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There have been at least 50 school shootings in the United States so far this year, as of September 19. Thirteen were on college campuses, and 37 were on K-12 school grounds. The incidents left 24 people dead and at least 66 other victims injured, according to CNN’s analysis of events reported by the Gun Violence Archive, Education Week and Everytown for Gun Safety.

https://www.cnn.com/us/school-shootings-fast-facts-dg/index.html

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

Only 50? IIRC that's a marked improvement from recent previous years.

[-] daellat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Perhaps people conflate mass shootings with school shootings

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Recent years have been wildly exaggerated. This is a frighteningly real number.

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