Sitting on the couch after a long day at work, I decide to turn on the television to forget

about my worries. All of a sudden my life is snapped back into perspective. My rough day

consisted of whether or not I remembered to bring a refill of Pepsi to one of my customers. The

children of Santee, California were wondering if their classmates and friends made it out of

high-school alive. I sit in awe of this tragedy, wondering what happened to the days when

high-school worries were whether or not you will have a date for Prom. The worst thing my

classmates and I could imagine happening was getting hit with a piece of pizza during a food

fight. Never did we worry that during that food fight someone would come and open fire in the

cafeteria. This school shooting, which resulted in two casualties and thirteen wounded, is one of

many in the past few years. President Bush made a statement about the increase in gun violence

at school, stating that it was a parents responsibility. Although it may not be all the parents

responsibility they do play a role in what their children, and I emphasize children, do or do not

ed. gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/GFSA/report_2000/part1.html). For the school year 1998-9 states

is through an estate sale. These guns can be sold to anyone without observing a waiting period.

Volunteer in the classroom or library, or in after school activities. Work with

Bill, which was enacted in 1994, is a background check on a person who wants to buy a gun.

a dreadful thing, and avoid problems. Usually, however, parents can help prevent problems if

Oct. 1, 1997: A 16-year-old outcast in Pearl, Miss., is accused of killing his mother, then going to Pearl High

possession of handguns by anyone under the age of eighteen. In addition someone giving or

good reason to have a gun in school. We must break the code of silence. Take the Santee High

May 21, 1998: A 15-year-old boy dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in Onalaska, Wash. Earlier

middle school in Deming, N.M., about 33 miles from the Mexican border. The boy was wearing a camouflage jacket

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