A Solution to School Shootings

Forty-two persons have been killed in school shootings in America over the past 5 years:

Apalachee High School, Winder, Georgia, September 4, 2024

·         Mason Schermerhorn, 14

·         Christian Angulo, 14

·         Richard Aspenwall, teacher

·         Christina Irimie, teacher

Perry, Iowa, High School, January 14, 2024

·         Dan Marburger, principal

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 6, 2023

·         Patricia Navarro-Velez, faculty

·         Jerry Cha-Jan Chang, faculty

·         Naoko Takemaru, faculty

Covenant School, Nashville, Tennessee, March 27, 2023

·         Hallie Scruggs, 9

·         Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9

·         William Kinney, 9

·         Cynthia Peak, teacher

·         Katherine Koonce, head of school

·         Mike Hill, custodian

Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Michigan, February 13, 2023

·         Brian Fraser, 20

·         Adrielle Anderson, 19

·         Alexandria Verner, 20

Uvalde,  Texas, May 24, 2022

·         Makenna Lee Elrod, 10

·         Layla Salazar, 11

·         Maranda Mathis, 11

·         Nevaeh Bravo, 10

·         Jose Manuel Flores, Jr., 10

·         Xavier Lopez, 10

·         Tess Marie Mata, 10

·         Rojelio Torres, 10

·         Eliahna Amya Garcia, 9

·         Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10

·         Jackie Cazares, 9

·         Uziyah Garcia

·         Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10

·         Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10

·         Jailah Nicole Silguero, 10

·         Amerie Jo Garza, 10

·         Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, 10

·         Alithia Ramirez, 10

·         Irma Garcia, teacher

·         Eva Mireles, teacher

Oxford High School, Oxford, Michigan, November 30, 2021

·         Madiyson Baldwin, 17

·         Tate Myre, 16

·         Justin Shilling. 17

·         Hana St. Juliana, 14

Donald Trump has a solution: Get over it.

— January 5, 2024

NOTE TO MY READERS: I write this column, Arnold Garson: Second Thoughts, as a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. You can subscribe for free. However, if you enjoy my work, please consider showing your support by becoming a paid subscriber at the level that feels right for you. The cost can be less than $2 per column.

Here is a link to the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative Sunday Roundup, where you can get a compilation of our members’ work published the previous week.

Iowa Writers Collaborative Roundup

Linking readers and professional writers who care about Iowa.

By Julie Gammack

The Iowa Writers Collaborative is made up of some of the foremost regional journalists in the country. Each writer is independent and has a Substack of their own.