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Washington Times is a right leaning source.

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"Whatever side of the fence you stand on, we must accept that the constitutional right to bear arms will never be overturned. Therefore we should instead direct our energy toward enforcing realistic and effective changes."

"The best solution is not to continue philosophizing about the Second Amendment — it is to make gun detectors compulsory in all our places of work."

"This should not be the world we live in. We should be able to trust that civilians will not walk through our office doors brandishing AR-15 rifles. However, recent events, and the rising number of cases of workplace violence in the U.S., have emphasized how these security measures are now essential."

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Safety, not gun control, will stop school shootings

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The recent additions of Uvalde and Buffalo to the depressingly long list of America’s mass shootings have reignited the debate surrounding the Second Amendment.

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Washington Examiner is a right leaning source.

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"The Biden administration is lying to the public, and it has been doing so for quite some time. Inflammatory rhetoric, exaggerated claims, and incendiary remarks were all used to create false narratives to frighten transgender people, and their ardent supporters, into thinking that they are in danger in this country. Nothing could be further from the truth."

"There aren’t any records of anyone taking weeks to plan to assassinate transgender children. No one has committed any terrorist acts targeting children experiencing gender confusion. But do you know who has suffered such tragedies? Christian children."

"After each of these incidents, Democrats said that the “trans community is under attack.” Really? Where? This utterly ridiculous and offensive nonsense was shared by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre three days after Christian students were killed in an apparent act of anti-Christian bigotry."

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The Biden administration is lying to the public, and it has been doing so for quite some time. Inflammatory rhetoric, exaggerated claims, and incendiary remarks were all used to create false narratives to frighten transgender people, and their ardent supporters, into thinking that they are in danger in this country. Nothing could be further from the truth.

There aren't any records of anyone taking weeks to plan to assassinate transgender children. No one has committed any terrorist acts targeting children experiencing gender confusion. But do you know who has suffered such tragedies? Christian children.

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Consider the events of just the last week and a half. On March 28, Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old biological female who identified as a transgender man and was a former student of Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, entered the school and killed six people - three of whom were 9-year-old students. Authorities investigated the shooting and found a manifesto that provided details on the motive but hid that information from the public. It is widely suspected that Hale targeted the school because it was Christian and she was deeply resentful of Christians, including her parents who had sent her to the school. This might be why her manifesto has not already been released or at least summarized for the public, preventing everyone from knowing for sure.

On March 31, another transgender person, William Whitworth of Colorado, was arrested after planning an attack on three schools and churches in Colorado. Whitworth, a biological male who changed his name to Lily and demanded to be treated as a transgender woman, had planned to attack schools and churches in Colorado just days after the Nashville shooting, according to the Daily Mail. Whitworth was charged with multiple crimes, including attempted murder in the first degree.

After each of these incidents, Democrats said that the "trans community is under attack." Really? Where? This utterly ridiculous and offensive nonsense was shared by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre three days after Christian students were killed in an apparent act of anti-Christian bigotry. Yet no such ominous warnings have been given about the dangers Christians face - especially from radicalized transgender people looking to target them and do harm because of the Left's irresponsible fearmongering.

Biden has abandoned all truth, decency, and integrity in advancing a cult-like, hyperbolic, and hysterical narrative that is used to create an environment of fear and to justify violence. Christians, who are legitimately being targeted, hunted, and killed, are left to fend for themselves.
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Trans children aren't under attack, but Christian children are

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Wall Street Journal is a right leaning source.

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"Schools in many cases lack staffers who can properly address behavioral problems in classrooms, said Tom Brant, director of Pupil Services at the Amity Regional School District in Woodbridge, Conn.."

"Students can present a problem, especially in lower elementary grades, because many have never experienced a typical school day due to shutdowns and other disruptions caused by the pandemic, said Mr. Brant, who serves as a delegate to the National Association of School Psychologists."

"“Even veteran school administrators, with years of experience, are questioning themselves,” said Mr. Trump. “They’re questioning why they can’t stop school shootings.”"

