These selfies were taken at Central Connecticut State University on November 4th, after the campus went into lockdown when someone reported a man with a gun.
Many are taken by students who are bored, trapped in dorms or classrooms, as law enforcement determine whether or not a gunman is still active on campus.
Though some are taken during lockdown drills.
This one was taken by two foreign exchange students at the University Of Minnesota during the lockdown there on November 11th.
This selfie was taken by actor James Franco from inside a plane on the tarmac during the LAX Shooting that happened on November 1st.
In October, when a woman was shot by police on Capitol Hill after attempting to ram the White House with her car, selfies were uploaded by tourists visiting Washington D.C.
Shooting selfie! #tourists
Alex Seitz-Wald
@aseitzwald
Shooting selfie! #tourists
Oxford Dictionary named "selfie" the official word of the year for 2013.
full lockdown doesn't mean they can lock down my selfie game
Tyler
@tylermathiesenn
full lockdown doesn't mean they can lock down my selfie game
And according to The Huffington Post, there have been 16 mass shootings since last year's Sandy Hook, with more than a dozen false alarms and potential shootings averted in the same time.
lock down selfie @CherrboyGil96
Madison Dupuis
@DupuisMadison
lock down selfie @CherrboyGil96
