Cute pic, So why is it disturbing?

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/school-life/why-this-picture-is-so-disturbing/news-story/dc5ecfe0c2485a5f23fbcd5d1b6b7f09



WHEN US mother, Stacey Wehrman Feeley discovered her toddler balancing on a toilet seat, her first instinct was to smile and snap a picture so that she could share it with her husband.

But that good humour soon turned to a feeling of unease when the reason for the balancing act was revealed. Stacey’s daughter, Chandler, was practising how to hide in a toilet stall should a shooter enter her preschool.

Stacey was all of a sudden faced with the very harsh reality that she lived in a country with gun laws so ludicrous that her innocent daughter had to prep for an unimaginable doomsday at a place where she should be safe.

Stacey took her shock to social media, pleading with people to burn this image into their brains and demanding that her country use more gun sense.

veya_victaous wrote:

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/school-life/why-this-picture-is-so-disturbing/news-story/dc5ecfe0c2485a5f23fbcd5d1b6b7f09



WHEN US mother, Stacey Wehrman Feeley discovered her toddler balancing on a toilet seat, her first instinct was to smile and snap a picture so that she could share it with her husband.

But that good humour soon turned to a feeling of unease when the reason for the balancing act was revealed. Stacey’s daughter, Chandler, was practising how to hide in a toilet stall should a shooter enter her preschool.

Stacey was all of a sudden faced with the very harsh reality that she lived in a country with gun laws so ludicrous that her innocent daughter had to prep for an unimaginable doomsday at a place where she should be safe.

Stacey took her shock to social media, pleading with people to burn this image into their brains and demanding that her country use more gun sense.

Heaps more at source

https://www.facebook.com/stacey.w.feeley/posts/10209969511258300

I took this picture because initially I thought it was funny. I was going to send it to my husband to show what our mischievous little three-year-old was up to. However, The moment she told me what she was doing I broke down. She was practicing for a lockdown drill at her preschool and what you should do if you are stuck in a bathroom. At that moment all innocense of what I thought my three-year-old possessed was gone.

Politicians - take a look. This is your child, your children, your grandchildren, your great grand children and future generations to come. They will live their lives and grow up in this world based on your decisions. They are barely 3 and they will hide in bathroom stalls standing on top of toilet seats. I do not know what will be harder for them? Trying to remain quiet for an extended amount of time or trying to keep their balance without letting a foot slip below the stall door?

No one thinks gun control will be 100% crime control. But maybe, just maybe, it helps 1% or 2% or 50%? Who knows unless we try? Why on earth are there not universal background checks? Where is a universal registration database? Why are high capacity magazines ever permitted to be sold to anyone other than direct to the military? Is that really necessary to protect yourself or hunt for that matter? What about smart guns, where are they? C’mon techies! The 2nd Amendment is a beast to battle and wiping out the right to bear arms is not on the table. Does anyone really think that will be accomplished? Because it won’t. Amended to some extent? Maybe. But how many decades will that take? Where’s the evolution of our so called “living document” for this subject matter? A document that originally allowed slavery and prevented women from voting? NRA, are you even trying? Let’s talk mental health. Where is the $500 million that the Obama administration put into the budget for approval…did it go through? Is it being implemented or just sitting there? Where is the access to care for those struggling with mental illness? Politicians, I ask you...how can I help?

Banning together, signing petitions, rallying to get your voice heard is good, but is it actually doing anything or just making us feel better about the current situation? We need action. I applaud politicians like Senator Chris Murphy but so many of our elected politicians can’t manage to work together (maybe they shouldn’t be paid for a job they can't do…just saying) or since they are in bed with all the wrong people, it is up to us if we want change. I want to know what new smart technology is being built for safer guns, advanced security in public places, databases, traveling care for the mentally ill…anything! Entrepreneurs, innovators, are you there? Can I help? Can I help you make a difference? I want to offer support. I cannot give you techie advice, expertise in healthcare, or financial backing, BUT maybe I can point you in the right direction? Maybe I know someone who knows someone who can help? Incubators, investors…if this issue concerns you, do what you do best and help make change. Can I help? Hold funding competitions, provide think tanks for these very things. Hollywood, the PSA’s are good, but not good enough. Eventually they disappear and are forgotten.

