Especially now, school shootings have become a big topic in the United States. With all of the recent school shootings, like at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and Santa Fe High School, the big issue is how to stop these acts of terror from happening any more. It's more important now than ever that gun control legislation is passed across the country. If there are more regulations on guns, then people will have less access to deadly weapons with the power to kill. School shootings have also become unique to America; few, if any, other countries have mass school shootings as frequently as we do here. That's why this is an important issue to discuss and solve.
March For Our Lives
At the March For Our Lives rally in Washington D.C., there were over 800,000 people in attendance to support the survivors of Parkland and demand stricter gun control across the country. This is a picture looking west, away from the stage showing the vast number of people from across the country to rally for gun control.
Photo by Alex Brandon
Stricter Gun Control
This is another photo showing the people at the March For Our Lives rally, which took place at noon on March 24, on Pennsylvania Avenue from 3rd Street Northwest to 12th Street Northwest. During the rally the survivors of Parkland called upon politicians to vote for strict gun control laws.
Photo by Chip Somodevilla
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Students being escorted out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with their hands in the air on February 14, 2018 after Nikolas Cruz open fired in the school, injuring 17 and killing 17 students.
Photo by Joe Raedle
Santa Fe High School
People being comforted out side of a gymnasium, where parents were told to go to meet with their children after the shooting at Santa Fe High School by student Dimitrios Pagourtzis that left 13 injured and 10 dead.
Photo by David J. Phillip
School Shootings
This map shows all of the school shootings across America since the shooting at Sandy Hook on December 14, 2012 that left 26 people dead: 20 children and six adults. There have been more than 180 shootings, according to the LA Times.
Map created by everytownresearch.org
America vs. the World
This graph shows a comparison between the number of school killings with multiple victims between 2000 and 2010 in the United States and in 35 other countries. The data shows that America alone had only one less school killing than those other 35 countries combined.
Graph by Ritchie King
Data collected by The Academy for Critical Incident Analysis at John Jay College
Citations
Winn, Zach. “The U.S School Shooting Statistics Everyone Should Know.” Campus Safety Magazine, Campus Safety, 19 Feb. 2018, www.campussafetymagazine.com/safety/u-s-school-shooting-statistics-us/.
“School Shootings in the U.S. by Victim Count 2018 | Statistic.” Statista, www.statista.com/statistics/476381/school-shootings-in-the-us-by-victim-count/.
“Analysis | More than 210,000 Students Have Experienced Gun Violence at School since Columbine.” The Washington Post, WP Company, www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/school-shootings-database/?noredirect=on.
“The Long, Shameful List of School Shootings in America.” EverytownResearch.org, 29 May 2018, everytownresearch.org/gunfire-in-school/.
Jeffrey, Courtland. “School Shootings in U.S.: When, Where Each Shooting Has Occurred in 2018.” KNXV, 25 May 2018, www.abc15.com/news/data/school-shootings-in-u-s-when-where-each-shooting-has-occurred-in-2018.