Over the past 17 years there have been 675 school shootings in the United States. In 2023 there were 82 just by the end of September. The government is trying to make schools a safer place each year, but each year more and more school shootings keep happening.
The definition of a school shooting is as follows : An armed attack at an educational institution, such as a primary school, secondary school, high school or university, involving the use of a firearm. Many school shootings are also categorized as mass shootings due to the amount casualties.
In August a school in Georgia had a shooting by a kid who goes to the school. Two 14-year-old students and two teachers were shot and killed in the shooting. The student was said to leave the classroom at the beginning of class and when he came back and knocked on the door to come back in, the student who got up to let him back in noticed he had a gun. A law enforcement official told the news channel that the student had an AR-15-style rifle.
Here are some quick facts about school shootings you may not be aware of: Since the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, more than 338,000 months students in the U.S. have experienced gun violence at school. Since so many people lose their lives to gun violence I bet you aren’t surprised that guns are the leading cause of death among American children and teens. 1 out of 10 gun deaths are at the age 19 or younger.
Most of the time if there’s a school shooting another person knows about it but fails to report it then this is a huge problem because the person that planned it informs others but tells them that if they say anything about it before it happens there will be consequences, Which makes them more scared to speak up.
93% of school shooters plan their attacks in advance which makes it even crazier that someone took the time to think about it and plan what they were going to do. Four in every five times there are signs that people miss.
