Winnie-the-Pooh book teaches Texas kids to ‘run, hide, fight’ in a shooting
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Not what I expected from "well-known childrens franchise goes public domain"
The main thing I've learned from the Internet is that, while most people aren't terrible, the most terrible people have the most time on their hands. In a room with 100 people, one of them is the most depraved asshole. And that is the one whose actions will be most important.
Oh the irony of having this in Texas. Instead of having real 2nd amendment reform, lets give everyone a book to cope with the new reality.
How do you propose to reform the second amendment?
How about a subsidy? Even something as simple as a tax credit for the purchase of arms, equipment, and ammunition with which to train would probably be broadly popular.
... I suspect this isn't what you meant when you wrote your comment - but it is what the people who wrote and ratified the BoR understood the text of the Second Amendment to mean.
The Supreme Court has held that such requirements to exercise a fundamental right are inherently unconstitutional and discriminatory.
Because rights are held to the standard of scrutiny, the only way to diminish the protections afforded by the second amendment is to lower the standard of scrutiny, which opens the door to two scenarios: either the 2nd amendment is deemed unpopular enough of a right that it warrants diminished protections, which yields the prospect of any right becoming unpopular and protections similarly diminished, or none of the enumerated rights deserve the robust protections that the second amendment provides, which imperils protections on rights we may care more about, like voting (which is not even constitutionally enumerated,) speech, etc.
Too often these "it's not the guns it's X", then use that as an excuse to do nothing rather than focus on solving X. I tend to side with the folks pushing for gun restrictions more because they are actually pushing to try something rather than doing nothing.
Between coward cops and dissolute gunmen at school or work, it's never too late to learn how to build a proper barricade. Don't stack furniture in front of the door like in zombie movies; the door already serves the purpose of blocking-- instead, hunker down in a classroom/office and build a train of furniture extending from the door to the opposing wall sturdy enough that anybody trying to open it is pushing a column of furniture against a wall instead of shifting a pile of shitty MDF. Then get the hell away from line-of-sight of the door. Expect bullets fired through it in frustration.
That's just the message I got from my own parent. Dad said GTFO, but if you can't, fight like hell and don't fight fair. (Then he gave some specific suggestions.) It may not be good advice for a four-year old, but it's a good algorithm to implant early.
I don't think it's suitable for a children's book to be sent home with kids without additional explanation or context, though.
Yet so common that things like this book make sense.
Also, you saying it’s common is a judgement call and not a true frequency call.
It can be both unthinkable and uncommon and possible.
Either way, it's disturbing that this might be "worth thinking about".