https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/18/612286146/shooting-reported-at-high-school-near-houston
This Friday, a school shooting in Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, occured, killing 10. The shooter was Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17 year old student, whose social media and personal journals show signs for the plan. He was going to commit suicide along with his killing, but "his courage" failed him. Among the dead was a foreign exchange student from Pakistan, Sabika Sheikh. The killer was armed with his father's shotgun and revolver and had a CO2 device and a Molotov cocktail in his possession.
In one of the interviews, one student, when asked if she thought this would happen to her, responded by saying that she always thought this might happen to her (https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/us/texas-school-shooting-victims/index.html). Her almost dismissive response shows the climate in which my generation is growing up in, a world where school shootings seem almost normal to us. Those in leadership have responded with their usual "thoughts and prayers" which has definitely gotten old and repetitive. I honestly have no idea if this is going to do anything in a legislative perspective, but I gotta hope. In conclusion, we experienced another mass death in our generation and I hope we can rise past it.
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