And even then, as horrified as I was, I never imagined that something like that would become the norm. But since Columbine happened in 1999, more than 349,000 children have experienced gun violence in their schools. So far this year, there have been 163 mass shootings in the United States. And we know that nearly every day that number increases. In 2021, we saw the highest total of gun deaths in America on record. (07:12–07:19)
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