Camped out in camouflage on a wooded ridge, two boys opened fire on their schoolmates. The crime comes on the heels of school shootings in Kentucky and Mississippi last year. Time may help heal the wounds in these three southern communities. But it won't remove the scars imprinted in the nation's memory.
Parents work hard to help their children receive a good education.
And kids deserve a safe and secure learning environment. School violence steals this opportunity. It impairs their ability to trust others. Young school children in Iowa may even wonder if their school is next. Juvenile crime presents a disturbing problem and cannot go unchecked.