Santa Fe Students Probably Muzzled From Responding To Shooting. It's Texas After All.

[TheMastersNemesis]

I would not expect much response from the Santa Fe students regarding the massacre. I do not expect they will join the Parkland students. After all it is Texas which would support the end of all gun free zones and all regulations. You wonder how many parents there support the NRA and the GOP. So speak up and revolting would be met with vicious counter attack.

I doubt you can say a word in a place like Teaas without endangering yourself. So we continue with more of the same.

[beachbum bob]

1. don't expect any such thing. The terror is still inside them and takes time

[TheMastersNemesis]

2. I Do Believe The Students Want To Speak Out But The Pressure Not To Is Tremendous.

Texas has changed so much. It used to be very Democratic. I wonder what it is like in that school right now.

[beachbum bob]

3. texas hasn't been very democratic in 25 years and really has nothing to do with this, I do know

"muzzling a teenager" is nearly impossible and when they want to talk about this episode in a public way, they will

[TheMastersNemesis]

4. I Sure Hope That They Will.

[forgotmylogin]

10. Didn't graduation just happen for most schools?

The kids may have trouble mobilizing if they're not together in a supportive group environment.

[dalton99a]

5. Santa Fe, unlike Parkland, says the issue behind the latest school shooting isn't guns (LAT)

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-santa-fe-parkland-20180519-story.html

Santa Fe, unlike Parkland, says the issue behind the latest school shooting isn't guns
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
May 19, 2018 | 6:20 PM | SANTA FE, TEXAS

Students and teachers returning to Santa Fe High School on Saturday to claim belongings left behind during the evacuation had to be escorted by police: The school was still a crime scene, cordoned off with yellow police tape.

They were joined by Cassandra Garza, a sophomore. She didn't bring a sign with a political slogan, or talk about gun control. All she wanted was to be with her friends, Cassandra said, and "to get together and pray this never happens again."

"I'm young and naïve about politics," the 16-year-old said.

There was no outcry against firearms in Santa Fe after a gunman killed 10 and wounded 13 others Friday. Guns didn't come up at a prayerful vigil attended by 1,000 people that evening. On Saturday, there were no protests, and local leaders don't expect any Sunday.

[lunasun]

9. Other than the Houston police chief Acevedo, its crickets down there except prayer

An activist who showed up to help and featured in the link:

"It's unfortunate they've already made up their minds about what happened here. They're gone right to, 'No one's taking my guns.' The typical NRA rhetoric. It's all about 'pray,'" Phillips said.
She sees little chance for a meeting of minds about guns.
"People go their own ways," she said. "It divides the community, divides the students."

[tammywammy]

6. The Santa Fe students participated in the walkout last month in support of Parkland.

[zipplewrath]

7. They may own guns

There may be a much large population of gun "owners" in that school than Parkland.

[gollygee]

8. Tons of people who own guns are in favor of gun regulations

I live in an area where most people own guns and there has been lots of activity and discussion about needing some gun laws. It isn't an either/or thing.