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infullview

(982 posts)
Mon Jul 18, 2022, 08:17 AM Jul 2022

Bulletproof steel shelters sold as solution to school shootings


A company in Fort Pierce, Florida – not far from Parkland, site of the 2018 school shooting that killed 17 – is stirring controversy with its plan to protect children from school shootings by hiding them in bullet-resistant steel enclosures.

To many, the idea of directing children into stark metal boxes serves as an alarming symbol of a country that fails time and again to address the causes of its gun violence crisis.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/17/bulletproof-steel-shelters-sold-as-solution-to-school-shootings
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Bulletproof steel shelters sold as solution to school shootings (Original Post) infullview Jul 2022 OP
Great suffocating in a box Historic NY Jul 2022 #1
teargas canister through the ventilation holes infullview Jul 2022 #2
Sounds like a another use for used shipping containers. doc03 Jul 2022 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2022 #4
Or.. how safe are the kids, runnin- no they're not allowed to run 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #5
Then republicans must Turbineguy Jul 2022 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2022 #7
What an utterly pathetic and contemptable country this has become. (nt) Paladin Jul 2022 #8

infullview

(982 posts)
2. teargas canister through the ventilation holes
Mon Jul 18, 2022, 08:32 AM
Jul 2022

Or if really sadistic, spray foam in the ventilation holes and suffocate the occupants. Either way it sounds like a supremely stupid idea.

doc03

(35,395 posts)
3. Sounds like a another use for used shipping containers.
Mon Jul 18, 2022, 08:34 AM
Jul 2022

Lock 50 kids in a 40 foot shipping container.

Response to infullview (Original post)

3Hotdogs

(12,440 posts)
5. Or.. how safe are the kids, runnin- no they're not allowed to run
Mon Jul 18, 2022, 09:09 AM
Jul 2022

Walking from the school to the shelter

Response to Turbineguy (Reply #6)

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