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Advertisement For School Shootings

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This public service announcement, Evan, was created by the Sandy Hook Promise. It’s primary goal is to educate the public on signs of a potential shooting. The setting is held in a high school with the main actor seeming like the typical high school boy. He is shown in a “romance” with an unknown person at the school. The video is then replayed highlighting a troubled boy in the background. His classmates walk past him in the hallway without recognizing that he is plotting a school shooting. The troubled boy is shown watching videos of guns and referencing shooting his classmates. At the end, he walks into the school gym and carries out a school shooting. The advert seeks to influence people to be aware of their surroundings and prevent possible

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