#school-shootings

#school-shootings

The Georgia jury was not so forgiving of a parent who gave an AR-15 to a 14-year-old child. They are only the second jury in American history to find a parent guilty after their child went on a shooting spree at a school. It is an important step forward in what CNN calls a growing nationwide effort 'to hold more people accountable for a school shooting, including the shooter's parents and responding law enforcement officers.'

I saw that America was moving on from each school shooting quicker and quicker every time. Eight years ago, he decided to try a different approach. The documentary All the Empty Rooms, recently nominated for an Academy Award, offers up another way of looking. Over a painful, delicate and urgent 34 minutes, it follows Hartman and the photographer Lou Bopp as they visit and photograph the bedrooms of four children killed in school shootings.

Since 1979, there have been just two school shootings carried out by teenage females in the United States, claiming a total of four lives. There have been none in Canada. So the news, as reported by RTÉ's Morning ­Ireland last Wednesday, that a woman had shot dead eight people in a Canadian school was shockingly historic for two reasons.

California is launching its generic brand of insulin called CalRx next month, which will average about $55 for a month's supply. Additionally, co-payments and deductibles for insulin will be capped at $35 per month. [Bay Area News Group] A person of interest was detained after a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island Saturday killed two and injured nine. At least two students who escaped the shooting were involved in previous school shootings. [CBS, Guardian]

Johnson, appearing on America's Newsroom on Fox News Friday, was asked by host Dana Perino if "there has to be some sort of accountability on the transgender front." The shooter, Robin Westman, who killed two children and wounded 18 (some sources say 17) people at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis Wednesday, has been reported to be transgender. Westman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene.

"When I saw that photo, I felt it to my core,"

Elayna experienced fear and anxiety following a school shooting incident on campus, which led her to consider taking a semester off from college.

The Anti-Defamation League's report details the troubling trend of Roblox users creating 'true crime' simulations, specifically those focused on infamous real-life school shootings.