The number of casualties in campus shootings in the United States has reached a new historical high for two consecutive years. Gun control organizations criticize the government for inaction
Americans pray for victims of gun violence
On September 14th, according to a report by American media "USA Today" on the 13th, the latest data shows that there were 188 shooting incidents in public and private schools in the United States from 2021 to 2022, resulting in 57 deaths. The number of campus shootings in the United States has reached a historic high for two consecutive years.
According to the annual Crime and Safety Report of the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of campus shootings involving casualties in the United States from 2020 to 2021 was 93, the highest number in 20 years, while the data for the 2021-2022 academic year doubled. The data shows that although the COVID-19 has ended, the number of school shootings in the United States is still increasing significantly.
The data also shows that in the past 20 years, the majority of perpetrators of campus shootings in the United States have been males, with an average age of 34. In 2023, there have been 30 campus shootings in the United States, resulting in 16 deaths and 32 injuries. In May of this year, a national opinion poll organized by National Public Radio in the United States showed that 60% of Americans believe that controlling gun violence is more important than protecting gun rights, the highest proportion in nearly a decade.
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Sarah Bird Shapps, Senior Research Director of the Gun Control Organization "Bringing Gun Safety to Every Town," told USA Today that the data is "painful," but it indicates that children are now in danger. "The threat of gun violence in American schools and communities has become a norm in children's lives. School shooting incidents are not inevitable, as they are the result of years of government inaction."
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