school shootings
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2 Students Injured, Gunman Dead After Shooting at Maryland High School
Updated Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 2:09 p.m. EDT: The gunman involved in the shooting that left two Maryland high schoolers injured early Tuesday morning has been identified as 17-year-old Austin Wyatt Rollins. Austin, a student at Great Mills High School, shot a 16-year-old female student before he was shot and killed while exchanging gunfire with…
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California High School Teacher Fires Gun in Classroom During Safety Lesson, Injures 3 Students and … Must I Really Go On?
Today in “This is exactly why schools should be gun-free zones” news, a Seaside, Calif., teacher—who is also a reserve police officer, mind you—somehow accidentally fired a gun inside a local high school classroom on Tuesday, injuring three students. What makes this even more depressing? The incident occurred during a course about gun safety. According…
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What Kind of Impact Do School Shootings Have on Kids? Well, Ask This Alabama 6th-Grader Who Just Wrote a Will
No student at any age should go to school wondering if they’ll even walk back out. No child should already have a “will” prepared just in case they never return home from school. Unfortunately, in this country, it seems that we don’t care, as lawmakers refuse to put effective gun control measures into place, while…
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Why Armed Teachers Means Dead Black Students, Explained
I’m sorry. I was keeping an eye on Florida’s House of Representatives all day. House members passed a school-safety/gun control bill and sent it to the governor for his signature. I hear you, but this bill will probably mean more dead black kids. This is Florida, man. You can buy a boa constrictor at a…
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Watch: Survivors of the Florida School Shooting Are Under Attack Again—This Time From the Far Right
The Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was one of the deadliest school shootings in modern American history. Seventeen people were killed and 15 injured. In the wake of the shooting, many student survivors, including David Hogg, have spoken out. And for that, he and other outspoken survivors have…