Crime & Safety

POLL: Oregon School Shooting Aftermath - Are NJ, PA Schools Safe?

Do you believe that New Jersey and Pennsylvania schools are safe from gun violence? Please let us know in the poll and/or the comments.

At least 15 Newtown-like incidents have occurred between the Sandy Hook massacre and the latest shooting in Oregon, according to CNN.

In the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct., 20 children and six adults were shot to death. This past week, a teenager fatally shot a classmate at an Oregon high school after arriving at his high school east of Portland heavily armed, according to CBS News.

Do you believe that New Jersey and Pennsylvania schools are safe from gun violence? Please let us know in the poll and/or the comments.


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