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Preferred term
Gun-Free Schools Act
Definition
- Concerned with a growing trend toward violence involving students, the U.S. Congress created legislation to address school safety issues: the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994. Congress enacted the 1990 act in response to the growing epidemic of weapons at or near schools. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Gun-Free Schools Act]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Gun-Free_Schools_Act
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