Tuesday's shooting at Columbine High School may have been one of the worst instances of school violence in America, but it wasn't the first.
Many children can get a gun quicker than they can get a book out of the library.
That puts us all at risk. CDF was founded in 1973 as an advocate for American children, particularly poor children, minorities and those with disabilities. It is a private, nonprofit organization that receives no government funds. Children are growing up in a violent world, with violent images, she said, and the result is often numbing. According to Edelman, there are crucial lessons for parents in the Littleton tragedy.