01-05-2023, 09:50 AM
“I am more worried about having my 13-year-old child attend school here than in Jakarta. But since my husband’s work required him to relocate to Washington, DC, we have no choice but to hope for the best,” said Petronela, a resident of Arlington, Virginia, across from Washington DC, in a WhatsApp message to The Jakarta Post on April 19.
“Ever since I moved here, mass shootings seem to be a weekly, even daily occurrence featured on the news, particularly after the massacre in Buffalo, New York, in May 2022, which killed ten people and injured three others.” She added that the frequency of shooting incidents deterred her from entering parts of Washington, DC, she deemed unsafe.
From my experiences around these young people, a majority fear that a shooting could happen anytime in their schools,” he noted.
“There has been an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes, so coupled with gun violence, if I step out of my home on a daily basis, I am left to wonder if I will be a target. However, there are activists nationwide who are trying to make those affected by gun violence be heard and are working to find solutions to the gun crisis.”
https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2...lence.html
“Ever since I moved here, mass shootings seem to be a weekly, even daily occurrence featured on the news, particularly after the massacre in Buffalo, New York, in May 2022, which killed ten people and injured three others.” She added that the frequency of shooting incidents deterred her from entering parts of Washington, DC, she deemed unsafe.
From my experiences around these young people, a majority fear that a shooting could happen anytime in their schools,” he noted.
“There has been an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes, so coupled with gun violence, if I step out of my home on a daily basis, I am left to wonder if I will be a target. However, there are activists nationwide who are trying to make those affected by gun violence be heard and are working to find solutions to the gun crisis.”
https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2...lence.html
