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Measure to confront mass shootings, bomb threats, other school mayhem beats a deadline in the Senate

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ATLANTA – A sweeping school safety bill in reaction to the mass shooting at Apalachee High School last fall cleared a Senate committee Thursday, keeping it in play just ahead of the deadline for final passage this year. The Georgia House of Representatives had already approved House Bill 268 with broad bipartisan support. Now, the measure, a priority for House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, is eligible for a vote by the full Senate before this l

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Cherokee Tribune Ledger News

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Measure to confront mass shootings, bomb threats, other school mayhem beats a deadline in the Senate

6 days ago·Cherokee County, United States

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Teenager wanted to carry out 'Doomsday' mass shooting at secondary school

The 17-year-old boy 'idolised' the killers behind the Columbine High School shooting.

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Campus Safety Magazine

Preventing Active Shooter Incidents Through Student Behavior Analysis

The September 2024 active shooter attack that four dead at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia illustrates again how tragic a school incident involving guns can be and how quickly the news and impact of the event can spread globally. In June 2024, the FBI in their Active Shooter Incidents in The United States report designated 48 shootings as active shooter incidents in the U.S. in 2023. Of those 48 incidents, 28 (58%) occurred in open spac…

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