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How many school shootings did US have in 2024?
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school shootings, more like 1-2 a week.
Regular mass shootings are up to 8 in a day.
Actually, @POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com is closer. There have been 323 in the US this year which makes it 0.93 school shootings per day or 1.79 school shootings per school day in the US (assuming 180 school days a year)
https://edition.cnn.com/us/school-shootings-fast-facts-dg/index.html says it's "only" 83 this year?
My numbers are coming from the K-12 School Shooting Database. They probably use different definitions. The stat I was going by was just what I saw most articles in my country going by (Australia).