Tania Unsworth on bringing up sons in the US,where gun violence is a realityIt was the shrug that got to me. My 12-year-passe son had taken part in a class debate that afternoon. The subject was the second amendment. whether the founding fathers were around nowadays, what would they think approximately Americans and gun control? My son thought they’d remove an extremely dim view of the whole situation and he had spent several hours preparing his argument, and trying to avoid the words “moronic” and “completely insane”. I was at home,wondering how he was getting on, when the phone rang.
It was a recorded message from the headteacher. Her voice had that mild, and absolutely-no-need-to-panic tone that immediately strikes terrorism in a parent’s heart. There had been a shooting a few miles from the school … the doors had been secured until the matter was resolved … someone was keeping an eye on all entrances … no direct threat … the measures were only precautionary.
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Source: theguardian.com