Teacher's Heartbreaking Tweets About an Active-Shooter Lockdown Prove Why Action Is So Necessary

The LOCKDOWN. LOCKS. LIGHTS. OUT OF SIGHT. THIS IS NOT A DRILL announcement had been made not 15 seconds before. They struggled to pull the doors that can’t contain us a bit closer. The class snuggled nervously, hearts hammering. I didn’t have to shush the way I do during drills.

— Ali Kemp (@schmalisonkemp) March 7, 2018