School shootings in US outnumber other G7 nations
There have been at least 288 school shootings in the United States since January 1, 2009. These figures include shootings on school grounds involving at least one injury.
School shootings are a reality in America, an average of one a week just this year alone.
But how does the US compare with other countries in the world?
That’s difficult to ascertain because very little research exists to quantify that.
For the purposes of this analysis, we followed the criteria below –
The scope: First, we looked at the G7 countries — the countries with the largest advanced economies in the world.
The countries are Canada, the US, Japan, Germany, Italy, France, the UK.
The time period: From January 1, 2009 to May 21, 2018.
The definition: The parameters we followed in this count are –
- Shooting must […]
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I grew up in the 50s and 60s in rural eastern NC and do not remember any degree of gun worship. The second amendment was not discussed. The apartheid south was my place said to say, but gun worship no.
What to do about gun control I do not know there are already too many out in the world. Too many too fearful, too unconscious of themselves, too willing to project onto others, too much atavistic tribal behavior and too many modern technologies of manipulation and control. Unless we are to follow Australia’s example and remove weapons from the population then just adding modest restrictions on future purchases are not likely to make any difference.
Will —
I grew up in rural Tidewater Virginia at the same time and had much the same experience. I got a .22 when I was 12, as did many of my friends, and a 4/10 shotgun at 14, as did many of my friends. I belonged to the NRA, which at that time was a gun safety organization. I never had any interest in hunting, because it wasn’t sport, and I wasn’t interested in killing animals, but I had a major interest in competitive shooting of all kinds. In all those years there was never a school shooting, the 2nd amendment was recognized but not a big issue. No one but police went around armed, doing so would have made you a social pariah. Those days are long gone. I was a medical corpsman in the service, and when I came home, having seen what guns do to the human body, I took all my guns except for a very fine skeet/trap shotgun, which I gave to a friend, went out in my family’s boat and threw them into the sea. I have never regretted that action. — Stephan
Interesting, I got the same guns at about the same ages. After the excitement of finding something to kill, a small bird, I then lost interest as it didn’t feel good. Didn’t become a hunter or shooter don’t remember what I did with the shotgun. I was a very immature kid.