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About School Shootings

American society has often been surrounded with guns from the foundation of our country. From the Revolutionary War to present-day lives have been lost from lethal weapons across the board. In more recent years, guns have been introduced into schools, places meant for safety and education. They have now seem to become a shooting range for people with a will to hurt others, as school massacres happen so often in America. From Columbine to Santa Fe, the issue of gun violence is now disrupting innocent children's education and mental stability.

Kids Over Guns believes now is the time to use your voice to show others how school massacres have affected adolescences lives and why it is important to advocate against gun violence in educational environments. We are here to provide you with the history and facts you need about school shootings in America, and what we can do to further prevent violence like this in schools.

How Columbine changed lives

@armsare4hugging
May 23, 2018
1 min read

Updated: Jun 8, 2018

Read about how the 1999 Columbine shooting in Littleton, CO affected parents, students and teachers to stand up for change.

Mauser, Tom. “Columbine Changed My Life, Now 'Never Again' Movement Will Change America.” TheHill, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2018, thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/384598-columbine-changed-my-life-now-never-again-movement-will-change-america.

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Lemieux, Frederic. “6 Things to Know about Mass Shootings in America.” Scientific American, 13 June 2016, www.scientificamerican.com/article/6-things-to-know-about-mass-shootings-in-america/.

Mauser, Tom. “Columbine Changed My Life, Now 'Never Again' Movement Will Change America.” TheHill, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2018, thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/384598-columbine-changed-my-life-now-never-again-movement-will-change-america.

Kormann, Carolyn. “A High-School Shooting in Gun Country.” The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 25 May 2018, www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/a-high-school-shooting-in-gun-country.

Rudavsky, Shari. “'I Deeply Care for My Students': Noblesville Hero Teacher Speaks after School Shooting.” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 28 May 2018, www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/05/28/noblesville-school-shooting-hero-teacher-press-conference/649519002/.

Belknap, Joanne, and Tanya Greathouse. “School Shooting.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 11 May 2016, www.britannica.com/topic/school-shooting.

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