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Students at the Parkland, Florida High School were so confused they thought the pop, pop, pop sound came from an active shooter drill. A father reports that a student told him " they had a fire drill and were supposed to have an active shooter drill."
A new aspect MSNBC is reporting is new to me. Senator Bill Nelson, Democrat, from Florida said the shooter, Nikolas Cruz, wore a gas mask and used smoke grenades "so the kids would come out in the hallways and thus, he had the opportunity with crowded hallways to start picking off people."
Student Rebecca Bogart wasn't sure whether the reports of shooting were a drill at first. The school had a fire drill earlier that day, and she knew it was common to do an active shooter drill. When she saw windows shattered and a bullet near the blinds she finally realized the bullets were real.
It seems to me that these drills are becoming too common to students; therefore, they can not be expected to distinguish between them and reality. I think this is the real problem we have here. Plus the fact that Nikolas Cruz was ignored by authorities, namely the FBI.
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