Now Texas Legislators Want To Train 3rd Graders In Trauma Care

By Susie Madrak — May 2, 2023

What are we, Ukraine? I don't even know what to say.

"Bleeding control stations." Texas politicians already passed a law three years ago requiring them in every school, but now they want third-graders trained to do it? I think little kids have been traumatized enough with lockdown drills. This is what Texas legislators propose INSTEAD OF CONTROLLING THE GUNS. What a massive failure of leadership.

And you just know somebody, somewhere, is getting a kickback on the training.

Here's what's going on in the Texas legislature in response to school shootings: All students in third grade and up to be trained in battlefield trauma care. https://t.co/n3izumblxL pic.twitter.com/hn4yeHoC2o

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) May 1, 2023

School safety is a billion dollar industry enriching special interests: "The change would raise the cost of the bill from $300 million to about $1.6 billion."

It's the guns. https://t.co/cHhqbdwKJn

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 1, 2023

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— Vicki Friend (@HearMeTalkNow) May 1, 2023

If only the Republican Texas legislators knew some private companies that could possibly fulfi— wait you’re saying they own companies that do this! AMAZING CONVENIENCE boy aren’t we lucky

— Hammancheez (@Hammancheez) May 2, 2023

IE vouchers… panic buttons are not going to save every kid. ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN NOW. UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECK. 21. 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD. GUN SAFETY CERT.
It’s not hard! pic.twitter.com/i06Z12zcgi

— QUEEN OF SNARK (@Mizmorgan1313) May 1, 2023

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— jae heartlenn (@jinxiejae) May 2, 2023

All this to avoid slightly inconveniencing men with secure storage laws, background checks, and red flag laws. 🙄

— American Woman 💎 (@AmericanWoman8) May 1, 2023

Instead of solving the problem, they will make money off it and expand the police state. They lie when they say that they stand for a small government.

— Abdi David Canales (@abdicanales) May 2, 2023

And - “The House also approved House Bill 13, It passed with a 125-21 vote and now heads to the Senate. The bill would give district employees a $25,000 incentive for each year they’re certified as so-called school guardians, or staff who can carry a gun in school.”.

— Maeberry (@MaeJV091215) May 1, 2023

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