“Real Housewives of Orange County” star is one of many celebrities who have weighed in on the tragic elementary school shooting in Texas that left 21 people dead.
Over the weekend, the RHOC alum shared a tweet that read, “After 9-11 we didn’t ban planes. We secured the cockpits. Secure the schools.” Social media users reacted to the post, with some slamming her for the comparison. One user wrote, “You’d [sic] rather have schools look like prisons than reforming gun laws.. uhm ok. That won’t traumatize the kids, to have constant reminders that adults have failed them.”
Another responded saying, “Focusing on securing the schools from mass murderers is as asinine as making cars much safer during crashes so we can drink and drive without killing anyone. The problem is not the school. It’s the guns, regardless of how you try to distract us.” However, there were many people to agree with her. Another tweeted, “she’s not wrong. We traumatize our kids with BS lockdown drills yet due NOTHING to actually keep them safer from
a sad but real threat.”
Dodd is now responding to the online backlash. She recently shared a new video on her Instagram page where she explains that she just agreed with the post that she re-shared. She added that the post was “meant simply to encourage better security at our schools!” Her husband, Rick Leventhal is standing by her side as he also defends her.
As we previously reported, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos killed 21 people at the elementary school last week; 19 children and two teachers. He also shot his grandmother who was listed in critical condition but is expected to survive. Ramos was shot and killed following a standoff with police. The gunman at Robb elementary school was a local resident of Uvalde, who had reportedly made violent threats on social media and boasted about guns. He legally bought the assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition he took into the school. During the time that he had locked and barricaded himself into a classroom with the children and their teachers, one child made at least six calls to the 911 emergency number to plead for help from police, even as officers were reportedly right outside.
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The US government on Sunday announced a federal investigation into the police response to the mass shooting at a Texas school. This comes as anger mounted over why armed officers waited more than one hour in the hall outside the classroom where the gunman students and staff.
“The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events,” DoJ spokesperson Anthony Coley said.