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An Accursed Abominable Deadly Epidemic

(alternately titled random axe of violence) I calculated an average of ~10.16.... deaths per year of mass school shootings since Columbine, a morbid benchmark where, iGen / Gen Z 1995 - 2012 bore significant hit, now students require armed guards to learn - veer really within purportedly "safe places", which statistics tracks a unilinear trend, and justifiably causing absolute zero reassurance countering alarmist state of mind dust tear ability to accept rationale dismissing greater probability prevails lightening will strike loved ones, nonetheless share ring understandable expressing rightful salient concerns with school board quotidian possibility son(s) and/or daughter(s) rare lee remain mum at every opportunity, how second amendment does not square with democratic e pluribus unum firmament, lieutenant management, quintessential reverent tenets pointing trigger finger of accountability at lax gun purchasing rare lee does emotional uproar demanding immediate controls, limitations, restrictions, et cetera on firearms scare the bejesus from stalwart National Rifle Association, whence spokesperson doth prepare convincing rebuttal (lock, stock at barrel) overbear ring lee outgun legitimate parental concerns, now near daily occurrence hardly cause a flinch glossed inducing similar reactions as sports home team defeated, sans mere slightly raised eyebrows while headline news when another tragedy gets tacked unto the 122 students killed since Columbine took the lives of innocent lives 19 plus years ago which ho hum sacrifice of youth or teachers bare lee induce ripple despite an increasing number of spent bullets fallout inflicting more than 208,000 vulnerable impressionable psyches sorrows need a lifetime to air!

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