School gun violence incidents in the United States nearly quadrupled in the 2021-2022 school year, killing 59 people during that time.
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A report released by the bipartisan group Everytown for Gun Safety found that there were 193 incidents of gun violence on school grounds between August 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022. On the same subject : The spread of book bans.
There were 62 incidents in the previous school year.
Before last year, the previous high was 2018–19 at 75.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, which tracks every shooting incident across the country, there have been 674 mass shootings in the US so far in 2022.
Since its inception in 2013, Everytown has tracked every documented time a firearm was fired inside or into a school building or onto campus.
The report also found that there were four “key facts” about “shooting incidents” in schools:
Everytown’s report recommended “school-based interventions,” including crisis assessment programs, safety improvements, and a trusting school climate.
It also called for safe-handling of firearms laws that raise the age for purchasing semi-automatic firearms and require background checks “for all gun sales.”
“These solutions constitute a thorough strategy, providing points of intervention at every level of a shooter’s escalation to violence and creating a system where those with dangerous histories do not have easy access to guns,” the report said.
“Our leaders must take responsible action to keep our schools safe; this report provides them with a framework to do so.”
It was also pointed out that actions such as arming teachers and school security officials and holding active target practice could injure and traumatize students.
Founder of gun violence advocacy group Moms Demand Action, Shannon Watts said gun violence in schools is “preventable”.
“We don’t have to live like this, and our children and educators should never die like this,” she said.
“The best way to prevent gun violence in schools is to prevent children from having access to firearms in the first place and to implement comprehensive policies that identify and support students in crisis.
“We must demand holistic, common sense, data-driven solutions that protect our children and communities.”
‘The gun industry has flooded our neighbourhoods’
The report followed testimonies by the chief executives of two US arms manufacturers before a US House committee last month about mass shootings at a Texas school and a supermarket in New York. See the article : Music performed by a Crane faculty member.
Sturm, Rüger & The directors of Co Inc and Daniel Defense Llc defended their business.
A report released by the committee showed that five major gun manufacturers have raked in over $1 billion in revenue from the sale of assault rifles over the past decade.
“The arms industry has flooded our neighborhoods, our schools, even our churches and synagogues and got rich in the process,” said committee chair Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat, in her opening statement.
On May 24, 19 students and two teachers were killed and 17 others injured at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
The 18-year-old gunman entered through an unlocked side door and barricaded himself in a classroom for an hour before being killed.
A scathing 80-page report released after the shooting found that all levels of law enforcement “failed to prioritize saving innocent lives.”
“At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to comply with their active marksman training,” the report reads.
According to the report, the gunman fired about 142 shots inside the building, and it was “almost certain” 100 shots were fired before an officer entered.
The commander of a Border Patrol tactical team waited for a bulletproof shield and a working classroom master key, which may not even have been needed, before entering the classroom.
No one took command, although numerous officers, including Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde School District Police Chief, were at the scene.
Posted 11 hours ago 11 hours agoSunday August 21, 2022 at 4:01 AM, updated 11 hours ago 11 hours agoSunday August 21, 2022 at 4:03 AM
