Everyone said this and worst would happen. But gun ammosexuals are one orientation pushed hard in red state schools. The superintendent said there was never any danger other than a kid finding it and shooting someone, which minimizes kids have access to guns and the death of someone by gun violence. The mistaken idea is teachers or school personnel having guns will make schools safer. Here we clearly see they do not. A third grader is an 8 year old and recently we had a 6 year old threaten to kill people with a gun and shoot his teacher. Really the goal should be to remove guns from schools and keep them out. A good start to that is to reduce them from society. Hugs
A 3rd grader in Rising Star found a gun the superintendent left in a school bathroom. Superintendent Robby Stuteville confirms the 3rd grader found the gun back in January and notified a teacher immediately without moving or touching the weapon.
Stuteville walked KTAB and KRBC through the incident, explaining that both he and the school principal open carry on campus. When he was using the restroom, Stuteville says he took the gun off and placed it in a stall, where it was then left unattended for around 15 minutes until it was found by the student.
“There was never a danger other than the obvious,” Stuteville claimed. He then went on to say he was “proud” of the student and commended his behavior after finding the firearm.
I'll spare you the time: No, psychotic Superintendent Robby Stuteville was NOT shot with his own gun that he just plum forgot and left in the bathroom. And he insists there was never any danger "other than the obvious" (that danger being, of course, HIM) https://t.co/mEkn0DGSbH
The Superintendent did NOT notice that he did not have his gun in the holster for those 15 minutes – he only realized it was gone when an 8 year old boy discovered it and brought it to the adults attention. The Superintendent could have not realized his gun was missing for 8 hours !
I’d never even heard of Rising Star, Texas. I had to look it up. It is about halfway between Killeen and Abilene. The entire school district only has 186 students. Several things I don’t understand here. Why the fuck was he using a student bathroom at an elementary school? I never use a student bathroom at an elementary or middle school. (female student bathrooms are filthy) I can’t imagine the guys. The town only has a population of approximately 840 people. What did he need to protect himself from? Why would he need to remove his gun? The urinal wouldn’t require him to do that. The toilets in most elementary schools are much smaller than normal for small kids. His ass would not have fit. This is stupid. Typical, small Texas town attitude.
This is the first thing that jumped out for me too. An adult should never be using the kids restroom in school. That feels very off.
Regarding the condition of student bathrooms — my first job out of high school was working as a substitute janitorIn the school district I graduated from. By far the most disgusting place to clean were the middle school girls bathrooms. The boys smelled, but the girls were filthy.
Nearly every day there were used tampons thrown on the walls and floors. They would also kiss the mirrors and leave greasy lipstick marks that were miserable to clean up. One of the women janitors fixed that problem at one of the schools by going into the main girls bathrooms during a class change, dipping the squeegee into a toilet, then cleaning the mirror with it. Girls were howling in horror and it stopped the mirror kissing a for a few years at that school.
It’s not about protecting himself; its a macho pride thing! I think a grown man carrying a gun in a children’s school is probably considered a more acceptable way of letting the kids know that you are a grown MAN, than walking around the school with your cock hanging out of your pants. But then again it is Texas, so…
That’s not macho pride; that’s insecurity in their manhood. See: truck nuts, gun racks, gun safes, gated communities, “business appropriate” dress codes, “Eff Your Feelings” t-shirts and MAGA ballcaps.
““This is one of those examples of guns in schools.” Stuteville said. “Regardless of who takes responsibility, they are a considerable danger and one should school their child to be on the lookout for any unusual placement of a weapon or anything out of place.””
Yes, teach your children to watch out for guns everywhere. What a sad fucking life this has turned out to be because of losers like Robby Stuteville.
I think it is an example of what can happen when teachers and school administrators carry weapons in a school. While I agree that with all of the shootings that are happening in schools, there is a strong argument favoring armed personnel in the schools, it should be restricted to competent, law enforcement personnel that are well trained in gun safety. I would also argue that law enforcement personnel carrying guns in schools should be better trained and more qualified than the average law enforcement officer in the United States. The United States spends less money training law enforcement personnel that almost every country in the world, and I do not think that is good enough when children’s lives are at stake.
Except the Uvalde Texas school cops & regular cops proved to the world that current-day cops are too scared to take on a school shooter, therefore, what is the point of having any cop at a school ? And this civilian, older man who is the Superintendent is an example that non-professionals are not up for the job of carrying a gun either. It’s almost like guns are the problem and perhaps we need to do what other countries have done and make the restrictions around guns very intense to avoid a further loss of life.
Politicians and media outlets are courting anti-trans talking points – and it’s trans kids who are feeling the effects. (Getty)
When Laura’s daughter Jessica came out as trans, aged 13, she felt “total shock” – but believed every word she said.
“We believed and accepted our daughter from the beginning, even though we were processing a lot as parents,” Laura tells PinkNews. Jessica had been suffering from severe depression and anxiety.
