A mum, Stacey Wehrman Feeley, found her daughter standing on the toilet seat and at first she thought it was quite funny, until she found out the reason for it.
She took a photo of her 3-year-old daughter to send to her husband thinking it would make him laugh and instead she said she broke down when her daughter explained what she was doing.
Her daughter told her that she was ‘practicing for a lockdown drill at her preschool and what you should do if you are stuck in a bathroom’.
She posted the image to Facebook, along with a lengthy post directed at politicians, calling for gun control to come into effect in the US.
Included in her passionate speech she said:
“Politicians – take a look. This is your child, your children, your grandchildren, your great grand children and future generations to come. They will live their lives and grow up in this world based on your decisions.
They are barely 3 and they will hide in bathroom stalls standing on top of toilet seats. I do not know what will be harder for them? Trying to remain quiet for an extended amount of time or trying to keep their balance without letting a foot slip below the stall door? “
She then went on to say:
“No one thinks gun control will be 100% crime control. But maybe, just maybe, it helps 1% or 2% or 50%? Who knows unless we try? Why on earth are there not universal background checks?
“Where is a universal registration database? Why are high capacity magazines ever permitted to be sold to anyone other than direct to the military? Is that really necessary to protect yourself or hunt for that matter? What about smart guns, where are they? C’mon techies! The 2nd Amendment is a beast to battle and wiping out the right to bear arms is not on the table.
“Does anyone really think that will be accomplished? Because it won’t. Amended to some extent? Maybe. But how many decades will that take? Where’s the evolution of our so called “living document” for this subject matter? A document that originally allowed slavery and prevented women from voting? NRA, are you even trying?
“Let’s talk mental health. Where is the $500 million that the Obama administration put into the budget for approval…did it go through? Is it being implemented or just sitting there? Where is the access to care for those struggling with mental illness? Politicians, I ask you…how can I help?”
She ended the post by saying:
“I am not pretending to have all the answers or even a shred of them, but unless you want your children standing on top of a toilet, we need to do something! Please share. #dosomething #prayfororlando #wecandobetter“
See the full post here:
Lead image via Facebook/Stacey Wehrman Feeley
