North America correspondent Zoe Daniel reflects about the personal impact of covering mass shootings.
In an attempt to get an insight into US gun culture, Zoe Daniel learned how to fire an AR-15 at a Utah shooting range.Yet I still struggle to equate that with the dire need to stop children from getting killed while they're at school.
Information gleaned from several hostile environment courses and work in conflict areas has informed my discussions with the kids.Listen to weekly reports from the ABC's journalists posted around the world on Correspondents Report on RN's Sunday Extra.
Well, you'd hear gunfire, I replied, and you’d need to think about whether it was coming closer or going away.After every shooting students will say, I never thought this would happen at my school.A former student made threatening comments on Facebook, followed by a gun emoji. You realise that you're relinquishing a lot of control to trust an assurance like that when your children are the ones in the line of fire.
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