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AK: I’m a high school student in Alaska. We spend more time practicing for a mass shooting than for an earthquake.
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They call us the "Mass shooting generation." That's the headline that sticks with me the most. Not the counts of the dead, not the headlines declaring Nikolas Cruz to be mentally unstable, not even the ones that list how many mass shootings have occurred. It's that my generation, the kids that are choosing what to do with our lives, preparing for prom, getting our driver's licenses, applying for our first job, are now growing up in a world where we've been labeled "Most likely to die in school."
I support people having the right to own weapons, to go hunting with or to protect their families. What I don't support is the ease with which we get them. I don't support people owning an AR-15, ...
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MarkHamTownsend
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"I don't support people owning an AR-15 ... "
Another Fudd. *SIGH!* |
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