Gun violence is a constant in the United States, a country of about 330 million people awash with more than 400 million guns. theSun thesundaily shooting school UnitedStates massacre
Filepix: A police officer sets flowers from someone mourning at a memorial at Robb Elementary Briana Sanchez/American/REUTERSpix: When Elizabeth Barese picked up her 11-year-old son from school on Monday, she knew she had to tell him that a shooting had happened the same day at the school neighboring their family home in Nashville.
Gun violence is a constant in the United States, a country of about 330 million people awash with more than 400 million guns.Since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, there have been 376 school shootings across the country, according to data gathered by The Washington Post, with 199 people killed and 424 injured. All told, the data shows more than 348,000 students exposed to gun violence at their school.
After the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left 21 people dead, Barese said she wrote a post on social media reading, “I don’t know when the next one is going to happen but I hope to God it’s not Nashville.”Xsavier Cleary, who lives some 30 miles from the Covenant elementary school, came to pay his respects with his own kids’ safety on his mind.
“They’re in elementary school and we have to tell them about what to do and prepare for, if something like this happens.” The National Association of School Psychologists put tips online for parents and teachers on talking to children about violence, including in schools.
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