ACTIVE SHOOTERS ON CAMPUS
More people have died or been injured in mass school shootings in the US in the past 18 years than in the entire 20th century.
Source – Journal of Child and Family Studies, July 2018
1372 Total Deaths or Injuries in Schools Since 1950
As of December 31, 2019
There were at least 130 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in 2019.*
(Source-- https://everytownresearch.org/gunfire-in-school/#12594)
School Locations - Gunfire Reported in 2019
- Aiken, SC
- Anchorage, AK
- Arapahoe County, CO
- Atascocita, TX
- Athens, GA
- Atlanta, GA (3)
- Atlantic City, NY
- Baltimore, MD (2)
- Belmont, CA
- Blountsville, AL
- Buffalo, NY
- Charlotte, NC
- Charlottesville, VA
- Cheyenne, WY
- Chicago, IL (2)
- Clarksville, TN
- Clemson, SC
- Cleveland, OH
- Columbus, MS
- Concord, AR
- Conyers, GA
- East Los Angeles, CA
- East Naples, FL
- Edgard, LA
- Eugene, OR (3)
- Fayetteville, NC
- Flint, MI (2)
- Fort Worth, TX
- Grambling, LA (2)
- Hartford, CT
- Highlands Ranch, CO
- Houston, TX (2)
- Huntsville, TX
- Jacksonville, FL (2)
- Jersey City, NJ (2)
- Kansas City, MO
- Kingston, NC
- Lake Mary, FL
- Langston, OK
- Langston, OK
- Las Cruces, NM
- Laurel, MD
- Lithonia, GA
- Littleton, CO
- Long Beach, CA
- Louisville, KY
- Lynn, MA
- Lyons, IL
- Manhattan, KS (2)
- Memphis, TN
- Mesquite, TX
- Miami Gardens, FL
- Miami, FL
- Milwaukee, WI (2)
- Mission, KS
- Missoula, MT
- Mobile, AL
- Montgomery, AL (2)
- Murfreesboro, NC
- Nashville, TN (2)
- New Haven, CT
- New Independence Township, MN
- New Orleans, LA (2)
- New York, NY
- Norfolk, VA
- Orangeburg, SC
- Oshkosh, WI
- Overland Park, KS
- Philadelphia, PA
- Pleasantville, NJ
- Portland, OR
- Prairie View, TX
- Prescott, AR
- Rio Rancho, NM
- Roosevelt, NY
- S. Middleton Township, PA
- Sacramento, CA
- Salisbury, NC
- San Jose, CA
- Santa Clarita, CA
- Savannah, GA (2)
- Springfield Township, PA
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Steelton, PA
- Toledo, OH (2)
- Tulsa, OK
- Union City, CA
- Vancouver, WA
- Waco, TX
- Wahpeton, ND
- Warrensburg, MO
- Washington, DC (3)
- Waukesha, WI
- Wesley Chapel, FL
- West Monroe, LA
- West Valley City, UT
- Wichita, KS
- Woodbridge, VA
*Lists every time a firearm discharges a live round inside or into a school building or on or onto a school campus or grounds, as documented by the press. Incidents in which guns were brought to schools but not discharged are not included.
School Shootings 2013-2018
Source - Everytown for Gun Safety
ARE STUDENTS & STAFF SAFE?
Traditional Solutions Have Not Made Schools Safer
- A comprehensive review of 18 years of reports on school security measures conducted by the University of Toledo and Ball State University concluded that “there is no evidence those measures have worked.”
- Since the Columbine massacre in 1999, “more than 226,000 children at 233 schools have been exposed to gun violence. At least 143 children, educators and other people have been killed in assaults, and 294 have been injured.”
- The year “2018 was the worst on record for school shootings and gun-related incidents.”
-Washington Post (4/16/19)
HOW PARENTS FEEL ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY
Parents Have Safety Concerns
- “53 percent of Americans are concerned that a mass shooting could happen at a school in their community.”
-NPR Marist Poll (2/14/19)
- Many parents have only tepid confidence in the ability of schools to stop a gunman
- a large majority, 67%, say schools have become less safe.
-AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Poll (March 14-18, 2019)
A majority of adults in the U.S. believe that “schools have become less safe” since the Columbine shooting over 20 years ago.
A SUPERIOR SOLUTION IS NEEDED TO KEEP KIDS SAFE
