The Number of school shootings around the world since 2000

[Norbert]

The number of school shootings that have happened since the year 2000 around the world:

ENGLAND: 0
GREECE: 1
NETHERLANDS: 1
SPAIN: 1
INDIA: 1
ARGENTINA: 1
RUSSIA: 1
CHINA: 3
MEXICO: 4
AUSTRALIA: 5
CANADA: 5
GERMANY: 5
SOUTH AFRICA: 5
USA: 212

Let that sink in.

[democrank]

1. Shame on us

[shenmue]

2. Crimony

[struggle4progress]

3. "We're number one! We're number one!"

[RecoveringJournalist]

18. Number one with a bullet

[Norbert]

4. Now that trump is so far up Putin's ass

maybe he can ask why Russia has 211 less school shootings than we do.

[ornotna]

5. Link? n/t

[Norbert]

7. ally ‏ @wildnestor on twitter

Seems like a trustworthy source.

Not 100% sure on the other countries but the US number seems close unfortunately.

[ornotna]

10. Well I found this from Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shootings_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting

Not sure if the numbers add up but it's still nuts.

[Squinch]

6. Yes, but according to our gun humper troll friends here on DU, there is nothing that can

possibly be done about our school shootings. Nothing will work, nothing can be tried, and we should stop being stupid and suggesting there is no reason for the slaughter.

[Skittles]

21. fuck those cowards

hopefully their time will be up as it is for the harassers and abusers

[Squinch]

22. Yes. May they rot in the hell.

[Frustratedlady]

8. That honestly took my breath away when I saw the 212.

I saw a post earlier about a school shooting in New Mexico in December. I don't recall ever seeing anything about it. How could I have missed it? So many...

I have several teachers in my family. They can't even read about the shootings anymore because they are so disgusted with the US and NRA for how little they have done to protect the children AND teachers. So, what does the NRA suggest? Arming the teachers and sending them to target practice? We worry about Russia? The NRA is no different.

[Girard442]

9. I'd like to pass this around. Is there a source article I could print out?

[aikoaiko]

11. 212 is probably over inflated if generated like the "18 school shootings in 2018" stat

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/no-there-havent-been-18-school-shooting-in-2018-that-number-is-flat-wrong/2018/02/15/65b6cf72-1264-11e8-8ea1-c1d91fcec3fe_story.html?utm_term=.1f6f1646841a

The stunning number swept across the Internet within minutes of the news Wednesday that, yet again, another young man with another semiautomatic rifle had rampaged through a school, this time at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in South Florida.

The figure originated with Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit group, co-founded by Michael Bloomberg, that works to prevent gun violence and is most famous for its running tally of school shootings. “This,” the organization tweeted at 4:22 p.m. Wednesday, “is the 18th school shooting in the U.S. in 2018.”

A tweet by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) including the claim had been liked more than 45,000 times by Thursday evening, and one from political analyst Jeff Greenfield had cracked 126,000. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted it, too, as did performers Cher and Alexander William and actors Misha Collins and Albert Brooks. News organizations — including MSNBC, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, Time, MSN, the BBC, the New York Daily News and HuffPost — also used the number in their coverage. By Wednesday night, the top suggested search after typing “18” into Google was “18 school shootings in 2018.”

It is a horrifying statistic. And it is wrong.

[yallerdawg]

12. Depends on the criteria when counting.

290 School Shootings In America Since 2013

Since 2013, there have been nearly 300 school shootings in America — an average of about one a week.

Consistent with expert advice and common sense, Everytown uses a straightforward, fair, and comprehensive definition for a school shooting: any 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 and, when necessary, confirmed through further inquiries with law enforcement or school officials. Incidents in which guns were brought into schools but not discharged are not included. The database is updated as new shootings occur or as new evidence emerges about prior incidents.

[aikoaiko]

13. Agreed

[BigmanPigman]

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[TNNurse]

15. Is there one state where there has not been a school shooting?

[oberliner]

16. There have been 25 fatal school shootings in the USA since Columbine (1999)

That number is sobering enough.

[yuiyoshida]

17. PLEASE ADD JAPAN,. they have had a number of stabbings but

ZERO SHOOTINGS SINCE 2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Japan

[gyroscope]

19. But then you would have to include stabbings in the US

which would probably add a few hundred more killings to the US tally.

A madman with an AR-15 can do far more damage than if he was just armed with a knife.

I don't think the gunman in Vegas could have taken down 500 people with only a knife. Only an assault rifle or bomb can do that.

[elias7]

20. Does that count Sandy Hook?

There is absolutely no reason for any individual to possess a semi-automatic or automatic firearm.