School Shootings

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The 2015 school year had gotten off to an especially violent start three shootings involving students at college campuses across the nation since August.On Sept. 3, one student was shot to death and two were injured in a faculty and staff parking area at Sacramento City College in Sacramento, CA. The shooting began as an argument between two groups of men, police said at the time. There was one arrest in the incident at the two-year college with about 25,000 students. Many of these tragedies had happen because of poor security in school or at public area. Most of this violent events that had take place are caused by guns.

On Aug. 26, two people were shot on the campus of Texas Southern University. One died after the shooting in the

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