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Most U.S. public school districts don't feel well-prepared to respond to active shooters, even after putting new safety measures in place, according to a newly released federal survey.

Roughly two-thirds of public schools now control access to school grounds during the school day, up from 51% in the 2017-18 school year, according to the new figures published Thursday by the National Center for Education Statistics. Classroom doors have been fitted with locks by 78%, up from 65% five years ago. And 43% of schools now employ panic buttons or silent alarms that connect directly with law enforcement, up from 29%.

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Most U.S. Schools Don't Feel Fully Prepared for Shootings Despite Adding Security

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Most U.S. public school districts don't feel well-prepared to respond to active shooters, even after putting new safety measures in place, according to a newly released federal survey. Roughly two-thirds of public schools now control access to school grounds during the school day, up from 51% in the 2017-18 school year, according to the new figures published Thursday by the National Center for Education Statistics.

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CBN is a far right source.

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"The shooting took place exactly a week after a gunman killed two students and wounded four at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. It also comes nearly three weeks after neighboring Littleton marked the grim 20th anniversary of the Columbine school massacre that killed 13 people. The two schools are separated by about 7 miles (11 kilometers) in adjacent communities south of Denver."

"Douglas County sheriff's officials said Devon Erickson, 18, and a younger student walked into the STEM School Highlands Ranch Tuesday afternoon and opened fire on students in two classrooms, prompting students to run shouting through the halls or to hide out of sight as gunfire echoed through school."

"Erickson wore all black, a hat and sunglasses, was significantly skinnier and didn't seem interested in talking. "He said he'd just turned 18 and he owned rifles," Dutton said."

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HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) - Two high school students shot and killed a classmate and injured eight others at a charter school in a Colorado community that marked the 20th anniversary of one of the nation's worst school shootings just weeks ago.

Douglas County sheriff's officials said Devon Erickson, 18, and a younger student walked into the STEM School Highlands Ranch Tuesday afternoon and opened fire on students in two classrooms, prompting students to run shouting through the halls or to hide out of sight as gunfire echoed through school.

"At the moment no one really knew what was going on so I didn't know they were bullets," said seventh-grader Sophia Marks. "I just kind of saw like flashes and we heard bangs."

Within minutes, deputies at a nearby sheriff's department substation entered the school and arrested the two suspects after a struggle. Both were students at the school and they were not previously known to authorities, Sheriff Tony Spurlock said.

Josh Dutton, 18, told The Associated Press that he was close friends with Devon Erickson in middle school but hadn't seen him for four years as he went to a different high school. On Sunday, he spotted Erickson at a local light rail station and said he was shocked at how much his friend had changed.

Erickson wore all black, a hat and sunglasses, was significantly skinnier and didn't seem interested in talking. "He said he'd just turned 18 and he owned rifles," Dutton said.

A message left at a phone number listed for Erickson's home was not immediately returned.

The shooting took place exactly a week after a gunman killed two students and wounded four at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. It also comes nearly three weeks after neighboring Littleton marked the grim 20th anniversary of the Columbine school massacre that killed 13 people. The two schools are separated by about 7 miles (11 kilometers) in adjacent communities south of Denver.

"Tragically, this community and those surrounding it know all too well these hateful and horrible acts of violence," White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement. President Donald Trump had been briefed on the shooting and was in touch with state and local officials, Deere said.

"The heart of all Colorado is with the victims and their families," Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement.

STEM is a public charter school with a focus on science, technology, engineering and math. It has more than 1,850 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

As the gunfire rang out, students ran through the halls shouting "School shooter!" Some wondered at first if it was a joke or a drill.

Chris Elledge, 15, said his teacher told the class to hide behind weight equipment in the room, where they stayed until police arrived.

"They busted in the room, and they were asking if there was any suspects in the room, if we were OK, and they escorted us out to go out to the front of the building," Elledge said.

Frantic parents used their cellphones to find their children as news of the shooting spread. Sophia Marks' mother, Sara Marks, said she has two other children who also go to the school.

