I was literally born into a war and I had a happier and more care free childhood than these kids. It's tragic that gun politics sound like dark humour for it's bizarity and nonsense. The tragic part is that it's real. Come on, American politicians! Wake up from the American dream and see what's happening in the real world. "You better wake up and smell the real flavour".

If I die in a school shooting, I'll never get to live my life to the fullest, reform the United States government, be a woman polititian who openly supports gun control, gay rights, women's equality, and make all people who have commited rape or abuse pay for their actions. I will never be able to see my loved ones again, I will never be able to make a difference. I will be a name in the ever-growing sea of illogical deaths.

All very profound -- and very sad that they should even have to think about it

Keep this up students. Change must happen. These students have the right to live into adulthood, and their politicians are denying them that right.

If I died in a school shooting, I'd miss my family, my friends, performing for others, my girlfriend <3, fighting for acceptance as a genderqueer, fighting for equal rights. But I would miss keeping my friends and helping them through the struggle of depression the most. I would miss everyone I love, I would miss the little joys in life, and I'd miss all the opportunities I never got to take.

If I die in a school shooting, I'll always regret that I didn't stand up for someone who was being bullied, that I didn't reach out to a bully or show more love to people who are in pain. I'll always regret that I chose to hide in fear from people who scare me rather than show a little tenderness and love to both the bullied and the bullies.

Every murder is tragic. Sadly, I have read more thoughts of how to fix the problem based on ignorance of history and facts which is driving fear based opinions instead of real solutions.

The statistical likelihood of any given public school student being killed by a gun, in school, on any given day since 1999 was roughly 1 in 614,000,000 while car accidents kill an average of 8 teens per day in the US. The good news is that teen deaths (from any cause) have shrunk by 22% since just 2005. Unfortunately, childhood obesity has reached pandemic proportions, the numbers of children who are overweight has increased from just 5% in 1990 to 18.5% in 2016. I am not diminishing the horror of school shootings, nor do I think that even one death from gun violence is acceptable, but it is important to not lose sight of reality. The real enemy to school kids is not a fellow student with a gun.

I have only one question. Why? Why must children have to go to school fearing for their lives? Why must politicians make it about money? Why must we hurt others? Why?

A brief history lesson that I hope will help. There was a plague hiv/aids. Because the people that were affected first were mostly an unpopular minority the politicians did not put money into finding a cure.

If I died in a school shooting, I would never write the famous book I had dreamed of. I would never write a song that inspired young artists like me. I would leave my brother without a role model. My cat and my dog would wonder when I would come home from school. I’ve always wanted to be important. So whether I live or die, make me important, would ya?