The majority of American teens are worried about a shooting at their own school

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published 18 May 2018

Including the deadly attack at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday, there have been 22 school shootings since the beginning of the year, CNN reports. The spike in mass shootings in recent years has led a generation of high schoolers to live in fear of when they might be next, according to a chilling poll conducted by the Pew Research Center last month:

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.

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