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Should media avoid naming gunmen in mass shootings?
Growing movement says 'yes'
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Coni Sanders, whose father was a teacher killed in the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, poses for a photo at her home March 16 in Denver. A growing movement is urging news organizations to avoid naming the gunmen responsible for mass shootings. - photo by Associated Press
A few months after teen shooters killed 12 classmates and her father at Columbine High School, Coni Sanders was standing in line at a grocery store with her young daughter when they came face to face with the magazine cover.
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