181 reasons we need gun control
Rachel Scott, Columbine High School
Daniel Rohrbough, Columbine High School
William David Sanders, Columbine High School
Kyle Velasquez, Columbine High School
Steven Curnow, Columbine High School
Cassie Bernall, Columbine High School
Isaiah Shoels, Columbine High School
Matthew Kechter, Columbine High School
Lauren Townsend, Columbine High School
John Tomlin, Columbine High School
Corey DePooter, Columbine High School
Araceli Tena, Deming Middle School
Kayla Rolland, Buell Elementary School
Barry Grunow, Lake Worth Middle School
Dr. John R. Locke, University of Arkansas
Bryan Zuckor, Santana High School
Randy Gordon, Santana High School
Neal Boyd, Lew Wallace High School
Anthony Sutin, Appalachian School of Law
Thomas Blackwell, Appalachian School of Law
Angela Dales, Appalachian School of Law
Joseph Johnson Jr., Vincent High School
Robin Rogers, University of Arizona
Cheryl McGaffic, University of Arizona
Barbara Monroe, University of Arizona
Jonathan Williams, John McDonogh High School
Eugene Segro, Red Lion Area Junior High
Norman Wallace, Case Western Reserve University
Aaron Rollins, Rocori High School
Seth Bartell, Rocori High School
Derrick Brun, Red Lake Senior High School
Neva Wynkoop-Rogers, Red Lake Senior High School
Alicia White, Red Lake Senior High School
Thurlene Stillday, Red Lake Senior High School
Chanelle Rosebear, Red Lake Senior High School
Chase Lussier, Red Lake Senior High School
Dewayne Lewis, Red Lake Senior High School
Ken Bruce, Campbell County High School
Emily Keyes, Platte Canyon High School
John Klang, Weston High School
Naomi Ebersol, West Nickel Mines School
Marian Fisher, West Nickel Mines School
Anna Stoltzfus, West Nickel Mines School
Lena Miller, West Nickel Mines School
Mary Miller, West Nickel Mines School
Samnang Kok, Henry Foss High School
Jamie Bishop, Virginia Tech
Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, Virginia Tech
Kevin Granata, Virginia Tech
Liviu Librescu, Virginia Tech
G. V. Loganathan, Virginia Tech
Ross Alameddine, Virginia Tech
Brian Bluhm, Virginia Tech
Ryan Clark, Virginia Tech
Austin Cloyd, Virginia Tech
Daniel Perez Cueva, Virginia Tech
Matthew Gwaltney, Virginia Tech
Caitlin Hammaren, Virginia Tech
Jeremy Herbstritt, Virginia Tech
Rachael Hill, Virginia Tech
Emily Hilscher, Virginia Tech
Matthew La Porte, Virginia Tech
Jarrett Lane, Virginia Tech
Henry Lee, Virginia Tech
Partahi Lumbantoruan, Virginia Tech
Lauren McCain, Virginia Tech
Daniel O’Neil, Virginia Tech
Juan Ortiz, Virginia Tech
Minal Panchal, Virginia Tech
Erin Peterson, Virginia Tech
Michael Pohle Jr., Virginia Tech
Julia Pryde, Virginia Tech
Mary Karen Read, Virginia Tech
Reema Samaha, Virginia Tech
Waleed Shaalan, Virginia Tech
Leslie Sherman, Virginia Tech
Maxine Turner, Virginia Tech
Nicole White, Virginia Tech
Karsheika Graves, Louisiana Technical College
Taneshia Butler, Louisiana Technical College
Lawrence King, E.O. Green Junior High School
Catalina Garcia, Northern Illinois University
Julianna Gehant, Northern Illinois University
Ryanne Mace, Northern Illinois University
Daniel Parmenter, Northern Illinois University
Gayle Dubowski, Northern Illinois University
Ryan McDonald, Central High School
Ryan Henderson, University of Central Arkansas
Chavares Block, University of Central Arkansas
Amanda Collette, Dillard High School
Todd Brown, Discovery Middle School
Gopi K. Podila, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Maria Davis, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Adriel D. Johnson, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Dr. Vicki Kaspar, Millard South High School
Tremaine De Ante’ Paul, Worthing High School
Daniel Parmertor, Chardon High School
Russel King, Chardon High School
Demetrius Hewlin, Chardon High School
Dale Regan, Episcopal School of Jacksonville
Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, Oikos University
Doris Chibuko, Oikos University
Sonam Chodon, Oikos University
Grace Eunhae Kim, Oikos University
Katleen Ping, Oikos University
Judith Seymour, Oikos University
Lydia Sim, Oikos University
Rachel D’Avino, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Dawn Hochsprung, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Anne Marie Murphy, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Lauren Rousseau, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Mary Sherlach, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Victoria Leigh Soto, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Charlotte Bacon, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Daniel Barden, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Olivia Engel, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Josephine Gay, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Dylan Hockley, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Madeleine Hsu, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Catherine Hubbard, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Chase Kowalski, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Jesse Lewis, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Ana Marquez-Greene, Sandy Hook Elementary School
