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by Mia Casas, KUNM News<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last Thursday, five guns were found<\/a> at three different high schools across Albuquerque, just two weeks into the new school year. So why are children feeling the need to bring firearms to school?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across the country the number of teens carrying hand guns has increased by 41%<\/a> in the last 20 years, and they\u2019re bringing those guns to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historically, children of color and low-income<\/a> families have particularly been subjected to gun violence, but that has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White children of wealthy families<\/a> are gaining access to firearms at a higher rate than they have in the past, creating an overarching issue: Children of America have more access<\/a> to firearms than they used to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kristina Sower<\/a> is a clinical psychiatrist at the University of New Mexico. She said there isn\u2019t just one answer for the uptick in children carrying guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA mix of the anxiety of being targeted or needing to protect themselves \u2013 whether it’s from particular individuals that there is already interpersonal strife with, or just fear about the broader potential threat at school \u2013 and the access to the firearms that may be playing a role in this,\u201d Sower said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generation Z, currently ages 13 to 28, has grown up with exorbitant access to the internet. This has not only given them easier access to firearms<\/a>, but has done serious damage to their mental health<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This generation also grew up surrounded by gun violence. Starting with the Columbine High School shooting<\/a> in 1999 and escalating with the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting<\/a> in 2012. School shootings have only become more frequent<\/a> in the last 10 years, and kids are scared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI definitely see that the increased frequency of school shootings or violence on school campuses, that element of kids and families feeling like there is a concern about safety at school, that I think has likely spurred on some of this consideration of needing to keep oneself safe or be protected,\u201d Sower said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Run, hide, fight<\/a>\u2019 is a phrase engrained into the brains of children as a part of active shooter drills starting in kindergarten and continuing through high school. It\u2019s designed to protect them during a shooting, but it can also overwhelm the minds of children attending school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like \u2018Oh I won\u2019t be able to sit with my friends at lunch\u2019 or \u2018I won\u2019t be able to do my math homework\u2019. It\u2019s turned into \u2018what’s gonna be unsafe that day?\u2019\u201d said Willow Gillette, a sophomore at Del Norte High School in Albuquerque, one of the schools where a gun was found last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As gun violence in schools has been normalized<\/a>, 95% of schools nationwide use these drills. Some advocates have called on schools to reconsider using them<\/a>, arguing there\u2019s no data that the drills increase safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gillette said her school hasn\u2019t had any drills yet this year, and when a situation occurred last week, no one knew what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt made me realize that my school isn\u2019t well versed on what to do and if this had escalated any farther, would we have survived?\u201d Gillette said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albuquerque Public Schools didn\u2019t make anyone available for this story. However in a letter sent to the community<\/a> after the guns were found, Superintendent Gabriella Blakey outlined steps the district is taking to increase safety. These include installing 6,900 locks inside classrooms and safety plans with active shooter drills, and ensuring any student caught with a gun on campus faces automatic expulsion and criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gillette said that she does not feel safe at school, which has made it hard to socialize. She adds that her generation grew up in the midst of COVID and it had serious impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has almost ruined children\u2019s social skills. When we came back [from COVID], it was awkward, we didn\u2019t know how to be around other people. And I fear we still haven\u2019t gotten back from that,\u201d Gillette said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked why she thinks kids her age are bringing guns to school, Gillette sheds light on a dark topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are younger children, especially in the state of New Mexico<\/a>, entering gangs and having more access to guns, and they have this sort of rivalry between students even inside of the schools,\u201d Gillette said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firearms are the leading cause of death<\/a> for children under the age of 18 in New Mexico. So what can be done?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The consensus between Gillette and Dr. Sower is more mental health resources inside of schools for students who have been affected by the loneliness<\/a> that comes with growing up during a global pandemic and extreme internet access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Dr. Sower says, there may not be one solution, but mental health support would be a good start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story was originally published at KUNM<\/a>, a NMPBS partner.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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