"When you have no idea what's going on and the children are texting you that they're hiding under a desk and bullets are hitting their window, or things are hitting their window, it's a horrible feeling," she said.

Three hospitals reported treating eight people in connection with the attack, including two who were listed in serious condition. At least four others were released by Tuesday night.

Fernando Montoya told television station KMGH that his 17-year-old son was shot three times but was expected to make a full recovery.

"Thank God he is fine," Montoya said. "Even though he got shot, he's OK. He's going to walk out on his feet, so I'm glad. We're so lucky."

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AP writer Nicholas Riccardi contributed to this report.

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1 Dead, 8 Hurt in Colorado School Shooting, 2 in Custody

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The American Conservative is a far right source.

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"The Uvalde shooting springs from the breakdown of our society’s most basic institutions—the fruits of the left’s long march to delegitimize the freest, most prosperous, and most generous nation in the history of the world. It’s about the fracturing of the family, the collapse of community, and the undermining of trust in our police."

"The committee did not look hard enough. Let’s begin with the failure at the family level.  According to the report, the shooter was born to a mother who struggled with drugs and her boyfriend, who left almost immediately. The attacker lived with his grandmother. Though he continued his relationship with his mother, it was uneasy. No one “raised” this kid; he was left to raise himself."

"The shooter was chronically absent from school—at-risk in every sense of the term, yet no one seems to have sought help for his learning disabilities, his bullying, or his increasingly dangerous behavior. "

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The needless tragedy that unfolded in Uvalde, Texas cannot and will not be stuffed into a convenient political narrative. It wasn't about law enforcement ineptitude, though that was a factor. It wasn't about rudderless, confused, and often angry young men, though that played into the events, as well. It wasn't about unlocked doors or absent and unobservant parents.

The Uvalde shooting springs from the breakdown of our society's most basic institutions-the fruits of the left's long march to delegitimize the freest, most prosperous, and most generous nation in the history of the world. It's about the fracturing of the family, the collapse of community, and the undermining of trust in our police.

The House report "The Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting" ignores these factors, but it's still pretty damning. Yet it tries to soft-pedal its findings.

"Other than the attacker, the Committee did not find any 'villains' in the course of its investigation," the report reads. "There is no one to whom we can attribute malice or ill motives. Instead, we found systemic failures and egregious poor decision making."

The committee did not look hard enough. Let's begin with the failure at the family level.

According to the report, the shooter was born to a mother who struggled with drugs and her boyfriend, who left almost immediately. The attacker lived with his grandmother. Though he continued his relationship with his mother, it was uneasy. No one "raised" this kid; he was left to raise himself.

"The attacker began to demonstrate interest in gore and violent sex, watching and sometimes sharing gruesome videos and images of suicides, beheadings, accidents, and the like, as well as sending unexpected explicit messages to others online," the report says.

The shooter was chronically absent from school-at-risk in every sense of the term, yet no one seems to have sought help for his learning disabilities, his bullying, or his increasingly dangerous behavior.

This is the end result of fractured families and the collapse of community. Everything we've learned about fatherless families and weary grandmothers raising a lost generation of children is on display here. We set our young men up for failure and then stand aside, aghast, when they fail.

The Uvalde report could be an epilogue to Robert D. Putnam's Bowling Alone. When America's communities were thriving, fewer troubled youths were allowed to fall through the cracks. Strong relationships between parents and teachers, and between families and their neighbors, served as the kind of safety net that can never be replaced by government programs.

Parenting was often done by the nearest adult at hand (and punishments often re-applied when Mom found out). Kids with scraped knees looked for the nearest grown-up. And people paid attention, at least, when a young person began to go astray. None of that happened here; despite every red flag, no one stepped in.

Finally, there was the feckless response by law enforcement leaders on-site at Uvalde. This was reprehensible. But was it also predictable?

"Despite obvious deficiencies in command and control at the scene which should have been recognized by other law enforcement responders, none approached Chief Arredondo or any of the officers around him or subordinate to him to affirmatively offer assistance with incident command," the report states.

