51.   In Jonesboro, Ark., people were wearing white ribbons after the school shootings, which I had never seen before.

52.   In short, lawmakers see in the school shootings what they want to see.

53.   In the wake of the school shootings in Littleton, Colo., last month, Move On turned its attention to gun control.

54.   In some school shootings, the killers talked about their plans for days or weeks before carrying them out.

55.   In the wake of several high-profile school shootings this year, lawmakers, parents and educators have been looking for solutions to curb youth violence.

56.   It is no longer possible to pretend that fatal school shootings are a tragic aberration that can be shrugged off as too difficult to control.

57.   It is understandable that state legislatures may be reacting to the tragedies suffered as a result of a number of school shootings around the nation.

58.   It is also the first time in a spate of recent highly publicized school shootings that the accused attacker has been a girl.

59.   It remains the worst of the school shootings that have occurred at nearly a dozen public schools around the country in recent years.

60.   It was the latest in a series of school shootings that experts blame on a variety of ills.