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Well we could do something about this.... but that would require gun control.... and people would rather see this and dead kids than to even consider gun control.

That or people misinterpret the studies or only read headlines.

moneybags ova here.....

January I was billed for 617 kwh, February 142. January of 22 when we were actually living there it was 583. All I have on is 1 fluorescent light in the kitchen.

Oh we know the problem. Fundamentalist religious organizations.

Theres a phone number you can call the night before and they should be able to tell you if you even need to show. Theres a good chance they won't need you

I’ve seen folks still complaining of problems on other social media sites. You’re not alone, apparently, FWIW.

How much higher was it in January than February?

Are there people who don't care? Possibly. I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about parents with kids who are in school - whatever age level. They care - a great deal. Doesn't mean they agree about the solution. For those affected by today's stunt, they're angry.

I'm fairly sure it will have the opposite effect if the intent is to make people want gun control.

When I was young, back in the late 1970s, the state of Oklahoma was considering the equal rights amendment for the U.S. constitution. They were one of the last statest to vote on it, and if Oklahoma passed it, it only needed one more state to be approved. Polling the state legislators, it seemed likely to pass. Oklahoma at that time was run by the Democratic party. The National Organization for Women (NOW) decided that wasn't good enough and unleashed a campaign, having people from around the country mail postcards to all of the Oklahoma state legislators urging them to vote for the amendment. The legislature's post office was flooded with these things. There was so much, it was crazy. I was a Senate page at the time and we were tasked with helping sort through the mail because the regular mail room crew couldn't handle it. We were asked to sort out what had come from Oklahoma residents and what was out of state (the postmark told us). All of it was from out of state, none of it was personally addressed or written - just the postcards. The legislators were so mad at the attempt to influence them from people who didn't live in Oklahoma, the amendment didn't pass. The people of Oklahoma overwhelmingly agreed with their legislators. And to this day, there is no equal rights amendment in the U.S. Constitution.

So yeah, stunts and games to try and influence public or lawmakers opinions can have the opposite effect of what was intended.

Glad someone else sees this for what it is.

It's one thing to block the road.

It's another to call the police and say the school is being shot up.

This isn't protesting. This is using fear to get people to break. Aka, terrorism.

Need to start putting these people and/kids (whomever made the call) to enforce a 0-tolerance policy for this behavior. I thought people used to get arrested for this??

Well, do as you like and take your chances...

Truly I don’t know what the hold up is… O yes, there’s that thing about rights to bear arms./s

I don’t think we’ll be moving the meter very far if we’re going to climb that hill. One thing I believe most law makers agree on is the status of mental health… Now why they haven’t done anything about it is beyond me. There’s a lot of talking heads and not enough leaders willing to push through legislation.

Then you get politicians who straight up gave up… “There’s nothing more we can do.” People who want to focus on religion, race, and now gender identity… It’s incredible how these senators will latch onto anything possible to not have to talk about gun laws.

Very good point. Other countries have figured this shit out, but somehow we just can’t seem to.

Guns are an ever present threat these days. You can't take it lightly.

Will it though? I mean, there are a lot people that simple don't care about kids dying right now. I doubt their minds will be changed one way or another because inconvenience trumps child safety.

The kids are the ones dying, so I am not sure whether they have 'nothing to do with it'.

Honestly, I don't know what the end goal is, but after over 130 mass shootings in the US so far this year, it would be nice to actually have people care enough about it to do something.

For whatever the objective of these hoax calls are… these kids have nothing to do with it, but the way these children live will forever change. Some will be able to overcome, some will suffer from anxiety and who knows what other psychological trauma this might cause.

I know for my own young children, they hear the news… They don’t understand it. They’re confused by it and they ask if it could happen in their school. Parents can’t tell their children this won’t happen in their school. They’re practicing drills in their classrooms. It’s sickening.

>Yep. My kids’ was one. It’s really hard to be a parent in this America today.

Fixed it for you. Sure, there are places way, way worse, but when it comes to developed nations, we are really the only place where these issues exist.

Columbine happened at the end of my junior year. There were (rumored?) bomb threats about the prom that year, but they were quickly debunked. I don’t think we had any threats of anything my senior year.

One of mine was in first grade at the time of Sandy Hook. I don’t know if that’s why it really started on my radar or what, but I just feel like from then on out they’ve just been practically nonstop.

i have heard water cooler talk that parents are being encouraged not to send their kids to school on Friday as a "nationwide protest".

Considering the absolute terror for the kids and their parents, I hope the instigators are caught and prosecuted, put away for a long long time.

I suspect if the goal is calling attention to school shootings and wanting gun control, this will have the opposite effect.