General Article Pencil cases, water bottles and knives: the back-to-school kit for UK pupils

Topic Selected: Youth Violence Book Volume: 430

By Chante-Marie

We sigh at the senseless gun violence in the US. Many of us marvel at the nation that prioritises protecting their Second Amendment right over the safety of their children. The same children whose trivial fears of being picked last in PE have now been replaced by the prospect of school shootings, and a lifetime of PTSD.

This same frustration, however, does not seem to extend to the countless teenagers who are murdered by their peers in the UK.

Eyes wide shut

Knife crime was in...

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