Assignment #13- Emma Lauritzen - I freaking love my school issued student ID badge

SCHOOL ID BADGE SAVES LOCAL STUDENT FROM SCHOOL SHOOTER

"If it wasn't for my school issued student ID badge I wouldn't be alive right now" -John Smith, 16

Lexington, KY- On November 12th, a teen shooter entered Henry Clay High School and opened fire on a cafeteria full of students. In the first two minutes he killed five students and injured 6 more, who were not wearing their ID badges. However when he aimed at student #12, Junior John Smith (16), he noticed that he was wearing his school issued plastic ID badge. What the shooter didn't know, but soon learned, was that the plastic badge prevents any shooter within 20 feet of unloading on the student, and only that single student, wearing the badge. When the shooter, identified as sophomore John Doe (15), saw the ID badge the sheer force of the badge forced him to simply apologize and and move on to shooting the student next to Smith not wearing this school issued student ID badge. I'm sure those student, at least those who survived and are not in comas, really regret not putting their school issued student ID badges on that day. 

When school ID badges were first introduced in Fayette county many students were very upset making absurd statements describing the badges as a "shallow excuse that does not actually address the problem and is only a means to appease scared parents." This upset was directed toward the fact that over 400 people had been shot since Sandy Hook, with little government action. However these students, or the ones that survived the student gun man, were proved wrong when their classmate, John Smith (16), was saved from being shot by using his school ID badge. 

The schools superintendent has since issued the following statement: 

"This is an absolute tragedy, my sincere thoughts and prayers go out to all of the families. In all of this darkness, it brings me great joy to know that I helped keep at least one student alive by issuing those ID badges. I also hope this acts as a reminder to all students to wear your school issued student badges or you WILL end up like the students we lost today and I hope you take example from John Smith." 

When asked if he would research and implement further security measures into schools, such as medal detectors or police presence, the superintendent stated the following: 

"There will be two announcements on Monday reminding students to wear their school issued student ID badges." 

The school is still working to identify those students who were killed and injured. Because the students were not wearing their badges, which have an alternative use of identifying those students who died, the process has been delayed. 

The following two hashtags have also been shared around social media #ifonlyIwaswearingmyschoolissusedstudentidbadge and #thoughtsandprayers