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"Firearms And The Romance Of Heroism": How The NRA's Proposal To Put Guns In Schools Became Credible « mykeystrokes.com

This week, the National Rifle Association is starting up its propaganda machine to argue in favor of using federal money to put armed guards in schools. They're calling it the "National School Shield Program" – nomenclature that invites us to imagine guns as defensive barriers, only pointing outward against threats. But guns can point in…

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NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt

>> it's been six months and the protests have only been getting bigger. it says so much about the hope of this movement. >> george solis joins us from outside columbia university. george, what is the police presence there like tonight?epoa >> reporter: yeah, jose, there's a large police presence on the periphery of the campus. you can see it behind me where protests are still growing strong at this hour. what's unclear tonight is if police are going to go back on campus to disperse the groups of students gathered there tonight. jose? >> george solis in new york. thank you. today marks a somber milestone. 25 years since columbine, one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. last night a vigil in denver to honor the 12 students and one teacher killed that day. but it was also a reminder how that day changed the conversation about school safety. rehema ellis reports. >> reporter: on april 20th, 1999, the mass shooting at columbine high school shocked the nation.

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violence. >> reporter: a student graduating this spring likely has participated in these drills every single year starting in kindergarten. researchers are still grappling with their impact. >> they're really scary. it decreases the sense of safety. >> reporter: studies show following the drills a 39% increase in depression and a 42 increase in stress and anxiety. in the wake of columbine, metal detector companies were overwhelmed with orders. >> we expect between now and the beginning of school next year to be a very busy period for us. >> reporter: while more research is needed, experts say there is little evidence these measures alone make schools safer. in fact, since columbine, we've had 404 school shootings. something that's become a fact of life for students today. >> every day i wake up scared. i want to go to school and just get my education. >> reporter: experts say for all the security at schools, we're still not doing enough to identify threats before it's too late.

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BBC News

more than 20 others. the massacre is widely—regarded as the first major mass shooting at a us school in the modern era — marking a turning point for the country. on the eve of the anniversary, community members gathered in denver, colorado to remember the lives lost. candles flickered on 13 empty chairs — one for each of the victims — as short biographies were read out. after each, the crowd replied together "never forgotten." since columbine, gun violence in the united states has become increasingly severeboth in schools and in wider communities. according to data collected by the washington post, there have been more than 400 school shootings since 1999 — exposing more than 370,000 students to gun violence. so far this year alone, there have been 120 reported mass shootings — that data coming from the gun violence archive. on saturday, us presidentjoe biden issued a statement to mark the anniversary of columbine and condemn gun violence.

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BBC News

israeli hostages won't be released until that operation is complete. saturday marks twenty—five years since the 1999 mass shooting at columbine high school that killed 12 students and one teacher — and wounded more than 20 others. the massacre is widely—regarded as the first major mass shooting at a us school in the modern era — marking a turning point for the country. on the eve of the anniversary, community members gathered in denver, colorado to remember the lives lost. candles flickered on 13 empty chairs — one for each of the victims — as short biographies were read out. after each, the crowd replied together �*never forgotten.�* since columbine, gun violence in the united states has become increasingly severeboth in schools and in wider communities. according to data collected by the washington post, there have been more than 400 school shootings since 1999 — exposing more than 370,000 students to gun violence. so far this year alone, there have been 120 reported mass shootings — that data

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of police officers. unfortunately, too often is there patrolling good guys with gun turn out to be cowards with good guns when it counts. if we're only able to stop shooter by the time to get into a high school parking lot we're failing. countries whether it's the uk, countries across europe or australia they don't have these type of shootings on what seems like a weekly basis in terms of school shootings. it's not because there are cops in every school, not because they have metal detectors, it's because they actually passed comprehensive gun laws that raise the standard of ownership. even in countries that do have guns pretty widely accessible like switzerland. they have stronger gun laws that help prevent things like what happened in parkland from happening again. effectively what these "solutions" which are propose are really band—aid solutions to much bigger problems that is caused by the easy accessibility of firearms that we have here in the united states. it's not to say

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