my phone as I read your last sentence, lol. So awesome! >
  
  Even though it was a teacher that was targeted in this instance, I couldn't help but also think back to the Buell Elementary shooting where the shooter was also a 6-year-old.
  I hope this teacher recovers well and recovers quickly. This is awful. >
  
  This....this was not the first 6 year old shooter??? >
  
  Where’s that kid now? Is he a monster?
  Just wondering btw because some of them do go on to be evil >
  
  Case was sealed, you won't know. There are plenty of young murders around though that turned out to be upstanding citizen later. Even a guy who murdered his entire family when he was like 12 and later became a hero of his community. >
  
  Wait what? Can you link me an article about that last one because holy shit >
  
  Wesley Elkins, murdered his parents in their sleep at age 12 (his baby sister was in the bed w parents but he did not kill her). Was sentenced to life in prison and was eventually pardoned. Lived the rest of his life as a normal person. Episode 16 of Criminal. >
  
  I'm surprised there isn't more about this guy considering he was imprisoned at age 12 and contributed to the idea of rehabilitation of prisoners instead of just pure punishment in the 1900s while in his twenties. Thank you for episode number. >
  
  Fucking six? 
  "A 6-year-old student shot a teacher during an altercation at a Virginia elementary school on Friday, police said. No students were injured in the incident at Richneck Elementary School, Newport News police said in a statement."
  I'm going home. >
  
  Yep same age as my nephew. What was the kids reaction afterwards? >
  
  They passed around the goodie bag and each took one piece of candy /s
  There is frustratingly little actual information in the article. The people quoted had nothing at all to do with the incident >
  
  In addition to the parents being thrown in jail, they need to be banned from owning guns for life. Infinite levels of negligence. >
  
  Lol, you realize there are people arguing that taking guns away from felons is unconstitutional, even recent court cases with this opinion. This country is dumb AF sometimes. >
  
  It's mindblowing, honestly. "Restricting felons from voting = A-OK". "Restricting felons from owning firearms = UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!11!".