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To: Flick Lives
How many recent school shootings would have been prevented or complicated by raising the minimum purchase age to 21?

Recent school shootings in the US
By Madeline Farber, Zoe Szathmary | Fox News

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida. Authorities have identified the suspect as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz.

Salvador B. Castro Middle School, California. A 12-year-old girl was taken into custody after police said the loaded gun she brought to Salvador B. Castro Middle School in Los Angeles accidentally discharged on Feb. 1, shooting a 15-year-old boy in the head and a 15-year-old girl in the wrist.

Marshall County High School, Kentucky. A shooter opened fire at Marshall County High School in Benton, Ky., on Jan. 23, killing two people. Suspected shooter Gabriel Ross Parker, 15, was arraigned on Feb. 16, according to Kentucky State Police.

Italy High School, Texas. A 15-year-old girl was hurt in a Jan. 22 shooting at Italy High School in Italy, Texas. A 16-year-old male student was taken into custody, Ellis County police told Fox News.

Aztec High School, New Mexico. Gunman William Atchison, 21, disguised himself as a student to get inside Aztec High School in Aztec, N.M., on Dec. 7, 2017, according to authorities.

Rancho Tehama Elementary School, California. The gunman, who was later identified as Kevin Neal, 44, rammed a car into the gates of Rancho Tehama Elementary School and shot at its portable classrooms.

Mattoon High School, Illinois. A male student shot and injured a fellow student at a central Illinois high school on Sept. 20, 2017. The shooting unfolded in Mattoon High School’s cafeteria around 11:30 a.m., officials said at the time. (Other stories identify shooter as a 15-year-old but name withheld.)

Freeman High School, Washington. A 15-year-old student opened fire on fellow classmates at a Washington state high school on Sept. 13, 2017, killing one, investigators said. Caleb Sharpe, the suspected gunman, said the student who died had bullied him.

North Park Elementary School, California. A special needs teacher and a child, 8, were killed in what police said was a murder-suicide at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, California. Police said Cedric Anderson (identified in other stories as 53) walked into the school on April 10, 2017, and shot his estranged wife, Karen Elaine Smith.

Liberty-Salem High School, Ohio. Two high school students were injured after a fellow student allegedly fired a shotgun inside Liberty-Salem High School in Ohio on Jan. 20, 2017. Ely Serna, the accused gunman, was 17 at the time of the shooting but is being tried as an adult in Champaign County court.

18 posted on 03/06/2018 6:35:00 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo
I don't care if ALL OF THEM could have been "prevented" by infringing the rights of 18-21 year olds. It's WRONG.

We can prevent all school shootings by murdering all children in America before birth (we're nearly there!) also, but that is also an evil option.

People that think this kind of infringement is going to be simply obeyed this time are WRONG. They want gun violence? they're going to see it when they go for bans and confiscation.

35 posted on 03/06/2018 12:04:02 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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To: Yo-Yo
in your post #18 of 10 school shootings there is a common thread. 8 of the ten shootings were all done by STUDENTS of the school with one being done by an ex-student.

So it seems the GUN control effort pushed by teachers, students, pols probably should be shifted to a STUDENT control effort if they expect to see any results.

48 posted on 03/14/2018 7:12:43 PM PDT by redcatcherb412 (Emerged intact.)
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