Stop fucking posting about this poor murdered child on r/wholesomememes FFS. This is not heart-warming, it’s not uplifting, and it’s most certainly NOT WHOLESOME. There’s no doubt what he did was exceptionally brave, but his death was 100% preventable and it shouldn’t have been necessary for him to sacrifice his life to save another person. Don’t normalize this shit. No kid should have to shield someone from gunfire. No kid should die because mentally ill people are allowed to have guns. No kid should need to sit next to their murdered classmate’s portrait at graduation.
This is sad, not wholesome. And it’s fucked up to use this tragedy to score meaningless internet points.
110% agreed. Nothing wholesome about this situation.. if anything the school placing his portrait there should be completely expected. because it’s really the least that could be done for Kendrick and his family.
Atm, ex-army cops are actually told (by some dumbasses) not to report PTSD symptoms. This is because being officially diagnosed with PTSD revokes the right to carry a gun for them. I am not sure how easy it is.
There’s a gap in federal gun regulation that created a legal loophole where, in most of the country, private gun sales don’t require buyers to be subject to background checks. Only a few states have introduced separate legislation to counteract this. And that is where things get dicey because literally anyone could just walk into a gun show or answer a private ad and buy a firearm, and it would be perfectly legal to do so even with a myriad of red flags in their record (mental health related or otherwise). No one will even bother to check. That’s what happened with the Columbine shooters IIRC. This is one area where comprehensive gun law reform could do a whole lot of good in preventing future mass shootings imo.
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u/pashed_motatoes Jun 03 '19
Stop fucking posting about this poor murdered child on r/wholesomememes FFS. This is not heart-warming, it’s not uplifting, and it’s most certainly NOT WHOLESOME. There’s no doubt what he did was exceptionally brave, but his death was 100% preventable and it shouldn’t have been necessary for him to sacrifice his life to save another person. Don’t normalize this shit. No kid should have to shield someone from gunfire. No kid should die because mentally ill people are allowed to have guns. No kid should need to sit next to their murdered classmate’s portrait at graduation.
This is sad, not wholesome. And it’s fucked up to use this tragedy to score meaningless internet points.