Decades ago, I chose to go away to college.  Most of my high school classmates stayed in state, either attending the University of Pittsburgh (where I lived) or Penn State.  But I chose to go away, and it was the right decision for me.

At college, I never ever feared for my life. My biggest worry was whether or not I would be caught coming back to my dorm after curfew.  (I wasn’t.)

Never would it occur to me to fear my life because of a random gunshot.

How do we stop this?