I am not pretending to have all the answers or even a shred of them, but unless you want your children standing on top of a toilet, we need to do something! Please share. ‪#‎dosomething‬ ‪#‎prayfororlando‬ ‪#‎wecandobetter‬ Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

Lord Foul wrote:careful Syl, you are talking about the best nation on earth, THE most advanced, civilised, free and righteous Nation there is....The nation who's example we should all be folllowing.

veya_victaous wrote:@HT
Yes, but aren't we lucky to live in countries with gun control so such a thing is not needed

4EVER2 wrote:Sadly, day care centers / pre-schools and quite often those are closely associated with a public or a private school building; so yes ...they are being 'conditioned to respond' ...just as in a Fire Drill - Tornado Drill - Red Alert!  These are the facts of life.  Out in earthquake land - California they provide the extra 'Earthquake Drill' but as Oklahoma has exceeded the number of quakes per month then California {and these are 4.3 on average} this maybe an added drill for coming school year. 

My generation had the additional - 'OMG - It's A Nuclear Bomb Drill' ...duck & cover; like that was going to save our asses.  :shock:

Syl wrote:

4EVER2 wrote:Sadly, day care centers / pre-schools and quite often those are closely associated with a public or a private school building; so yes ...they are being 'conditioned to respond' ...just as in a Fire Drill - Tornado Drill - Red Alert!  These are the facts of life.  Out in earthquake land - California they provide the extra 'Earthquake Drill' but as Oklahoma has exceeded the number of quakes per month then California {and these are 4.3 on average} this maybe an added drill for coming school year. 

My generation had the additional - 'OMG - It's A Nuclear Bomb Drill' ...duck & cover; like that was going to save our asses.  :shock:

Did you?
I can honestly say the only drill that was ever carried out at my schools was a fire drill where we all had to traipse out and stand in the pouring rain for half an hour.

Ben Reilly wrote:My parents both did nuclear attack drills -- this was around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, of course. They also donated canned goods and toys to be stocked in nuclear fallout shelters. Must have been terrifying, but my dad always made fun of it.

"What you do is, put your hands behind your neck, lower your head down between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye!"

Oh, and Vic, you can kiss mine too

4EVER2 wrote:

Syl wrote:

Did you?
I can honestly say the only drill that was ever carried out at my schools was a fire drill where we all had to traipse out and stand in the pouring rain for half an hour.

My older siblings had to do this >

Since they were to large to fit under their desks!

My age group were told to do this >

Which was the same method for our Tornado Drills;
and yet the first 5 years of our rural school, we attended
a 3 story old high school that had a basement - designated
as a 'FALL OUT SHELTER' for the community. But it was
full of stagnant water and no one went down there!

Fire drills were very treacherous; going out that fire escape
doorway - down those metal strips/metal railings 2 stories high
and because you could see through those metal strips it was horrifying
and highly dangerous in the winter time. 

I think/assume that the 2 teachers thought it was proactive to have a
spur of the moment 'fire drill' while we were all bundled up and outside
after two little ones slipped and suffered broken legs while trying to descend
that 2 story metal stairway.

Syl wrote:Your fire drills seem to have been a lot more realistic than ours. We simply filed out two by two through the front entrance of the school.
Not much thought went into ours obviously.

Ben Reilly wrote:My parents both did nuclear attack drills -- this was around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, of course. They also donated canned goods and toys to be stocked in nuclear fallout shelters. Must have been terrifying, but my dad always made fun of it.

"What you do is, put your hands behind your neck, lower your head down between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye!"

Oh, and Vic, you can kiss mine too

Syl wrote:Yes...I remember the way Dorothy suffered.

eddie wrote:

Syl wrote:Yes...I remember the way Dorothy suffered.

Suffered? She got a new pair of shoes and took some acid and hallucinated a hell of a fucking dream!

Ben Reilly wrote:My parents both did nuclear attack drills -- this was around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, of course. They also donated canned goods and toys to be stocked in nuclear fallout shelters. Must have been terrifying, but my dad always made fun of it.

"What you do is, put your hands behind your neck, lower your head down between your legs, and kiss your ass goodbye!"

Oh, and Vic, you can kiss mine too