Out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 17 killed and 17 injured. The death and casualty toll was simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the 50s and 60s. We were concerned about the nuclear holocaust. We would hold drills, and talk under our desks. We never had to worry about someone entering our school and opening
The title of this hearing is examining state and federal recommendations for enhancing School Safety against targeted violence. First of all, i want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I certainly want to thank our eyewitnesses for taking the time, for your testimony, and in particular, i want to shout out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman
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Florida. Thank you for giving us your time. Guest thanks for having me this morning. Host could you remind viewers about the goal or what i see is your goal for moms for liberty . Guest moms for liberty is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization, parents working to unify educate and empower each other to defend parental rights at all levels of government. My cofounder and i are both former School Board Members from florida, we work to help parents navigate to the Public Education system. Host what was the driving impulse for the group . Guest tiffany and i served from 2016 to 2020 on Different School boards. We did not even know each other but what we found was we had kind of the same experience of witnessing parents coming forward, concerned about Public Education, and School Districts not addressing them. We feel all of america got to see that front and center in 2020. January 1, 2021, we launched moms for liberty to help communities and parents organize vocally in their own chapters to
Continues. Host returning to our program, tina descovrich of the group moms for liberty, their cofounder, joining us from florida. Thank you for giving us your time. Guest thanks for having me this morning. Host could you remind viewers about the goal or what i see is your goal for moms for liberty . Guest moms for liberty is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization, parents working to unify educate and empower each other to defend parental rights at all levels of government. My cofounder and i are both former School Board Members from florida, we work to help parents navigate to the Public Education system. Host what was the driving impulse for the group . Guest tiffany and i served from 2016 to 2020 on Different School boards. We did not even know each other but what we found was we had kind of the same experience of witnessing parents coming forward, concerned about Public Education, and School Districts not addressing them. We feel all of america got to see that front and center in 202