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applegrove

(123,111 posts)
Sat Apr 20, 2024, 07:01 PM Apr 2024

"Since Columbine more than 360,000 students have experience gun violence at school".


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We will forever hold Columbine in our hearts. Today, and every day, we commit to action to honor those lost. Progress is slow but steady, and we must continue to honor with action. A future free
of gun violence is within reach.

Memes at link:

"Since Columbine more than 360,000 students have experience gun violence at school".

https://flic.kr/p/2pLq4US

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"Since Columbine more than 360,000 students have experience gun violence at school". (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2024 OP
Mind boggling. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #1
Probably untrue TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #2
They are probably including every student in every school applegrove Apr 2024 #3
That's one reason I think it's exaggerated TexasDem69 Apr 2024 #4
I walked into a hall of my apartment building from the laudry applegrove Apr 2024 #5

applegrove

(123,111 posts)
3. They are probably including every student in every school
Sat Apr 20, 2024, 09:58 PM
Apr 2024

that was attacked. Even kids and university students who didn't see the shooter are traumatized to one degree or another. They get told to run for their lives or shelter somewhere. Have you ever run from a gun? I did in 2004 or 2005. Terrifying and I was already on meds for ptsd and the gun wasn't aimed at me.

 

TexasDem69

(2,317 posts)
4. That's one reason I think it's exaggerated
Sat Apr 20, 2024, 10:01 PM
Apr 2024

But that said I’m sorry for your experience. Not trying to downplay the impact that violence has, but the numbers seem very random.

applegrove

(123,111 posts)
5. I walked into a hall of my apartment building from the laudry
Sun Apr 21, 2024, 01:18 AM
Apr 2024

and there were guys in masks and stockings over their heads at the end of a the hall with a long gun. They were aiming to get into the office and steal the rent money. I ran. I ran down a flight of stairs and they were running away outside the window so I knew I was safe after 10 seconds in. Still I was really scared until the police arrived. Went down to the basement to retrieve my shoes (I ran out of my shoes actually). If it had been a few minutes to hours of lockdown as many of these students go through when their schools are targeted in mass shootings..... well that fear would leave more than a mark. I don't want to imagine more than that.

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