“Chances are, you’re never ever going to have to use this. If you do, it’s gonna be scary,” Kate Carleton told the 20 or so 8- and 9-year-olds. “But because we’ve taught you what to do, it makes it a little less scary.”

She spent the next 30 minutes teaching them how to stop a wound from bleeding out.

Although a child dying at school in a mass shooting may be unlikely, a child dying from a gunshot is not. Firearms are the leading cause of death among people 18 and younger in the US, accounting for nearly 19% of all childhood deaths.

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    5 days ago

    THIS is what we need! I FULLY support teaching Kindergarteners how to dress wounds so that Mentally Insane Criminals can continue using guns (because ANY sort of Regulation is UNCONSTITUTIONAL!)

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      5 days ago

      The urge to both upvote and downvote this comment is overwhelming. Yes, I want guns banned.

      No, it’s not mentally insane criminals. The literal children who use guns against their teachers and other students aren’t mentally insane. Ugh