Notes

FOREWORD

1. Akers, Monte, Nathan Akers, and Roger Friedman, PhD. Tower Sniper: The Terror of America’s First Active Shooter on Campus. Houston, TX: John M. Hardy Publishing, 2016.

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1 and 8. “Analysis | More than 220,000 Students Have Experienced Gun Violence at School since Columbine.” The Washington Post. Accessed November 16, 2018. www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/school-shootings-database/?utm_term=.e7edaf99eff7.

2 and 4. “Analysis of Mass Shootings.” EverytownResearch.org. April 11, 2017. Accessed November 16, 2018. everytownresearch.org/reports/mass-shootings-analysis/.

3 and 5. “New Poll of NRA Members by Frank Luntz Shows Strong Support for Common-Sense Gun Laws, Exposing Significant Divide between Rank-and-file Members and NRA Leadership, Mayors Against Illegal Guns.” PR Newswire. www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-poll-of-nra-members-by-frank-luntz-shows-strong-support-for-common-sense-gun-laws-exposing-significant-divide-between-rank-and-file-members-and-nra-leadership-163592606.html. July 24, 2012.

6. Parker, Kim, Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Ruth Igielnik, Baxter Oliphant, and Anna Brown. “Views of Gun Safety in the U.S.” Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends Project. June 22, 2017. Accessed November 16, 2018. www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/06/22/views-of-gun-safety-and-the-key-responsibilities-of-gun-owners/.

7. Sanger-Katz, Margot, and Quoctrung Bui. “How to Reduce Mass Shooting Deaths? Experts Rank Gun Laws.” The New York Times. October 05, 2017. Accessed November 16, 2018. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/05/upshot/how-to-reduce-mass-shooting-deaths-experts-say-these-gun-laws-could-help.html.

BETHEL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL,
BETHEL, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 19, 1997

1. “Evan Ramsey’s Tattered Life Filled Him with Rage. Then He Brought a Shotgun to School.” Anchorage Daily News. Accessed November 16, 2018. www.adn.com/alaska-news/2017/02/18/evan-ramseys-tattered-life-filled-him-with-rage-then-he-brought-a-shotgun-to-school/.