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Four native americans went into a school house in Pennsylvania and shot the school master along with 9 children. This was the first of many school shooting in the United States.
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On this day the right to bear arms was propsed in Congress.
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On this date Congress ratified the Bill of Rights one of which includes the right to bear arms.
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Matthew Ward shot the school master because his brother was being punished excessivley.
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Edward Carpenter was given special permission by the school to have a firearm on campus for hunting purposes. However, the gun accidentaly discharged impacting his chest and killed him early one morning at a local Sacramneto school
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The National Firearms Act required all citizens with a firearm to have it registered with the Secretary of the Treasury. In addition, firearms were taxed, and a special taxed was added to people who dealt with firearms.
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Charles Whitman, an ex marine, was going through mental problems and shot his mom and wife. Shortly, after doing so he went to the top of a building in his college, the University of Texas, and killed 16 studnets while injuring 31.
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This shooting was located in San Diego, California. Brenda Spencer who was found to have depression problems killed the principal and custodian and injured several students and a police officer at Cleveland Elementray School. Later she barricaded herself in her home and recieved a call from a reporter where she reportedly said that she killed the people becasue she does not like Mondays.
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Eric Harris, who has depression symptoms, and his friend Dylan Klebold entered Columbine High School Massacre with the intention of shooting over 100 students. 15 students and faculty lost their lives while 21 students and teachers were injured. The shooters were armed with 99 bombs, 4 knives, and several guns. Rachel Joy Scott was the first person to die in the shooting, and in honor of her kind attitude, her parents started an organization called Rachel's Challenge to stop bullying in America.
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A high schooler took his life at his highschool in front of everyone. He sat down in the courtyard, took out his gun, and shot himslef,
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A student brought a handgun that his parents owned and shot two kids and a teacher, who used to be in the marines. Although the local police arrived three minutes after the first call was made, the studnet took three people's lives before taking his own.
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A 13 year old spanish boy was shot by the police because he carried a toy AK-47. After being told to drop the gun several times, the boy was shot. The boy did not drop his gun probably because he did not understand what the police were trying to say.
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A young Massachusetts teacher was shot in the school bathroom by a 14 year old student. Her body was dumped in the local woods behind the school. This tragedy affected the state of Massachusetts so greatly that, before their 8-1 win against the cardinals, the Boston Red Sox held a moment of silence before game 1 of the World Series .