Perhaps this is because we've undermined and sowed distrust in our law enforcement officials. Retirements and suicides have increased in recent years. If we don't treat police as trusted servants and protectors, can we expect them to truly serve and protect?

The Psalmist asks, "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?" The answer for us, at least, must be to rebuild.

We must restore the family-the traditional family-to its rightful place of honor as the bedrock of our society. This means empowering parents to make the best decisions on behalf of their children on everything from vaccines to education; it means removing tax disincentives to marriage; it means recognizing that fathers matter. We must incentivize work, not welfare, because strong, independent families are the strength of this nation.

We must rebuild community. That requires individual effort beyond bumper stickers or social media level. It means getting to know your neighbors, attending church, getting involved in your kids' schools. The left would divide us by immutable characteristics; we must respond by building relationships based on the characteristic that truly matters.

And we must reconstruct a civil society that produces and promotes the confidence needed to entrust the police with our public safety. Law enforcement officers need to know we'll have their backs, so long as they have ours.

Institutional failure is the story behind the Uvalde tragedy. No single solution-not gun control, not red flag laws, not more DEI officers in schools-will suffice. We must address the disease, not the horrific symptom. And that means restoring the institutions that made America the last, best hope-for all of us.

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The Failure in Uvalde Was Societal - The American Conservative

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The needless tragedy that unfolded in Uvalde, Texas cannot and will not be stuffed into a convenient political narrative. It wasn't about law enforcement ineptitude, though that was a factor. It wasn't about rudderless, confused, and often angry young men, though that played into the events, as well.

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Newsweek is a neutral source.

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"Trump, speaking at the NRA meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Friday, argued without evidence that Democrats, mental health issues, the transgender community and marijuana use were instead driving the rash of deadly mass shootings, while paying tribute to police and offering prayers for the families of the three children and three adults who were killed during a shooting at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, last month."

"While the number of U.S. school shootings has been increasing in recent years, they are not a new phenomena, with the first recorded incident occurring before the founding of the country, in 1764. The bulk of the deadliest school shootings, however, have occurred in recent decades."

"There is no evidence that transgender hormone treatments are responsible for mass shootings. Transgender people make up a very small percentage of the U.S. population and have committed a tiny fraction of mass shootings, the bulk of which are committed by cisgender men."

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Everything Trump said about mass shootings in NRA speech

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Trump baselessly suggested that Democrats, marijuana use and transgender people were driving the continuing epidemic of mass shootings in the U.S.

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The Atlantic is a left source and this article has that view point.

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"The messiness of counting school shootings often contributes to sensationalizing or oversimplifying a modern trend of mass violence in America that is seemingly becoming more entrenched."

"The Daily Beast, for example, on Wednesday cited data from Everytown, the gun-control advocacy group, which called it the 59th shooting at or near schools this academic year."

"A high-school shooting in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday afternoon has left 17 people dead and numerous others injured, according to officials. The suspect, a 19-year-old former student named Nikolas Cruz who was expelled for unspecified disciplinary reasons, is in custody, according to officials."

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Another School Shooting-But Who's Counting?

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Seventeen people were killed in an attack on Wednesday. America's inability to track gun violence is standing in the way of preventing the next one.

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USA Today is a left leaning source and this article has that view point.

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""There's not been any year that we've had 67 in six weeks" this early in the year, said Mark Bryant, executive director of the Gun Violence Archive, on Tuesday morning. By Tuesday evening, the number of mass shootings reported and verified by the Gun Violence Archive..."

"There's no single consensus on the definition of a mass shooting. The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot or killed, not including the shooter."

"...according to Gun Violence Archive data. Seventy-four people died and 190 were injured by firearms at schools across the country. A dozen of the incidents were mass shootings, including the deadliest school shooting in a decade at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 22 people were killed, including the shooter, and 17 were injured."

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There have been 71 mass shootings in the US this year – in just 6 weeks

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CNN is a left leaning source and this article has that view point.

