[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1613]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, last Friday, at least one gunshot was fired 
at Detroit's Osborn High School. The gunshot hit a classroom window and 
two students and a teacher were injured as glass shattered across the 
room. Although the shooting produced no substantial physical injuries, 
it created great anxiety for the students and families of Osborn High 
School, who no doubt will sustain the emotional injuries of such a 
shooting for some time.
  The students and teachers at Osborn High School are not alone in 
their anxiety. Around the nation, students and their families are 
seriously concerned about safety in their schools. Students deserve to 
feel safe in their learning environments rather than feeling anxious 
and fearful. For the students at Osborn High School and everywhere else 
in America, Congress must work to limit the accessibility that young 
people have to guns, and reduce the gun violence in our schools and 
community places.

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