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minus-squareTabbsTheBat (they/them)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 days agoIm not sure what the stat is now, but I remember a couple of years back it was an average of 24 a year in the US? Saying “school shootings every year” makes it feel like a bit of an understatement
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 days agoOh it is much worse. https://k12ssdb.org/all-shootings Granted this has a broad description for “school shootings”. Although 2025 had improved. In 2023 it averaged out to just under 1 shooting a day.
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days agoSchool doesn’t operate 352 days per year, so it was greater than a daily occurrence.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoyeah but is that counting or not counting gang violence? /s *gets shot anyway*
Im not sure what the stat is now, but I remember a couple of years back it was an average of 24 a year in the US? Saying “school shootings every year” makes it feel like a bit of an understatement
Oh it is much worse.
https://k12ssdb.org/all-shootings
Granted this has a broad description for “school shootings”.
Although 2025 had improved. In 2023 it averaged out to just under 1 shooting a day.
School doesn’t operate 352 days per year, so it was greater than a daily occurrence.
yeah but is that counting or not counting gang violence? /s
*gets shot anyway*