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Sandy Hook memorial opens nearly 10 years after 26 killed
Read full article: Sandy Hook memorial opens nearly 10 years after 26 killedA memorial to the 20 first graders and six educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has opened to the public, a month before the 10th anniversary of the massacre.
โItโs our life workโ: Michigan-based company sees spike in interest in innovative lockdown system
Read full article: โItโs our life workโ: Michigan-based company sees spike in interest in innovative lockdown systemItโs exactly a week since 19 children and two teachers were shot and killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX. The mass shooting has more schools looking at their security measures. Some local districts are turning to Michigan-based The Lockdown Company, which installs an innovative lockdown and alert system.
After $73M win, Sandy Hook families zero in on gun marketing
Read full article: After $73M win, Sandy Hook families zero in on gun marketingThe $73 million settlement that some of the Sandy Hook shooting victims' families won against Remington is not the end of their efforts to hold the gun industry accountable.
School plotters often are bullied, suffer from depression
Read full article: School plotters often are bullied, suffer from depressionStudents who were making plans to attack schools showed the same types of troubled histories as those who carried them out. The study by the Secret Serviceโs National Threat Assessment Center is a twist on the study of school shootings. It's a companion report to its study in 2019 on student attackers, the most comprehensive analysis of school shootings since the 1999 Columbine High School killings. One-third conducted research into previous school shootings, like the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack in Newtown, Connecticut, where 27 people, mostly first-graders, were killed. AdโFirst and foremost, targeted violence is preventable if communities can identify warning signs and intervene,โ Driscoll said.
APNewsBreak: Study says school shooters showed warning signs
Read full article: APNewsBreak: Study says school shooters showed warning signsThats according to a comprehensive study by the U.S. Secret Services National Threat Assessment Center of 41 school attacks since the 1999 Columbine High School Shooting. In at least four cases, attackers wanted to emulate other school shootings, including those at Columbine High School in Colorado, Virginia Tech University and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. The study by the Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center is one of the most comprehensive reviews of school attacks since the Columbine shootings in 1999. The report obtained by The Associated Press looked in depth at 41 school attacks from 2008 through 2017. Officials use that knowledge and apply it in other situations such as school shootings or mass attacks.
WATCH: Sandy Hook parents release chilling 'back to school' PSA
Read full article: WATCH: Sandy Hook parents release chilling 'back to school' PSAAn anti-gun violence group connected to the Sandy Hook school massacre released a "back to school" PSA this week showing the chilling impact of school shooters. The Sandy Hook Promise Foundation's video, based out of Newtown, Connecticut, depicts smiling, happy children suddenly having to employ skateboards, jackets and cell phones in life-or-death moments. "We don't want people to turn away from it, so pretending it doesn't exist is not helping to solve it," Sandy Hook parent Nicole Hockley told NBC's "Today" show, which debuted the shocking, minute-long video. It's been nearly seven years since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 26 people, including 20 children between the ages of six and seven, were killed. **Please note that this PSA contains graphic content related to school shootings that may be upsetting to some viewers.