Why Aren't School Boards, Teachers, Principals, Parents Having Real Dialogue About School Shootings?

We need to be more conscious and more aware that school shootings are not a one-off situation, but a consistent and deadly disease attacking our children and our families. More than 352,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since Columbine.

From the Associated Press, March 27, 2023, in an article titled, "Mass school shootings kill 175 from Columbine to Nashville:" Mass shooters have killed hundreds of people throughout U.S. history in realms like stores, theaters and workplaces, but it is in schools and colleges where the carnage reverberates perhaps most keenly - places filled with children of tender ages, older students aspiring to new heights and the teachers planting the seeds of knowledge, their journeys all cut short. If a mass shooting is defined as resulting in the death of four or more people, not including the perpetrator, 175 people have died in 15 such events connected to U.S. schools and colleges. From 1999's Columbine High School's massacre to Monday's shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. That's according to a database compiled by the Associated Press, USA Today, and Northeastern University, in addition to other AP reporting.

The Covenant School, March 2023 - Six dead. A 28 year old female shooter wielding two "assault-style" rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville. The suspect also died after being shot by police.

Robb Elementary School, May 2022 - 21 dead. An 18 year old gunman opened fire Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two adults, officials said. Law enforcement killed the attacker.

Oxford High School, November 2021,- four dead. A sophomore student is accused of killing four people and wounding others at his high school in Oxford, Michigan, near Detroit. His parents are charged with involuntary manslaughter: authorities say they failed to secure a gun and ignored the mental health needs of their son before the shooting.

This discussion seems to fall on deaf ears. And it's really terrible. Families have been destroyed because of this. Why can't we come up with a solution that will fix this particular cancer on not just the family, but the community, the school system, and the nation?

Lastly, we believe at Families Against School Shootings that we must have a television presence on all the major cable systems and satellite systems talking about this issue on a day to day basis. We need to push this narrative until we have enough people who are willing to discuss this issue with love, compassion, strength, and determination. We must be determined with love to come up with a solution.

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