You might have seen this headline this week. Some schools are contracting with a drone company marketing that their pepper-spraying drones will distract school shooters until police arrive.
Hi there –
You might have seen this headline this week.
Some schools are contracting — or considering contracting — with a drone company marketing that their pepper-spraying drones will distract school shooters until police arrive.
The $3 billion industry around preventing school shootings is growing, and it’s easy to understand why: families deserve to know that their kids are safe in school.
One thing we know works is keeping guns locked up, something responsible gun owners already do.
According to the U.S. Secret Service, 76% of school shooters under 18 got their firearm from the home of a parent or close relative. Right now, more than 6.7 million kids in America live in a home with an unsecured firearm. Pennsylvania has no law requiring that guns be locked up.
HB 2244 has real momentum. It recently passed out of the House Judiciary Committee and is eligible for a vote on the House floor. This is the moment legislators need to hear from us — before the drone-and-bulletproof-backpack approach becomes the default.
In community,
Adam Garber CEO CeaseFirePA
P.S. In May, a 14-year-old girl in Upper Darby was killed when she and her middle school classmates found a firearm that had been left unsecured in her home. We can’t undo her death, but we can make sure her story changes something.
