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serrol_ t1_jcjr9h6 wrote

Reply to comment by PPQue6 in Pilot program begins for bulletproof shelter inside Alabama classroom by Picture-unrelated

We don't, but it makes headlines, so it gets done. More kids die each year in boating accidents, but you don't hear about those on the news because politicians don't profit from those headlines.

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hour_of_the_rat t1_jcjsatj wrote

658 people died in boating accidents in 2021, while about 1,600 teen and children were killed by guns in 2022. I didn't find a breakout for children killed at school.

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