(United States) With only one school shooting in the fall semester as of October 7th, 2020, many teachers, students, parents, concerned citizens, and armed insane people are beginning to wonder if school shootings will be yet another casualty of a pandemic that has lasted the better part of a year.
"It used to be that by October, we were looking at a dozen or so incidents of gun violence within classrooms or at least educational buildings," says Eric Michaels of the FBI's school shooting task force. "This year, there's been one. Obviously, it's because there are so few schools that have returned to in person instruction."
Though this is one small benefit of keeping students virtual, there have been critics. Mr. Denholme Rutger of Pallahawny, MI believes that keeping students out of buildings may have deleterious societal effects. He spoke to our correspondent via video feed from a compound beyond, in his words, "the prying eyes of the law."
"A year ago, if you had a grievance against the government or Islam or women or someone, and you weren't getting heard, and it got bad enough, you could just shoot a bunch of people, and bam! provided that you were white, they'd arrest you and talk about how troubled you were. If it was particularly necessary that you be heard, you could take up your grievances with the schoolboard... So to speak. Now with COVID, that avenue of self expression is gone. It's unconscionable. How are people supposed to terrorize the populace if they're not worried about their kids being in school? Politicians should be worried about this. Their places of residence are generally public knowledge. They should be very, very concerned."
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