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Students From Across California Share Experiences With Campus Gun Violence
This occurs with the recent introduction of bills such as SB 906, requiring parents to disclose their possession of firearms at home.
May 25, 2022
Since the Columbine school shooting in 1999, more than 292,000 students have faced gun violence in their schools. As of May 24, 2022, there have been 27 school shootings in the U.S. this year, according to Education Week’s school shooting tracker. Most recently, on May 23, 2022, a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers in what is the deadliest school shooting in America since the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting.
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With the recent introduction of California bills such as SB 906, requiring parents to disclose their possession of firearms at home, debates about whether states and schools are doing enough to keep their students and staff safe have only intensified. As California leads the nation in the number of mass shootings in the past 40 years, students, teachers and parents are seeking ways to ensure safety in schools.
We asked students who have survived a school shooting or shooting threats about how those experiences have impacted them.
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