Irish Twitter users have responded with disbelief to a video of a young American boy practising using his bulletproof schoolbag in the case of a school shooting.
The video shows a mother coaching her son on how what to do with his bag if there is a shooter in his school.
The reaction from Irish people to the video was on of shock and horror.
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“It’s sickening, we’re told it’s a minority that don’t want gun control… why are more Americans not doing something about this? Surely parents need to be protesting, voting out their representatives who support rampant gun ownership?” read one reply to the video.
Other commenters expressed their relief that they don’t need to worry about their children being shot at school.
“All we have to worry about is telling out 6 yr old not to run across the road or to be good in school! Glad I don’t live there!” said another Twitter user.
“A bulletproof backpack, with Spider-Man on it, looks normal but far from it! Horrible way to live,” read another comment.
Gun control has been a deeply divisive political issue for decades in the United States. The occurrence of school shootings has become almost commonplace by now as many US politicians refuse to change gun laws, citing their right to bear arms under the American constitution.
There have been 471 mass shootings in the US in 2022 alone, with three of them occurring in schools or universities, according to Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit organisation that tracks gun-related deaths.
In June of this year, US President Joe Biden introduced new legislation to restrict access to firearms. However, the bill was criticised for not going far enough.
"While this bill doesn't do everything I want, it does include actions I've long called for that are going to save lives," Mr Biden admitted.
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