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Jake Paul's video about school shootings doesn't involve any actual gun control

With 14 million YouTube subscribers and millions more on his various platforms, vlogger Jake Paul has massive influence. Unfortunately, his new plan to end school shootings doesn't instill much confidence that he can use it to truly enact change. 

First, we have to applaud Paul for taking a break from his daily vlogging and merch selling to visit Parkland, Fla. in the wake of a school shooting that left 17 people (mostly teenagers) dead. While it's easy to hate on him for being an obnoxious YouTuber, using his platform for such a sensitive and important subject as gun violence is honorable, especially because he has such a faithful young audience.

That said, Paul's plan for ending school shootings isn't exactly echoing the message of the Parkland survivors, because it doesn't address gun control at all. It's a plan for deterrence, and it reads like a right-wing playbook.

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Paul released the nearly 22-minute video titled "It's Time To End School Shootings" on Monday. 

"I think the only thing I can do to help in this situation is go ground floor and talk to a bunch of people ... and figure out what needs to be done and give that message to as many people as I possibly can," Paul said.

After meeting with student survivors, a parent, the former mayor, and giving a softball interview to Fla. Sen. Marco Rubio, Paul released a five-point plan. Per his conversation with Rubio, it seems Paul realized passing laws was way too difficult, so he devised a five-point plan to help stop school shootings on a local level.

1. Make school window's bulletproof

"Every family that I talked to, talked about having bulletproof windows on the doors. It could have saved five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten lives."

2. More school resource officers

"Having more school resource officers allows more ears throughout the school."

3. Hold social media responsible

"I believe these big social media companies should also have a moral responsibility... I know on Instagram, if a girl posts a picture with her nipples out it, it automatically gets flagged and removed from Instagram... so why can't we have that same technology with a kid taking a selfie with a hand gun?"

4. Equip kids with bulletproof shields

"There are like these bulletproof shields that can fit into laptop pouches of backpacks. If I was a student again, back in 2012, I wouldn't have gone to school another day without one of those in my backpack."

5. Check-in points

"You're a mom, you're a kid, you're a parent and your school doesn't have a check-in point? That's something you can easily go to them and say 'look, we need to implement this.'"

While, sure, some of Paul's points could help protect students and teachers during school shootings, it is not the type of rallying cry we need from an influencer that has a massive audience of young people. The reason the gun control debate surrounding Parkland is still going strong nearly a month later is because the surviving students stepped up and became advocates for real, meaningful gun control.

Jake Paul didn't do that. 

Maybe it's because Paul doesn't believe in gun regulations. He does, after all, have an assault rifle tattooed on his leg, and has featured guns in his vlogs before, spotted by Paul expert Taylor Lorenz from the Daily Beast.

Btw reminder that Jake Paul has featured guns on his vlog and has an assault rifle tattooed on his thigh https://t.co/Z9EAinMwmb pic.twitter.com/UtRjDnQFga

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) March 12, 2018

Paul did, however, donate $25,000 to "help be a part of this cause." Paul did not specify where the rest of the money would be donated. 

Paul also promoted the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., on March 24. Part of the money will be spent bussing kids to the pro-gun control event.

Paul ended the video by dedicating it to the victims of the Parkland shooting. It did not have ads turned on, and Paul did not promote his store once in the clip, which strays from his usual approach of incessant merch pushing. 

UPDATE: March 12, 2018, 4:48 p.m. PDT After receiving criticism for not including any gun control in his original video, Paul released the following statement and added five more points which do involve reforming gun laws. 

Gun Reform changes we need in my opinion. 1. be at least 21 to buy a gun 2. Go through a 6 month minimum course (similar to a drivers license course) 3. Professional Mental Heath evaluation 4. Ban Gun shows now! 5. 30 day wait period after purchase to receive firearm pic.twitter.com/pe7YXgLcR5

— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) March 12, 2018

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