Is this the beginning of a change in America? I believe this is so and I also believe mass shootings should be addressed more specifically school shootings because the means of protection aren’t there. “Since 2013, there have been at least 161 school shootings in America- an average of ...
shootings in other public places such as malls or movie theaters. President Obama’s response to this tragedy was very forlorn. “We’ve become numb to this.” I have become increasingly angry with the gun control debates the government has had. America is stuck in this situation where we ...
How students are being trained in gun safety According to the CDC, firearms are the leading cause of death for America's children. The two mass shootings this week are a grim reminder of the tragedy behind the statistics. Dr. Celine Gounder looks at a program that tries to re-enforce gun...
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To the casual observer, mass shootings appear to have become commonplace in modern America. Reliable data regarding mass shootings, however, is difficult to obtain. The data that is available is often couched in partisan politics and personal agendas. The following pages attempt to bridge this ...
"While the lasting impact of these crime and safety issues cannot be measured in statistics alone, these data are valuable to the efforts of our policymakers, school officials, and community members to identify and implement preventive and responsive measures," she added. ...
Shootings this weekend left at least 10 people dead and 42 injured in 10 cities, the report said, citing statistics from the Gun Violence Archive, a site that tracks shootings across the country. The string of consecutive weekend mass casualty incidents began over the Memorial Day holiday, whe...
The representation of school shootings is often inaccurate due to the lack of a standard definition. Here, we’ll analyze all known school shootings from 1970 to 2022 in context. Between January 1970 and June 2022, there were 2,069 firearm-related incidents on school campuses. Of these, 62%...
10 Safest States in America FBI statistics show overall violent crime in the U.S.has droppedafter a pandemic-era spike but it might not feel that way to most people in the wake of these recent shootings, said University of Miami criminologist Alex Piquero. ...
America’s relationship to gun ownership is unique, and its gun culture is a global outlier. As the tally of gun-related deaths continue to grow daily, here’s a look at how gun culture in the US compares to the rest of the world. ...