New Orleans mother has created a car magnet that reads, “Don’t carjack me. Kids inside.”
Gabriella Barnetzer, a mother of four, made the magnets initially for herself and a few friends in response to the city’s recent surge in carjackings, WDSU.com and WGNO.com reported.
“It takes a long time to get them in and out of car seats,” Barnetzer told WDSU.com. “With a gun to your head, I can’t imagine having to go through something like that.”
“It’s either make a magnet or stay silent,” she added in the WGNO.com report. “I just felt like I had to do something. If even one kid has has to stop and say, this is not what I want to do.”
More parents started requesting the magnets after she showed them off on Instagram, and she now plans to sell them for $10 apiece.
“I just think it’s something people feel personal about and can’t imagine or know what they would do,” Barnetzer told WDSU.com.
Proceeds from sales will go toward extracurricular program in low-income areas.
“The solution — I don’t think it’s just simply putting kids in jail or arresting them,” Barnetzer told WDSU.com. “If that happens, there’s just going to be another group right behind them. I think it goes a lot deeper, and we need to talk about it.”
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ahh the chocolate city strikes again
I appreciate her effort to protect her children, but criminals today are the most hardcore and heartless in history. It may serve more as an enticement rather than a deterrent. Conservative leadership combined with a strong police presence—and stiff punishment for crimes—will go a long way.
True that.. Most mothers, are too SCARED to do anything to attackers, due to fear of what may happen to their kids…
HOWS about star CONSEALED CARRYING!! IMO that would work better.
How about just using weapons to deter these dogs. Oh that’s right law abiding citizens are not allowed to protect their family only the criminals can.
Which is why even WITH how great New orleans food is, you couldn’t ever pay me enough to live there..
Talk about making yourself a target…
Hence why i say get a CCW WOULD be a lot better!