James Mattioli, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Grace McDonnell, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Emilie Parker, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Jack Pinto, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Noah Pozner, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Caroline Previdi, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Jessica Rekos, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Avielle Richman, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Benjamin Wheeler, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Allison Wyatt, Sandy Hook Elementary School
Michael Landsberry, Sparks Middle School
Claire Davis, Arapahoe High School
Paul Lee, Seattle Pacific University
Emilio Hoffman, Reynolds High School
Zoe Galasso, Marysville Pilchuck High School
Gia Soriano, Marysville Pilchuck High School
Shaylee Chuckulnaskit, Marysville Pilchuck High School
Andrew Fryberg, Marysville Pilchuck High School
Christopher Starks, Savannah State University
Lucero Alcaraz, Umpqua Community College
Treven Taylor Anspach, Umpqua Community College
Rebecka Ann Carnes, Umpqua Community College
Quinn Glen Cooper, Umpqua Community College
Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, Umpqua Community College
Lucas Eibel, Umpqua Community College
Jason Dale Johnson, Umpqua Community College
Lawrence Levine, Umpqua Community College
Sarena Dawn Moore, Umpqua Community College
William S. Klug, UCLA
Raekwon Brown, Jeremiah Burke High School,
Jacob Hall, Townville Elementary School
Karen Elaine Smith, North Park Elementary School
Jonathan Martinez, North Park Elementary School
Janeera Gonzalez, North Lake College
Sam Strahan, Freeman High School
Casey Jordan Marquez, Aztec High School
Francisco Fernandez, Aztec High School
Bailey Holt, Marshall County High School
Preston Ryan Cope, Marshall County High School
Alyssa Alhadeff, Stoneman Douglas High School
Scott Beigel, Stoneman Douglas High School
Martin Duque, Stoneman Douglas High School
Nicholas Dworet, Stoneman Douglas High School
Aaron Feis, Stoneman Douglas High School
Jaime Guttenberg, Stoneman Douglas High School
Chris Hixon, Stoneman Douglas High School
Luke Hoyer, Stoneman Douglas High School
Cara Loughran, Stoneman Douglas High School
Gina Montalto, Stoneman Douglas High School
Joaquin Oliver, Stoneman Douglas High School
Alaina Petty, Stoneman Douglas High School
Meadow Pollack, Stoneman Douglas High School
Helena Ramsay, Stoneman Douglas High School
Alex Schachter, Stoneman Douglas High School
Carmen Schentrup, Stoneman Douglas High School
Peter Wang, Stoneman Douglas High School
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The morning of May 18th, eight high school students and two teachers lost their lives in Santa Fe, Texas, the sixth fatal school shooting of 2018. That same night, a woman was killed on the campus of Mount Zion High School in Jonesboro, Georgia. The students leave behind empty desks and diplomas. They all leave futures and families and friends, a painful collection of what-ifs. Each of their stories is unique, yet they each converge on a painful truth: They died at one of our schools. We said, “Never again.” But again is now. Today, we add the names of the most recent victims to our list of those we’ve lost in school shootings since Columbine. This list serves to keep our collective memory of these victims alive, but it also reminds us of the terrible human cost of gun violence; the terrible cost of insufficient support for troubled young people; and the terrible cost of our national complacency., eight high school students and two teachers lost their lives in Santa Fe, Texas, the sixth fatal school shooting of 2018. That same night, a woman was killed on the campus of Mount Zion High School in Jonesboro, Georgia.
The students leave behind empty desks and diplomas. They all leave futures and families and friends, a painful collection of what-ifs. Each of their stories is unique, yet they each converge on a painful truth: They died at one of our schools.
We said, “Never again.” But again is now. Today, we add the names of the most recent victims to our list of those we’ve lost in school shootings since Columbine. This list serves to keep our collective memory of these victims alive, but it also reminds us of the terrible human cost of gun violence; the terrible cost of insufficient support for troubled young people; and the terrible cost of our national complacency.
2018
May 18 | Mount Zion High School
The name of this victim has not yet been released.
