# How can we better prevent school shootings?

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**Created:** [December 14, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-better-prevent-school-shootings/644051 "2012-12-14T18:46:44Z")
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### Author: ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2012, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-better-prevent-school-shootings/644051/164 "2012-12-15T07:25:56Z")

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> [@HoboStew](#):
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> Feel free to cite an example where armed people have helped any of these situations. I vaguely remember citizens firing back at Whitman, but thats the only one that comes to mind.

[Colorado Springs, Co](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Colorado_YWAM_and_New_Life_shootings)

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