16,000 California K-12 Students had Shootings at Their Schools Since Sandy Hook [mercurynews.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 11/15/193:34 PM

By John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, November 14, 2019

The sight of another school shooting like the latest mayhem Thursday at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita has become sadly familiar.

Since the horror unleashed in 2012 by a deranged gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, about 16,000 California students have experienced some sort of shooting at 15 schools in the Golden State.

“This is every student’s worst nightmare,” Julia Runkle, 17, a volunteer with Students Demand Action Santa Clarita Valley, said. “My friends attend Saugus High, and our tears of anger and fear today will only strengthen our resolve to fight for an America where no one has to fear being shot.”

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