As each new high-profile shooting roils the national debate over gun ownership rights, advocates for greater gun control are winning a measure of support from Republican governors, an unlikely source.
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"This means that these high-profile shootings that we read about are just the tip of the iceberg " in terms of school violence, said Jay Winsten, a co-author of the study.
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Bruce Elfant, a Travis County constable and head of Austin-based Texans Against Gun Violence, called the carnage the latest in what has become " a terrible year for high-profile shootings ."
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Despite some high-profile shootings, school violence nationwide continues to decline, with the number of crime victims falling by nearly a third during the 1990s, according to a government report released Thursday.
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The high-profile shooting prompts more involvement from Frazier, who, along with Burrell, try to project the image of a strong department to the public by seizing a large amount of narcotics.
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Alluding to several recent high profile shootings, she said, " . . . these events cry out for America to come together and to address them in an effective, permanent manner ."
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Last month, LaPierre accused Clinton of using high-profile shooting incidents as justification for more gun control, and charged that Clinton was " willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda ."
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Despite high-profile shootings at schools around the country in the past year, such violence has remained steady since 1992 and the world inside the classroom remains a relatively safe place, a report being released Wednesday concludes.
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A growing number of police agencies are abandoning the practice of selling old and confiscated guns to finance new firearms after a gun used in a high-profile shooting last summer was traced to a police department sale.
