Today marks the 10th anniversary of the shootings at Columbine High School, in which two young men killed 12 of their peers and one teacher before turning their guns on themselves and committing suicide.

This morning there was a shooting at my alma-mater high school, just 2.7 miles from my home. While this particular shooting was an act of gang violence it is disturbing and alarming to see that children are still bearing arms, and doing so at an alarmingly increasing rate.