ee their own friends being killed. These shootings are getting more and more deadly, so are they on the rise? And the answer is no. "Overall, while crimes like these still continue they are on the decline since 1992. The truth is that you are more likely to be struck by lightening. Kids have a one in a million chance of being killed in school. But one problem with some people thinking that shootings are on the rise might be explained in "School House Hype: School Shootings and the Real Risk Kids Face in America." "The media should stop portraying these shootings as a trend, it has tended to exacerbate people's fears about the safety of their children." A recent study published by the National Center for Education Statistics showed that 90% of principals reported no incidence of serious, violent crimes" (School House Hype: School Shootings and the Real Risk Kids Face in America). But yet after that in the "1996 Children's Institute International Poll of American Adolescents revealed that 47% of all teens believed their schools were becoming more violent, and 10% feared of being shot or hurt" (School Violence Prevention). So if studies show it is on the decline than how come students feel more and more scared? Not all incidents are reported to police, such as fighting and bullying. So if a student decides that he must kill then how is he getting the weapons and in some cases the explosives? The answer comes from many areas, one might be their parents, who have guns and don't lock them up safely, and they just don't pay enough attention to their kids. "In a survey of Baltimore schools, students said that street corners, friends, gun dealers, and thieves are the easiest places to get weapons. Nearly half of all students said that they could easily obtain a gun," according to the online source, "Violence in Schools." But the scariest part of th...