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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow are you reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the Columbine massacre?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/columbine-shooting-survivors-reflect-on-attackI'm gathering my grandchildren and neighbor's kids today to explain to them that there are many people out there with guns who will kill you and that we live in a country that values guns over little children's lives...
...so, be careful...
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How are you reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the Columbine massacre? (Original Post)
myohmy2
Apr 2019
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hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)1. WAPO has produced two tremendous articles, dispelling myths and providing perspective
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/04/19/bullies-black-trench-coats-columbine-shootings-most-dangerous-myths/?utm_term=.aabb2b36e788
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/04/18/school-shootings-didnt-start-columbine-heres-why-that-disaster-became-blueprint-other-killers-created-columbine-generation/?utm_term=.cc8741ddfbdb
Retropolis
Bullies and black trench coats: The Columbine shootings most dangerous myths
On the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, its time for a fact-check about the two killers
Bullies and black trench coats: The Columbine shootings most dangerous myths
On the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, its time for a fact-check about the two killers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/04/18/school-shootings-didnt-start-columbine-heres-why-that-disaster-became-blueprint-other-killers-created-columbine-generation/?utm_term=.cc8741ddfbdb
School shootings didnt start in 1999 at Columbine. Heres why that disaster became a blueprint for other killers and created the Columbine generation'
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,355 posts)2. That doesn't seem like a very useful or actionable message?
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)3. Seems like scaring children for no good reason.
With over 130,000 schools in the US with 62 million people in them the chances of anyone ever being in a mass school shooting are infinitesimally small.
You would do more to help save their lives teaching them driving safety or ladder safety or poison safety.
Unintentional fall deaths (per year)
Number of deaths: 34,673
Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.7
Motor vehicle traffic deaths
Number of deaths: 40,327
Deaths per 100,000 population: 12.5
Unintentional poisoning deaths
Number of deaths: 58,335
Deaths per 100,000 population: 18.1
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/accidental-injury.htm