I think the the prospect of a school shooting pales in comparison to the prospect of such things as suicide, sexual assault, and the murder of a "loved one," especially within the context of allowable concealed firearms at a college or university.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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