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Texas School Shooting Points Finger at Video Games
Texas School Shooting Points Finger at Video Games

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Texas School Shooting Points Finger at Video Games

As the community in Santa Fe, Texas, continues to mourn the loss of 10 people killed during the country's latest mass shooting, one of the survivors says the issue has nothing to do with gun laws. A 17-year-old student armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire in a Texas high school on Friday, claiming the lives [...]

By Generation Next|2021-03-04T15:11:07+11:00May 28th, 2018|Categories: Anxiety, Bullying, Depression, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Mental Illness, Society & Culture|Tags: gun law, shooting, USA, video game|0 Comments

Guns in the USA kill twice as many kids as cancer does

In the USA in 2010, 15,576 children and teenagers were injured by firearms — three times more than the number of U.S. soldiers injured in the war in Afghanistan. Guns still kill twice as many children and young people in the USA than cancer, five times as many than heart disease and 15 [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2013-04-15T16:53:29+10:00April 11th, 2013|Categories: Society & Culture|Tags: Afghanistan, children, diseases, firearms, guns, medicine, Teenagers, USA|0 Comments