May 18 | Santa Fe High School
Jared Black
Shana Fisher
Christian Riley Garcia
Aaron Kyle McLeod
Glenda Ann Perkins
Angelique Ramirez
Sabika Sheikh
Christopher Jake Stone
Cynthia Tisdale
Kimberly Vaughan
March 20 | Great Mills High School
Jaelynn Willey
March 7 | Huffman High School
Courtlin Arrington
February 14 | Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Alyssa Alhadeff
Martin Duque Anguiano
Scott Beigel
Nicholas Dworet
Aaron Feis
Jaime Guttenberg
Chris Hixon
Luke Hoyer
Cara Loughran
Gina Montalto
Joaquin Oliver
Alaina Petty
Meadow Pollack
Helena Ramsay
Alex Schachter
Carmen Schentrup
Peter Wang
January 31 | Lincoln High School
Ralph Kennedy
January 23 | Marshall County High School
Preston Ryan Cope
Bailey Nicole Holt
2017
December 7 | Aztec High School
Francisco "Paco" Fernandez Jr.
Casey Jordan
November 14 | Rancho Tehama Elementary School
Danny Lee Elliot
Barbara Ann Gilsan
Michelle Iris McFadyen
Joseph Edward McHugh III
Diana Lee Steele
September 13 | Freeman High School
Sam Strahan
April 10 | North Park Elementary School
Karen Elaine Smith
Jonathan Martinez
2016
September 28 | Townville Elementary School
Jacob Hall
Jeffrey Osborne
June 8 | Jeremiah Burke High School
Raekwon Brown
February 12 | Independence High School
May Kieu
2015
November 20 | Mojave High School
Taylor Brantley
February 15 | Tenaya Middle School
Benito Aguirre
2014
November 20 | Miami Carol City High School
Khambrel Manning
October 24 | Marysville Pilchuck High School
Shaylee Chuckulnaskit
Andrew Fryberg
Zoe Galasso
Gia Soriano
October 3 | Langston Hughes High School
Kristofer Hunter
August 14 | Saunders Elementary School
John A. Nieves Jr.
Bryant Wilder Jr.
June 10 | Reynolds High School
Emilio Hoffman
April 21 | St. Mary Catholic School
Nina Castro
April 11 | East English Village Preparatory Academy
Darryl Smith
2013
December 13 | Arapahoe High School
Claire Davis
October 21 | Sparks Middle School
Michael Landsberry
August 23 | North Panola High School
Roderick Bobo
January 7 | Apostolic Revival Center Christian School
Kristopher Smith
2012
December 14 | Sandy Hook Elementary School
Charlotte Bacon
Daniel Barden
Rachel D'Avino
Olivia Engel
Josephine Gay
Dawn Hochsprung
Dylan Hockley
Madeleine Hsu
Catherine Hubbard
Chase Kowalski
Nancy Lanza
Jesse Lewis
Ana Márquez-Greene
James Mattioli
Grace McDonnell
Anne Marie Murphy
Emilie Parker
Jack Pinto
Noah Pozner
Caroline Previdi
Jessica Rekos
Avielle Richman
Lauren Rousseau
Mary Sherlach
Victoria Leigh Soto
Benjamin Wheeler
Allison Wyatt
October 19 | Banner Academy South High School
Terrance Wright
March 6 | Episcopal School of Jacksonville
Dale Regan
February 27 | Chardon High School
Demetrius Hewlin
Russell King Jr.
Daniel Parmertor
2011
March 30 | Worthing High School
Tremaine De Ante' Paul
January 5 | Millard South High School
Vicki Kaspar
2010
October 1 | Alisal High School
Jose Daniel Cisneros
February 5 | Discovery Middle School
Todd Brown
2008
November 12 | Dillard High School
Amanda Collette
October 16 | Henry Ford High School
Christopher Walker
August 21 | Central High School
Ryan McDonald
August 14 | Lakota Middle School
Omero Mendez
February 12 | E.O. Green Junior High School
Lawrence "Larry" King
2007
January 3 | Henry Foss High School
Samnang Kok
2006
October 2 | West Nickel Mines School
Naomi Rose Ebersol
Marian Stoltzfus Fisher
Lena Zook Miller
Mary Liz Miller
Anna Mae Stoltzfus
September 29 | Weston High School
John Klang
September 27 | Platte Canyon High School
Emily Keyes
August 30 | Orange High School
Rafael Castillo
August 24 | Essex Elementary School
Linda Lambesis
Mary Alicia Shanks
2005
November 8 | Campbell County High School
Ken Bruce
March 21 | Red Lake Senior High School
Derrick Brun
Dewayne Lewis
Chase Lussier
Daryl Lussier
Neva J. Rogers
Chanelle Rosebear
Michelle Sigana
Thurlene Stillday
Alicia White
March 2 | Cumberland City, Tennessee
Joyce Gregory
2004
February 2 | Ballou High School
James Richardson
2003
September 24 | Rocori High School
Seth Bartell
Aaron Rollins
April 24 | Red Lion Area Junior High School
Eugene Segro
April 14 | John McDonogh High School
Jonathan Williams
2002
February 20 | Washington High School
Joseph Johnson Jr.
