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| Mother cries after posting photo of three-year-old daughter practicing mass shooting lockdown drill | |
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| A mother has described how she broke down after taking a picture of her three-year-old daughter standing on a toilet ‒ only to discover that she was practicing for a lockdown drill in the event of a terrorist gun attack. | A mother has described how she broke down after taking a picture of her three-year-old daughter standing on a toilet ‒ only to discover that she was practicing for a lockdown drill in the event of a terrorist gun attack. |
| Stacey Feeley, from Traverse City in Michigan, posted the photograph on Facebook and said that at first she thought her daughter was "doing something cute". | Stacey Feeley, from Traverse City in Michigan, posted the photograph on Facebook and said that at first she thought her daughter was "doing something cute". |
| Ms Feeley said that she then cried after her daughter explained she was taught to do this if a gunman entered her preschool while she was in the toilets. | Ms Feeley said that she then cried after her daughter explained she was taught to do this if a gunman entered her preschool while she was in the toilets. |
| She wrote in the post: "I took this picture because initially I thought it was funny. I was going to send it to my husband to show what our mischievous little three-year-old was up to. | She wrote in the post: "I took this picture because initially I thought it was funny. I was going to send it to my husband to show what our mischievous little three-year-old was up to. |
| "However, The moment she told me what she was doing I broke down. She was practicing for a lockdown drill at her preschool and what you should do if you are stuck in a bathroom. | "However, The moment she told me what she was doing I broke down. She was practicing for a lockdown drill at her preschool and what you should do if you are stuck in a bathroom. |
| "At that moment all innocence of what I thought my three-year-old possessed was gone." | "At that moment all innocence of what I thought my three-year-old possessed was gone." |
| Ms Feeley's post, which has been shared over 26,000 times, came just three days after the killing of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the worst mass shooting in modern US history. | Ms Feeley's post, which has been shared over 26,000 times, came just three days after the killing of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the worst mass shooting in modern US history. |
| She added: "Politicians ‒ take a look. This is your child, your children, your grandchildren, your great grand children and future generations to come. | She added: "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. | "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?" | "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?" |
| In addition to calling on politicians to pursue greater gun control, she called on "techies" to investigate inventing smart guns and even the NRA to do more. | In addition to calling on politicians to pursue greater gun control, she called on "techies" to investigate inventing smart guns and even the NRA to do more. |
| Ms Feeley concluded: "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!" | Ms Feeley concluded: "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!" |
| Following the Orlando mass shooting, the US Senate failed to pass new gun law restrictions including stronger buyer background checks and preventing people on the FBI's terror watch list. | Following the Orlando mass shooting, the US Senate failed to pass new gun law restrictions including stronger buyer background checks and preventing people on the FBI's terror watch list. |