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During The Pandemic, The Number Of Firearms In Households With Teenagers Went Up – Most School Shooters Get Their Guns From Home
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During The Pandemic, The Number Of Firearms In Households With Teenagers Went Up – Most School Shooters Get Their Guns From Home

Patrick Carter, University of Michigan; Marc A Zimmerman, University of Michigan, and Rebeccah Sokol, Wayne State University 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 not unusual. Most school shooters obtain the firearm from home. And the number of guns within reach of high school-age teenagers has increased during the pandemic – highlighting the importance of locking firearms and keeping them unloaded in the home. Since the onset of the public health crisis, firearm sales have spiked. Many of these firearms have ended up in households with teenage children, increasing the risk of acciden...
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10 TEENAGERS Who Went Under The Knife TOO YOUNG

Young people who were insecure about their looks so they went under the knife to change their appearance. When you look at pictures of celebs who’ve had plastic surgery, does their age affect your opinion? Plastic surgery is a particularly controversial subject when people have it done too young. This is why today, we’re looking at 10 famous people who had plastic surgery while teenagers.
‘Three black teenagers’ Google search sparks outrage
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‘Three black teenagers’ Google search sparks outrage

SAN FRANCISCO — Google image searches for "three black teenagers" and "three white teenagers" get very different results, raising troubling questions about how racial bias in society and the media is reflected online. Kabir Alli, an 18-year-old graduating senior from Clover Hill High School in Midlothian, Va., posted a video clip on Twitter this week of a Google image search for "three black teenagers" which turned up an array of police mugshots. He and friends then searched for "three white teenagers," and found groups of smiling young people. "I had actually heard about this search from one of my friends and just wanted to see everything for myself. I didn't think it would actually be true," Alli told USA TODAY. "When I saw the results I was nothing short of shocked."   Source: ...