[Winona Online Democracy]
The truth is that the "gun violence in schools" issue is more of a
sensational media invention than an actual problem. Obviously, one incident
of violence anywhere is too many, but the threat of weapons being brought
into a school and used is very low. In fact, a student has a much greater
chance of being killed in his or her home than at school. The rate of
violent crime among juveniles, and particularly the rate of violent crime in
schools, have been dropping sharply for the last several years. The
"school-related homicide" rate is at its lowest in a decade. There is
really isn't much that needs to be done to keep weapons out of Winona
schools.
>From: "Sarah And Karen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Winona] Weapons in school
>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:43:53 -0500
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>[Winona Online Democracy]
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>How are winona schools handling the gun violence issue? Are there any
>programs or projects keeping harmful weapons out of our schools? If anyone
>could touch base in this with us it would be great :)
>
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