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Most school shooters get their guns from home – and during the pandemic, the number of firearms in households with teenagers went up

  • Written by Patrick Carter, Co-Director, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan
Most school shooters get their guns from home – and during the pandemic, the number of firearms in households with teenagers went upThe scene of the latest – but likely not the last – U.S. school shooting. AP Photo/Paul Sancya

Four days before a 15-year-old sophomore killed four students and wounded others at a high school shooting in Michigan, his father purchased the firearm used in the attack.

That the teenager used a weapon from home during the Nov. 30 attack is...

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