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    Kids With Guns 2: Kids With Guns, #2
    Kids With Guns 2: Kids With Guns, #2
    Kids With Guns 2: Kids With Guns, #2
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    Kids With Guns 2: Kids With Guns, #2

    By Jamell Crouthers

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    The aftermath of a school shooting is horrifying as the community comes to terms of what happened in their safety net they call home. This book delves into the perspectives of Matthew and Max's parents, the signs of what was coming and also hearing the mindset of the shooters themselves Matthew and Max. A gripping book that details life after a mass shooting in a community of thousands as they grief the loss of others and try to get their lives back to normal.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJamell Crouthers
    Release dateDec 6, 2019
    ISBN9781386160861
    Kids With Guns 2: Kids With Guns, #2
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    Jamell Crouthers

    Jamell Crouthers started writing at the age of 13, it wasn't until his 30s where he realized he could impact others with his writing. Jamell was able to incorporate a prose format and social issues and be able to write books on what's going on in the world today. Writing about social issues is something that Jamell is very concerned about and his writing journey has allowed him to write books on various subjects. His goal is to change the world one book at a time.

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      Kids With Guns 2 - Jamell Crouthers

      Jamell Crouthers

      Kids With Guns Part 2

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      Table of contents

      Sheila (Matthew's Mother)

      Zachary (Matthew's Father)

      Rebecca (Max's Mother)

      Harry (Max's Father)

      Peter (Former Friend)

      Lisa (Matthew's Ex-Girlfriend)

      Lena (Student)

      Charles (Student)

      Derek (School Principal)

      Jerry (Teacher)

      Anthony (Prosecutor)

      Brian (Defense Attorney)

      William (Mayor)

      Brittany (News Reporter)

      Anna (Neighbor)

      Marc (FBI Agent)

      Matthew (Student/Shooter)

      Max (Student/Shooter)

      Social Media

      Sheila (Matthew's Mother)

      Matthew was always a troubled child,

      Especially when he was much younger.

      There were certain things he said and did,

      But as a parent you think nothing of it.

      You chalk it up to boys being boys,

      Sadly that wasn’t the reality of it.

      Zach and I tried to give him everything,

      The nice house, big backyard, toys as a child.

      Toys never interested him like that, but he liked the outdoors,

      He was able to run around, be free and chase animals.

      When he killed a squirrel with his dad’s BB gun I was concerned,

      But my husband told me that was a one time deal.

      The signs were coming and I couldn’t get control of it,

      I was in this place of denial that I had a troubled child.

      All of the other parents had normal kids who interacted with each other,

      I went tooth and nail with my parents about Matthew being totally fine.

      I would blame their kids for the way Matthew acted,

      Knowing good and well Matthew was aloof and never liked social interaction.

      Kids that weren’t like him, he didn’t take a liking to at all,

      Until he met Max and his life would change for the worst.

      Matthew loved being around his dad as my husband collected guns,

      Matthew had a fascination for guns and how they were constructed.

      Zach and Matthew would spend weekends taking apart the guns,

      Then cleaning them and putting them back together which was fine.

      I once again was naive to Matthew eventually wanting to learn how to shoot one,

      I always told Zach not to teach him and to wait until he got older to do that.

      Our big backyard became a shooting range until neighbors called the police,

      Then I became hostile toward them trying to stick up for the men in my house.

      We became the social outcasts of the neighborhood and the block,

      No one wanted anything to do with us and I eventually accepted that.

      Trouble was brewing and to get a phone call from the FBI today,

      It only made me think to myself, I could’ve saved those kids.

      I could’ve saved those staff members as I watched my television in horror,

      Knowing that so many years ago, I had a chance to go get Matthew medicine for his illness.

      Zach detested that and because he was the medical insurance policyholder, I let it go,

      But there was always a darkness in Matthew’s eyes that I could never explain.

      It was like this monster was living inside of Matthew and he made him do horrible things,

      And when Matthew and Max became best friends, Max brought out that evil in him.

      They became ruthless in all that they did and I tried to get control,

      But as Matthew shot up in height and weight over me, I was truthfully afraid of my own child.

      I was angry at myself, there was guilt that lived inside of my heart,

      I wanted my child to get better mentally but then I didn’t want to deal with him anymore.

      The prison system can take him in and do whatever they needed to,

      Rehabilitation was definitely not something that can be done at this point.

      Matthew was cold-blooded, no conscience, didn’t care about his behavior,

      I can only imagine the horror in everyone’s eyes when he walked into that school.

      The amount of times I’ve watched news coverage of school shootings,

      Always saying to myself, it’ll never happen here but I was a fool for thinking that.

      I had an evil child living in my home, occupying a bedroom,

      Where he calculated how he and Max were gonna run into that school and kill everyone.

      There was bullying that went on, but it was Matthew doing the bullying,

      But once again, I went to bat for Matthew and blamed the other kids.

      I’m quite sure the other kids called him names, but I always told Matthew things,

      Not to let it bother you and not everyone is going to like you in life.

      Matthew surely didn’t care, he had a hatred toward anyone who didn’t like him,

      That’s just how he was and always stuck

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