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A large crowd circles an angel made of snow leaving flowers during a memorial service 25 April 1999 in rememberance of the students who were killed in the shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. (Getty/Mark Leffingwell)

Columbine, then and now

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Crime scene tape is stretched across the front of Santa Fe High School. 17-year-old student Dimitrios Pagourtzis entered the school with a shotgun and a pistol and opened fire, killing at least 10 people. (Getty/Scott Olson)

Girls and women don't "provoke" murders

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A hat lies in the street after a mass shooting at a country music festival on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas. (Getty/David Becker)

Mass shootings in US since 2011

Matthew Rozsa
A photo of the author at the Senate debate over a bill to issue a temporary "gun violence restraint order" in Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

A murdered son on father's day

Richard Martinez
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Elliot Rodger (YouTube)

Ellen O'Connell
Elliot Rodger (YouTube)

I'm trying not to hate men

Laura Bogart
Anita Sarkeesian (Wikimedia)

Guns win again

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Richard Martinez (AP)

Katie McDonough
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Richard Martinez (CNN/Salon)

NRA finally meets its match

Katie McDonough
(MSNBC)

Katie McDonough
Richard Martinez (CNN)

Katie McDonough
Rebecca Solnit (Democracy Now)

Katie McDonough
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Elliot Rodger (YouTube)

Sexism rears its head again

Mary Elizabeth Williams
This photo shows the scene of a drive-by shooting that left seven people dead, including the attacker, and others wounded on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Isla Vista, Calif. Alan Shifman an attorney for Hollywood director Peter Rodger, who was an assistant director on The Hunger Games, said the family believes Rodger's son, Elliot Rodger, is responsible for the shooting rampage near the Santa Barbara, California, university campus. Authorities have not confirmed the identity of the shooter. ((AP Photo/The News-Press, Peter Vandenbelt))

Sarah Gray
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Sarah Gray
Some flowers are left in front of IV Deli Mart, where part of Friday night's mass shooting took place by a drive-by shooter, on Saturday, May 24, 2014, in Isla Vista, Calif. Alan Shifman, a lawyer who represents Hollywood director Peter Rodger, says the family believes Rodger’s son, Elliot Rodger, was the lone gunman who went on the shooting rampage near the University of California at Santa Barbara. ((AP Photo/Jae C. Hong))

Sarah Gray
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Elliot Rodger (YouTube)

Elliot Rodger's fatal menace

Katie McDonough
Some flowers are left in front of IV Deli Mart, where part of Friday night's mass shooting took place by a drive-by shooter, on Saturday, May 24, 2014, in Isla Vista, Calif. Alan Shifman, a lawyer who represents Hollywood director Peter Rodger, says the family believes Rodger’s son, Elliot Rodger, was the lone gunman who went on the shooting rampage near the University of California at Santa Barbara. ((AP Photo/Jae C. Hong))

Sarah Gray
Richard Martinez, center, who says his son Christopher Martinez was killed in Friday night's mass shooting that took place in Isla Vista, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP)

Santa Barbara shooting update

Sarah Gray
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