“I sprung into action and just started reading all I could about the transgender experience. I called the paediatrician, I researched gender clinics, and we got on a waitlist for an appointment.
“There was just such a sense of urgency because we feared for her life.”
One of the first articles Laura stumbled across was one in The Atlantic – a controversial piece titled “When Children Say They’re Trans”, by Jesse Singal, which focused on the stories of detransitioners and suggested some young trans men are actually just struggling with the fact “society makes it difficult to be a girl”.
“That article really messed with my head, as the parent of a newly out trans teen searching for help,” Laura says.
“I read that article, by a publication I thought was very legitimate, and thought, ‘That does not sound right to me. What he’s saying goes against what my child has told me and it doesn’t ring true.’
“I had to wade through a lot of articles online that were literally trying to get me to question my child and it made an already really challenging time even more so.”
It’s a terrifying climate for a mother like Laura. She wasn’t aware of just how bad things were for the trans community until she started reading everything she could to inform her response to Jessica.
In the United States – and across much of the world – politicians are using trans lives to distract from their own failures. Many media outlets have shown they’re only too happy to aid lawmakers in their efforts to drum up a moral panic.
While some states have banned gender-affirming care for minors, major news outlets like The New York Timeshave published articles questioning whether kids should be able to access healthcare that’s widely seen as vital by experts.
Anti-trans media coverage pushes parents to ‘question’ their trans kids
Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the most vocal anti-trans politicians in the United States. (Drew Angerer/Getty)
Laura kept digging and eventually she found the gender-affirming resources she needed, but she also discovered her own state was considering its own anti-trans bills, including one which would ban gender-affirming care for minors.
“All of this while my child was just starting care that was saving her life,” she says.
That revelation pushed Laura to become her daughter’s fiercest advocate – but it also inspired her to start fighting for trans rights across the board.
“It is hard enough for all of us existing in this climate, but for so many parents like me and for trans people everywhere, it feels like we are yelling into the void, imploring everyone we can to see what’s happening, to speak out, to act up, to help us.”
Trans teens shouldn’t have to fight for their right to exist
One of the most difficult days in Laura’s life as a parent came when she had to explain to Jessica that legislators were doing their best to stop her from accessing the care she needed.
“No one should have to explain to their child why a group of people wants them gone. But so many parents are in this exact position in this country right now, whether they are fighting for their trans kids, for their loved ones to be able to access abortions, for their children to not be shot by police.
A young activist joins in a protest supporting trans people. (Getty/Romy Arroyo Fernandez)
“What kind of person, what kind of country, stands by and allows a group of people to be attacked and demonised in this way?”
Laura just wants her daughter to be allowed to live her life like any other young person and not have to think about how her life can be destroyed by a politician’s whims.
“My daughter is like every other teen her age. She doesn’t want to have to fight for her right to live – she just wants to live and be free.”
The impact anti-trans debates are having on kids isn’t just anecdotal. According to The Trevor Project, an organisation that works to prevent suicide among LGBTQ+ youth, “ugly rhetoric” is causing harm.
“When you see your elected officials, neighbours, and even family members debate your very existence, those feelings of stigma and rejection can be very harmful to a young person’s sense of self,” says Kasey Suffredini, vice president of advocacy and government affairs with The Trevor Project.
“Experiences of rejection and trauma in adolescence can have long-lasting effects on a young person’s health and wellness. Adults, especially those in positions of power, should strongly consider the weight of their words and actions.”
It’s a tough time out there for trans kids, but Suffredini has some simple advice for adults who are wondering how they can help: try letting them know that you support them and that you’ll defend their right to be themselves.
“It can be tough for LGBTQ youth to always bear the burden of educating others about what it means to be LGBTQ.”
Laura and Jessica’s names have been changed to protect their identities.
We are constantly being lied to by people online. These people are not your friends. Do not trust someone just because they claim to belong to your political “team”. The lying has become endemic. By design it has caused us to hate, fear, and fragment.
As you watch the tweet with the altitude and speed of the two aircraft the skill of the FedEx pilot is a lot more impressive once you realize that he had to make sure he did not pull ahead of the passenger plane trying to take off yet also try to gain as much altitude distance between the other plane which also was trying to gain altitude. James works at the airport. When I showed him the video he pointed out to us how the FedEx pilot made sure to not pull in front of the other plane because the backwash from his own engines would have torn the lower plane apart and prevented its ability to take off. James told us that the force coming out of those engines can do damage even 200 feet behind the plane. The airport teaches the workers to be wary of the plane engines because when they wind up they can flip cars and kill people. He said just recently they had a person get caught in just the edge of a plane running up the engines. He said it flipped the person over fifty feet, lucky the man tucked into a ball and let the force roll him. Anyway for having to make a split second decision and make it work out I think the FedEx pilot deserves a huge complement and reward. Hugs
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