Sandy Hook survivor Grace Fischer slams Vance’s ‘lock the doors’ plan for school shooters

Sandy Hook survivor Grace Fischer has slammedJD Vance’s suggestion that schools should “make the door locks better” to deal with shootings.

The 18-year-old campaigner, who was six when she survived the horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on 14 December 2012, said Vance’s proposed solution was “unacceptable.”

“It’s not about making schools safer, because they should be a safe space already for children. His solution is unacceptable,” she told ABC News. “It doesn’t make sense to make schools with stronger windows…I think we need to get more gun control.”

During last week’s debate against Tim Walz, Vance suggested that “making the doors lock better” was one measure to tackle gun violence in schools.

“What do we do to protect our kids? And I think the answer is, and I say this not loving the answer, because I don’t want my kids to go to school in a school that feels unsafe or there are visible signs of security, but I unfortunately think that we have to increase security in our schools,” Vance said.

“We have to make the doors lock better. We have to make the door stronger. We’ve got to make the windows stronger.”

The Republican vice presidential nominee received flack for his answer during the debate, which Fischer also dismissed. “I think it’s not a real solution at all,” she told ABC News. “School is supposed to be a place of fun, you’re supposed to learn and get an education there. I don’t think building such a school with all this protection makes sense. No kid wants to go to a school that looks like a prison.”

Vance was criticized for sayingschool shootings were “a fact of life” following the killings at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia in September. “We have got to