The state of Texas is sending public school students home with DNA kits designed to help their parents identify their children 'in case of an emergency.'
Tracy Walder, a former CIA and FBI agent and current college professor who taught high school history for 16 years, said she was "devastated" when she heard her second grade daughter would be sent home with a kit."You have to understand, I'm a former law enforcement officer," Walder, who has lived in Texas for 14 years, told. "I worry every single day when I send my kid to school.
“Yeah! Awesome! Let’s identify kids after they’ve been murdered instead of fixing issues that could ultimately prevent them from being murdered,” Cross posted on Twitter.TODAY Parents reached out for comments from Texas State Sen. Donna Campbell, who sponsored SB-2158, and from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, but did not hear back from either at the time of publication.
Some parents say they feel uncomfortable sending their children’s DNA to anyone for privacy reasons. And after the "It's astounding, to realize that not only has the state of Texas done absolutely nothing to protect our kids and teachers, they've taken the callous, heartless, cruel measure to send DNA test kits so we can identify their bodies if or when they're victims of a massacre," Aarons added. "It sends the message that guns are more important than us."
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