Tag: JROTC Shooting Ranges
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ALERT: POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF HIGH SCHOOL MILITARISM
Rick Jahnkow / Demilitarize Our Schools - Legislation has recently been suggested that, among other things, would greatly expand the number of JROTC units and make military recruiting a more explicit, formal part of the program's stated purpose. It's part of the Inspired to Serve Act of 2020, which is being proposed by the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS). Be ...
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We Need to Get the US Army Out of High Schools
Jonah Walters, Jacobin - A smattering of information has been revealed about Connor Betts, the misogynist twenty-four-year-old who killed nine people and injured twenty-seven in Dayton earlier this m ...
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School Marksmanship Training
One way that concerned citizens can successfully address the issue of gun violence is to work locally for the removal of marksmanship programs and shooting ranges from high schools. Such programs int ...
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The Missing Link in the Gun Debate
Greta Zarro - America is up in arms about guns. If last month’s “March for Our Lives,” which attracted over one million marchers nationwide, is any indication, we’ve got a serious problem with gun vi ...
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Military Recruiting And How To Confront It
Pat Elder | Originally published in Popular Resistance - June 29, 2017 Wars start in our high schools and this is where we can end them. This year the Army’s goal is to recruit 80,000 active duty and ...
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The Military Invasion of My High School: The role of JROTC
Sylvia McGauley - “Will you please write me a letter of recommendation for the Navy, Ms. McGauley? You’re my best class.” Thanh was enrolled in the recently established Junior Reserve Officers’ Train ...
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School violence: a result of bad parenting or militarism?
High profile school shootings in the US have been the inspiration for much popular discussion about the causes of youth violence in recent years, with everyone—from bad parents and corrupt teachers, ...
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America's Child Soldiers
Ann Jones - Congress surely meant to do the right thing when, in the fall of 2008, it passed the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA). The law was designed to protect kids worldwide from being forced ...
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Lead contamination in the high schools from military marksmanship programs
Pat Elder - The Guide to Lead Management for Air Gun Shooting produced by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), 2013, is a misleading publication that may seriously jeopardize the health of millio ...
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The Gun Problem No One Talks About: Shooting Ranges in Schools
Rick Jahnkow - Just about everyone views the National Rifle Association as the leading champion of gun culture in the United States. When there is a mass shooting — even one as outrageous as the atta ...
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