Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created The Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students
Andrew Pollack · Max Eden
Nov 2019 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Tom Parks
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The Parkland school shooting was the most avoidable mass murder in American history. And the policies that made it inevitable have spread to your school.
"After my sister Meadow was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the media obsessed for months about the type of rifle the killer used. It was all clickbait and politics, not answers or justice. That wasn't good enough for us. My dad is a real tough guy, but Meadow had him wrapped around her little finger. He would do anything she wanted, and she would want him to find every answer so that this never happens again.
My dad teamed up with one of America's leading education experts to launch his own investigation. We found the answers to the questions the media refused to ask. Questions about school safety that go far beyond the national gun debate. And the answers to those questions matter for parents, teachers, and schoolchildren nationwide."
—Hunter Pollack, "Foreword"
"After my sister Meadow was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the media obsessed for months about the type of rifle the killer used. It was all clickbait and politics, not answers or justice. That wasn't good enough for us. My dad is a real tough guy, but Meadow had him wrapped around her little finger. He would do anything she wanted, and she would want him to find every answer so that this never happens again.
My dad teamed up with one of America's leading education experts to launch his own investigation. We found the answers to the questions the media refused to ask. Questions about school safety that go far beyond the national gun debate. And the answers to those questions matter for parents, teachers, and schoolchildren nationwide."
—Hunter Pollack, "Foreword"
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Notwithstanding this tragedy, which was caused by virtually lawless gun control and the powerful, WEALTHY NRA Lobby, who are terrified of losing their 'raison d'être', I couldn't go any further after hearing Trump's name and realising the author was a happy Trump supporter. The fixes the author suggests/promotes for making schools safe, are short-sighted workarounds and do not address the core issue of gun control in a nation which cannot/will not/is not permitted to move on from the outdated, dangerous notion of the enshrined 'right to bear arms'. Unless the USA deletes that defunct, dangerous 'loophole' from it's Constitution , the shootings & mass murders will NEVER stop. NO amount of rationalisation or denial will diminish that unfortunate fact.
About the author
Andrew Pollack was an entrepreneur and businessman with experience in scrap metal, real estate, and property management. Everything changed when his daughter Meadow was murdered. He now dedicates his life to making school safe again, founding a non-profit Americans for Children's Lives and School Safety (CLASS).
Max Eden is an education expert at an NYC-based think tank. He was formerly program manager of the education policy studies department at the American Enterprise Institute. Eden has a BA in History from Yale University.
Since recording his first book for the Kansas Audio Reader Network in 1985, Tom Parks has enjoyed giving voice to stories. He has been nominated for Audie Awards and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards, and reviewers have described his performances as "conversational," "energetic," and "sincere."
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