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school shootings
A school shooting is an attack at an educational institution, such as a school or university, involving the use of a firearm(s). Incidents that involve four or more deaths are also categorized as mass shootings.
According to studies, factors behind school shooting include family dysfunction, lack of family supervision, and mental illness. School shootings have sparked a political debate over gun violence, zero tolerance policies, and gun control.
The United States has the highest number of school-related shootings.
4J School Board in Eugene has been contemplating prohibiting concealed carry on 4J property per recent new laws. It is too easy to manipulate and stifle public testimony at board meetings (see below), so the most effective means of getting our point across is email. Here are the email...
Well finally someone with common sense and an objective lens:
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I remember bringing this up with a professor that was teaching on public health marketing because the textbook that she chose had inaccurate data on firearms.
"CCHR says school mental health screening & psychotropic drugs can contribute to senseless violence acts"
Expert Warns of Antidepressants Linked to Violence | CCHR International
It's been said for years yet now they agree.
I thought this was interesting and it's the first time I've seen it put like this...
The author likens school shootings to riots in that riots are filled with people of varying "thresholds." There's the person who would never be the first to throw a rock but would throw a rock if one other...
A provocative topic title, yes? Well it got you here! ;)
First and foremost, I feel we need to do whatever we can to prevent the radical left from using every mass shooting as political ammunition to further their agenda of disarming the population, or banning certain specific tools they deem...