December 6, 1999: Fort Gibson Middle School, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 4 injured by 13-year-old gunman November 19, 1999: Deming Middle School, Deming, New Mexico 1 killed by 13-year-old gunman May 20, 1999: Heritage High School, Conyers, Georgia: 6 students injured by 15-year-old gunman April 20, 1999: Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado: 15 dead, including 2 18-year-old gunmen, 24 wounded June 15, 1998: Armstrong High School, Richmond, Virginia 2 teachers wounded by 14-year-old shooter May 21 1998: Thurston High School, Springfield, Oregon Expelled student kills 2 students, injures 20 a day after he murdered his parents May 19, 1998: Fayetteville, Tennessee 1 student shot another to death in a dispute over a girl April 24, 1998: Parker Middle School, Edinboro, Pennsylvania Teacher killed, 3 wounded by 14-year-old shooter at graduation dance March 24, 1998: Westside Middle School, Jonesboro, Arkansas 4 students and a teacher killed, 10 wounded by two students, aged 11 and 13, both convicted of murder and juvenile court and could be held until they are 21 years old December 1, 1997: Heath High School, Paducah, Kentucky 14 year-old freshman kills 3 students, wounds 5 at informal prayer meeting; shooter serving life sentence in prison October 1, 1997: Pearl High School, Pearl, Mississippi 16-year-old junior kills 2 classmates, including his ex-girlfriend, and wounds 6 after killing his mother; two other students accused of being accessories; shooter sentenced to life in prison February 19, 1997 Bethel High School, Bethel, Alaska 16-year-old student kills principal and 1 student, 2 students wounded; two other students later accused of knowing about the shootings before they took place; shooter sentenced to 2 99-year terms in prison February 2, 1996: Moses Lake High School Moses Lake, Washington Teacher and 2 students killed, 1 student wounded by 14-year-old shooter in a trench coat Unfortunately this seems to be  an epidemic.  Is this a result of lack of parenting, lack of communication, lack of family values, lack of God. Maybe we can't pinpoint it, but we can see this as a huge WAKE UP CALL TO AMERICA. Wake up America! If you have a child of your own, know a child between the ages of 10-18 its time to to take a hard dose of  reality  about our kids.  Since 1996  almost 100 people have been injured from guns being in our schools, some being minor injuries and some being quite serious. And at least 37 people, most of them being young kids, have been killed by another student. If these kids chose to tell us what was bothering them what would they say? And why do they feel this is their only option? In so many of these incidents at least one other person knew about the shooters plan to kill, but nothing was done to stop it. In most cases the plans were believed to be "a joke" or words spoken in anger, nothing to be taken seriously. Do we really not take our friends seriously or are we simply not listening to them at all. How many kids and teachers have to die for us to take these "jokes" seriously... ?? WAKE UP AMERICA   Talk to your kids. Listen to your kids. Their problems ARE important!