An NPR article highlighting this statistic has been shared frequently on social media. The headline, "27 school shootings have taken place so far this year," probably gave many readers the impression that gun-related killings in schools have been especially high this year, even before Uvalde. Naturally, the prospect of 26 other previously unnoticed mass shooting events in schools should provoke alarm. It should also raise eyebrows.
Friday, May 27, 2022
There Have Been 13 Mass School Shootings Since 1966, Not 27 This Year
For many people, the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting—which claimed the lives of at least 19 children and two adults—seemed all the more horrible after they learned it was the 27th school shooting so far this year. That fact makes it harder to view Uvalde as any kind of isolated incident.
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So let's split hairs on definition. Even if there was only one, that's too many.
ReplyDeleteAnd all caused by leftists.
DeleteI read a CNN article that claimed, "2022 has had more mass shootings than days in the year, so far."
ReplyDeleteI’m unsure how I feel about this. I would like to see zero shootings at a school for obvious reasons. It’s a school, with children, who should never be exposed to that kind of violence. Call it what you want, but guns and shootings should not be in a school and I don’t care how they parse out the terms.
ReplyDeleteA school shooting is defined by leftists as any firearm discharge within two blocks of a school. This includes evenings, nights, and weekend, and also includes gang fights involving non-students. I heard one Dem on TV quote 700 school shootings in the last year.
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even one where the teachers did not return fire to defend the children in their charge is too many. the children are the teachers charge whether the teacher hates children or not.
ReplyDeleteSuppose, for political reasons, you wanted occasional mass school shootings so that you could smear your political opponents. You might pass a law legally prohibiting the adults in a school from protecting the children. You could call it the Gun Free School Zones Act of 1990, and you could claim that the children would then be safe. It would then just be a matter of waiting for the occasional nutcase. Be sure that the law is never brought up in any news reporting.
ReplyDeleteDid you include Chicago?
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