Texas schools give parents DNA kits for their children
In the US state of Texas school children have begun receiving DNA kits, designed to help their parents identify them 鈥渋n case of an emergency鈥�. The distribution of the kits follows several shootings at schools, including a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde earlier this year in which 19 children and 2 teachers were killed. Many of the children gunned down were not easily identifiable as a result of their catastrophic injuries.
Tracy Walder is the mother of a 7-year-old in Dallas, Texas. She told Newsday: 鈥淚鈥檓 opposed鈥e talk about fortifying schools鈥urning them in to fortresses. We鈥檙e now talking about鈥rming teachers and throwing DNA kits鈥et we鈥檙e not getting to鈥hat the root of this is, which is actually very easy and wide access to military grade weapons.鈥�
(Photo: Memorial outside Robb Elementary School, after a video was released showing the May shooting inside the school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., July 13, 2022. Credit: REUTERS)
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