2001
March 30 | Lew Wallace High School
Neal Boyd IV
March 5 | Santana High School
Randy Gordon
Bryan Zuckor
2000
May 26 | Lake Worth Middle School
Barry Grunow
February 29 | Buell Elementary School
Kayla Rolland
1999
November 19 | Deming Middle School
Araceli Tena
April 20 | Columbine High School
Cassie Bernall
Steve Curnow
Cory DePooter
Kelly Fleming
Matthew Kechter
Daniel Mauser
Daniel Rohrbough
Rachel Scott
Isaiah Shoels
John Tomlin
Lauren Townsend
Kyle Velasquez
William "Dave" Sanders
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18 Years Ago Today
When I was about ten years old or so, I was sitting in church next to a friend of mine, honestly board out of my mind. My ADD always seemed to be at its worst while I was in church. Honestly, I wasn’t really listening to what my pastor was saying at frist. I just know he was answering the questions us kids had put in his little container to answer, something he did for us often as a part of our youth program. I don’t remember what question he was answering but I started listening when he said he had a little story to tell.
He started telling the story of a girl in high school in the late 90s. I don’t believe he ever said her name. He said it’d been a normal day at school for the young woman when all the sudden, two of her classmates came into the school with guns. He said that they shot the young woman but she didn’t die right away. He said one of the boys with a gun walked over to the girl, grabbed her by her hair, looked her right in the eye and asked her if she believed in God. He said that the girl said yes, she did believe in God, so the boy shot and killed her.
I remember this story having a huge impact on me. At ten or so years old, I don’t think I understood just how amazing what that girl did was. But I knew that her story broke my heart. I didn’t really think to much about it after that day, but I can promise you that I never forgot about the story of the girl who gave up her life for Jesus.
At eighteen years old, I ran across a book that reintroduced me to the girl. Now I could fully understand just what she did for God and she became someone I now look up to. At the time my pastor told is the story of the girl in the school, he never mentioned the name of the school, the shooters or the fact that they and twelve other people had died that day to. As I researched the school and what had happened that day, my heart broke.
Thirteen innocent people were killed on April 20, 1999.
Rachel Joy Scott :
(August 5, 1981-April 20,1999)
Daniel Lee Rohrbough:
(March 2, 1984-April 20, 1999)
William ‘Dave’ Sanders:
(October 22, 1951-April 20, 1999)
Kyle Albert Velasquez:
(May 5, 1982-April 20, 1999)
Steven Robert Curnow:
(August 22, 1984-April 20, 1999)
Cassie Rene Bernall:
(November 6, 1981-April 20, 1999)
Isaiah Eamon Shoels:
(August 4, 1989-April 20, 1999)
Matthew Joseph Kechter:
(February 19, 1983-April 20, 1999)
Lauren Dawn Townsend:
(January 17, 1981-April 20, 1999)
John Robert Tomlin:
(September 1, 1981-April 20, 1999)
Kelly Ann Flemming:
(January 6, 1983-April 20, 1999)
Daniel Conner Mauser:
(June 25, 1983-April 20, 1999)
Corey Tyler DePooter:
(March 3, 1982-April 20, 1999)
What gets me when I really think about it is: two teenage boys went into that school wanting revenge on the place that had caused them so much pain. They went in knowing they were going to kill people, then take their own lives. They wanted to end the torment both physically and mentally.
Being raised in the Christian faith, I’ve always been told that suicide sent you to Hell. That the only person who should decide whether you live or die is God. Knowing that, it hurts me to think that what those two boys did, didn’t make it any easier on them. It just made it worse.
Though they are to blame for what happened, I still see it as two young boys loosing their lives…
Eric David Harris:
(April 9, 1981-April 20, 1999)
Dylan Bennet Klebold:
(September 11,1981-April 20,1999)
None of these kids got to graduate high school, go to college,get married,have kids, see their dreams come true.
Eric and Dylan never got to see that THINGS DO GET BETTER.
Dave Sanders never got to see his children again. See his grandchildren.
Today my heart goes out to those families who lost a loved one that day. Including the Harris and Klebold families. May your hearts find room for forgiveness and love…
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