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 School Shootings

"Every year 2,900 children and teens are shot and killed and nearly 15,600 more are shot and injured. An estimated 3 million American children are exposed to shootings per year."

"We live in a crazy time. Every other week, there's a school shooting. There's always some nutty thing and I've always wanted to kind of understand the crazy." ~ Richard Patrick

A school shooting is an attack on an educational institution such as a primary or secondary school involving the use of firearms.

It is astonishing that someone could have an impulse to use firearms against adolescents and teens that want to receive an education.

The impact of school shooting on youths, on both their mental and physical health and their families is unfathomable to an extend where you cannot imagine what adolescents are going through until you experience it yourself.

(1)During the time period of 10 years, from 2009 to 2019 CNN found that 180 school shootings took place across the US resulting in 356 victims.

CNN also found that school shootings are steadily taking place more often.

Graph taken from (1)CNN

Few mass deadly school shootings that took place include (2) Sandy Hook Elementary School, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Virginia Tech, Santa Fe High School, and Umpqua Community College.

In no circumstances should a student's safety be put at risk especially when they want to gain an education.

Source:

(1)https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/07/us/ten-years-of-school-shootings-trnd/

(2)https://abcnews.go.com/US/11-mass-deadly-school-shootings-happened-columbine/story?id=62494128

https://maps.everytownresearch.org/gunfire-in-school/#17079

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