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For ‘lockdown generation’ school shootings are their reality

FILE - A woman cries as she leaves the Uvalde Civic Center, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Since the start of 2020, researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School have recorded 504 cases of gun violence at schools — a number that eclipses the previous eight years combined. (William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News via AP, File) FILE - Students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2018, after a shooter opened fire on the campus. Since 2012, a total of 73 students have been killed in school shootings with at least four victims shot and two victims killed, according to research by James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who studies mass killings. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File) FILE - Students are led out of school as members of the Fountain Police Department take part in an Active Shooter Response Training exercise at Fountain Middle School in Fountain, Colo., on June 9, 2017. Since 2012, a total of 73 students have been killed in school shootings with at least four victims shot and two victims killed, according to research by James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who studies mass killings. (Dougal Brownlie/The Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer embraces Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter as the two leave flowers and pay their respects on Dec. 2, 2021 at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich. Since the start of 2020, researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School have recorded 504 cases of gun violence at schools -- a number that eclipses the previous eight years combined. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File) FILE - Boardman high school principal Cynthia Fernback checks classroom doors to make sure they are locked during a lockdown drill, on Feb. 14, 2019, in Boardman, Ohio. Since 2012, a total of 73 students have been killed in school shootings with at least four victims shot and two victims killed, according to research by James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who studies mass killings. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)