Peace Economy Project Responds to Evergreen High School Shooting
We are heartsick to learn that two students were shot at Evergreen High School in Colorado on Sept. 10. Officials report the shooter— a student at the school—later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Colorado Public Radio+1
This is at least the 47th U.S. school shooting this year. Our children deserve classrooms, not combat zones. KYMA
We stand with the Evergreen community and with all students, educators, and families living with trauma and fear. As a St. Louis–based organization working to redirect resources from violence to community well-being, we renew our call for proven policies that prevent gun violence and resist the broader militarization that normalizes it:
- Secure storage & child-access prevention laws, with real accountability.
- Extreme Risk Protection Orders (“red flag” laws), implemented with community education.
- Universal background checks and closing loopholes (including private sales/ghost guns).
- Age restrictions on purchase/possession of the most lethal weapons and high-capacity magazines.
- Investments in school-based counselors, trauma-informed supports, and threat-assessment teams, not more hardware or militarized responses.
- Community Violence Intervention (CVI) funding scaled where students live and learn.
- Support for efforts to counter online radicalization pathways targeting youth, paired with media literacy and mental-health supports. Recent reporting indicates the Colorado shooter had been “radicalized by an extremist network,” underscoring this urgent need. AP News+2ABC News+2
We grieve. And we organize. PEP will continue advocating for budgets that prioritize schools, health, and housing over weapons—because safety is built, not policed.
Media contact: Peace Economy Project · peaceeconomyproject@gmail.com
