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When Will It End?

I was born on January 26, 1983. What follows is a list of school shootings in the United States in my lifetime that have resulted in the deaths of at least five students and/or teachers. January 17, 1989. Cleveland Elementary School, Stockton, California. 6 dead. 32 injured. November 1, 1991. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 6 dead. 1 injured. March 24, 1998. Westside Middle School, Craighead County, Arkansas. 5 dead. 10 injured. April 20, 1999. Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado. 15 dead. 21 injured. (This was the first such major event in my lifetime with double-digit fatalities. It would not be the last.) March 21, 2005. Red Lake Senior High School, Red Lake, Minnesota. 10 dead. 7 injured. October 2, 2006. West Nickel Mines School, Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. 6 dead. 5 injured. April 16, 2007. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia. 33 dead. 23 injured. February 14, 2008. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. 6