After the horrible events that took place at a Florida school earlier this week, the debate around gun control in the US. An ex-student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School opened fire on staff and students with an AR-15 rifle, killing 17 and injuring 15 others.

Unfortunately, this is not even the first school shooting this year, which has left many parents nervous for their children's welfare when they send them off each day. One mother, an educator living in Texas, was curious whether her son was taking the preparatory shooting drills seriously or not, so asked him about their routine.

Tanai Benard, a single mother, has since written about her conversation with the 10-year-old Dezmond, which struck a chord with people all over the world. At first, she just wanted to know whether the 5th grader was using the time to "socialize and goof off", but as they walked to school together she found out something entirely different.

First, she asked him what they are supposed to do during the lockdown procedure, and he told her:

"The teacher is suppose to shut and lock the door, put the black paper over the window on the door.
Then myself and three other boys are suppose to push the table against the door."

"After that all the class is going to stand behind us on the back wall."

When she questioned him about it, he told her that the class stands behind him and three other boys in the class. For Tanai, this set her mind racing. She said:

"I internally went from 0 to 100 real quick. My child is one of only 2 black children in a class of 23. Being transparent, I immediately went to the "why is my black son being put on the front line?" (Just being real) So I asked before I verbally stated my thoughts"

"Why did you get picked to stand in front of everyone else if a shooter came in your school?" she asked her son. But to her surprise, he said:

"I didn't get picked. I volunteered to push the table and protect my friends"

As if this wasn't enough of a shock, his reasoning showed that while she thought the worst, his motives were as pure as can be. The selfless 10-year-old explained to his mother:

"If it came down to it I would rather be the one that died protecting my friends then have an entire class die and I be the only one that lived"

The mother said that it took all she had not to breakdown on the spot and still has a lump in her throat from hearing her young son say that. "10 damn years old and this has to be our babies thought process in America," she said in the Facebook post, which has since amassed 150,000 shares and over 300,000 reactions.

While it is uplifting to see that a child as young as Dezmond has the thought to put himself on the line like this, what's upsetting is that he has to make plans for this eventuality at all.

After the horrible events that took place at a Florida school earlier this week, the debate around gun control in the US. An ex-student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School opened fire on staff and students with an AR-15 rifle, killing 17 and injuring 15 others.

Unfortunately, this is not even the first school shooting this year, which has left many parents nervous for their children's welfare when they send them off each day. One mother, an educator living in Texas, was curious whether her son was taking the preparatory shooting drills seriously or not, so asked him about their routine.

Tanai Benard, a single mother, has since written about her conversation with the 10-year-old Dezmond, which struck a chord with people all over the world. At first, she just wanted to know whether the 5th grader was using the time to "socialize and goof off", but as they walked to school together she found out something entirely different.

First, she asked him what they are supposed to do during the lockdown procedure, and he told her:

"The teacher is suppose to shut and lock the door, put the black paper over the window on the door.
Then myself and three other boys are suppose to push the table against the door."

"After that all the class is going to stand behind us on the back wall."

When she questioned him about it, he told her that the class stands behind him and three other boys in the class. For Tanai, this set her mind racing. She said:

"I internally went from 0 to 100 real quick. My child is one of only 2 black children in a class of 23. Being transparent, I immediately went to the "why is my black son being put on the front line?" (Just being real) So I asked before I verbally stated my thoughts"

"Why did you get picked to stand in front of everyone else if a shooter came in your school?" she asked her son. But to her surprise, he said:

"I didn't get picked. I volunteered to push the table and protect my friends"

As if this wasn't enough of a shock, his reasoning showed that while she thought the worst, his motives were as pure as can be. The selfless 10-year-old explained to his mother:

"If it came down to it I would rather be the one that died protecting my friends then have an entire class die and I be the only one that lived"

The mother said that it took all she had not to breakdown on the spot and still has a lump in her throat from hearing her young son say that. "10 damn years old and this has to be our babies thought process in America," she said in the Facebook post, which has since amassed 150,000 shares and over 300,000 reactions.

While it is uplifting to see that a child as young as Dezmond has the thought to put himself on the line like this, what's upsetting is that he has to make plans for this eventuality at all.