Raven CorderMaroon Echoes Reporter Students need to feel safe at school. According to the CDC, so far this year, there have been approximately 74 gun-related incidents on school grounds in the United States. This has resulted in eleven deaths, forty-four injuries, and three suicides.
This trend shows that teachers and students need to be more aware of how to deal with situations of gun violence in school. Standard precautionary measures include active shooter drills and lockdown drills. Some of which we have practiced this week at school. Schools also have programs for victims who suffer through mental health issues. These programs are an attempt to curb gun violence. The same CDC report states that about three million American students have been at a school when there was a shooting. Every year, there are about 2,900 children and teenagers who are shot and killed, and there are about 15,600 more victims who have been shot and injured. The students who are exposed to this gun violence are likely to suffer from alcohol and drug abuse later in life. They also may suffer from depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder. It may also be difficult for them to be in school and they tend to fail their classes. Schools and government officials are doing their best to keep their students safe, but every class of students since the Columbine Shooting in 1999 has had to experience the fear and anxiety of potential violence.
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