"Gun Advocates Ignore Lessons of Columbine"
Columbian 4/16/06
This summer I’ll attend my 20 year high school reunion and Topic A will be – as it has been for the past seven years – the massacre and what hasn’t happened since.


"American Children Die Because of Easy Access to Guns"
Tacoma News Tribune 2/11/05
Imagine that you heard that improperly buckled child car seats had killed 71 preschoolers in a single year – more than the 56 police officers killed in the line of duty in 2002.

"Keeping Guns Out of Reach"
Spokesman Review 8/16/04
PARENTS HAVE GROWN accustomed to making sure that the places their children play are child-proofed. They check for locks on cabinets containing harmful chemicals. They look for choking hazards and for safety covers on electrical outlets, and they ask about fences around swimming pools.


"Honor Columbine by Keeping Gun Law"
Columbian 4/17/04
To me, Columbine High School near Denver was a normal school in a normal suburb, not the site of the worst school shooting in U.S. history.


"Today’s Play-date Checklist: Is there a gun in the house?"
Seattle PI Feb 18, 2003
Last Friday Matthew Randall, 13, pleaded guilty in Clark County Juvenile Court to first-degree manslaughter for shooting his 10-year-old sister, Emilee. It is, as Vancouver Police Chief Brian Martinek said, a "tragedy beyond tragedies" that has forever changed many lives. So who's next?


"Paralyzed Politicians Meet Marching Moms"
Oregonian 4/20/2000 (ProQuest)
Every time I sit down to type I think of my highschool typing teacher, who was also my basketball coach. Dave Sanders was a great teacher and a great coach. He was murdered one year ago at my high school in Littleton, Colo.

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