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ck4829

(36,130 posts)
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 10:32 AM Aug 2022

SENSE OF SECURITY: The problem of school shootings in America

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – They are the calls happening all too often in America. Police are responding to school shootings at a growing rate, nationwide.

“School shootings have been going on for years,” said Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott.

Since 1970, data found 589 people have died because of a school shooting in the United States. Five of those victims were in Northeast Arkansas when two students opened fire at Westside Middle School on March 24, 1998.

Since 1970, more than 2,000 school shootings have been reported. Of those, 948 have taken place since Sandy Hook

https://www.ksla.com/2022/08/13/sense-security-problem-school-shootings-america/

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SENSE OF SECURITY: The problem of school shootings in America (Original Post) ck4829 Aug 2022 OP
I'd be scared to death to start back to school if I was a kid. brush Aug 2022 #1
How many kids are going to have to lose their lives to protect the 2nd Amendment this year? ck4829 Aug 2022 #2

brush

(58,059 posts)
1. I'd be scared to death to start back to school if I was a kid.
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 10:38 AM
Aug 2022

Republicans, joined at the hip to the NRA, don't give a shit. They just want the campaign donations to keep coming in.

ck4829

(36,130 posts)
2. How many kids are going to have to lose their lives to protect the 2nd Amendment this year?
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 11:37 AM
Aug 2022
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