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"A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head and a 15-year-old girl shot in the wrist at Sal Castro Middle School in Los Angeles, officials said. Two other students were grazed by bullets. A 12-year-old girl was booked for negligent discharge of a firearm in that shooting, which was considered “unintentional,” the Los Angeles police said."

"A 17-year-old student at Forest High School was shot in the ankle shortly before students were to walk out as part of a national protest against gun violence.. The suspect was a 19-year-old former student."

"The parameters CNN followed in this count are: A shooting that involved at least one person being shot (not including the shooter.)  A shooting that occurred on school grounds.  We included grades K through college/university level.  We included gang violence, fights and domestic violence.  We included accidental discharge of a firearm as long as the first two parameters are met."

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2018 school shootings: a list of incidents that resulted in casualties - cnn

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There has been, on average, 1 school shooting every week this year

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We're 21 weeks into 2018, and there have been 23 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to more than 1 shooting a week.

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The New York Times is a far left source has this article has that point of view.

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"In the latest episode of gun violence that has devastated American families and communities, the assailant opened fire just after 10 a.m. inside the Covenant School, in the affluent Green Hills neighborhood..."

“'It has to stop,' Ms. Dibble said of school shootings. 'I want a politician to sit in a church with families and 250 kids downstairs that are white as a sheet and trembling and gray and yellow and green and blue because of the shock.'"

"Calling the Nashville shooting 'sick' and 'a family’s worst nightmare,' President Biden again pushed Congress on Monday to enact gun-control legislation."

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Nashville School Shooting: 6 Killed in Nashville School Shooting, Including 3 Children

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The authorities identified the adults killed in the mass shooting as staff members.

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BBC News is a neutral source.

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"There have been at least 160 mass shootings across the US so far this year. These include attacks the attack at a 16th birthday party in Alabama, in which four died, at a school in Nashville, where three children and three adults were killed, and a mass shooting in Kentucky last Monday, which left four victims dead."

"48,830 people died from gun-related injuries in the US during 2021, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  That's nearly an 8% increase from 2020, which was a record-breaking year for firearm deaths.  While mass shootings and gun murders (homicides) generally garner much media attention, more than half of the total in 2021 were suicides."

"The US ratio of 120.5 firearms per 100 residents, up from 88 per 100 in 2011, far surpasses that of other countries around the world."

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Data shows gun ownership in the US has grown over the last several years

Gun violence is a fixture in American life - but the issue is a highly political one, pitting gun control advocates against people who are fiercely protective of their right to bear arms.

We've looked into some of the numbers behind firearms in the US.

Mass shootings on the rise

There have been more than 560 mass shootings across the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are injured or killed. Their figures include shootings that happen in homes and in public places.

For each of the last three years there have been more than 600 mass shootings - almost two a day on average.

The deadliest such attack, in Las Vegas in 2017, killed more than 50 people and left 500 wounded. The vast majority of mass shootings, however, leave fewer than 10 people dead.

How do US gun deaths break down?

48,830 people died from gun-related injuries in the US during 2021, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

That's nearly an 8% increase from 2020, which was a record-breaking year for firearm deaths.

While mass shootings and gun murders (homicides) generally garner much media attention, more than half of the total in 2021 were suicides.

That year, more than 20,000 of the deaths were homicides, according to the CDC.

Data shows more than 50 people are killed each day by a firearm in the US.

That's a significantly larger proportion of homicides than is the case in Canada, Australia, England and Wales, and many other countries.

How many guns are there in the US?

While calculating the number of guns in private hands around the world is difficult, the latest figures from the Small Arms Survey - a Swiss-based research project - estimated that there were 390 million guns in circulation in the US in 2018.

The US ratio of 120.5 firearms per 100 residents, up from 88 per 100 in 2011, far surpasses that of other countries around the world.

More recent data out of the US suggests that gun ownership grew significantly over the last few years. A study, published by the Annals of Internal Medicine in February, found that 7.5 million US adults became new gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021.

This, in turn, exposed 11 million people to firearms in their homes, including 5 million children. About half of new gun owners in that time period were women, while 40% were either black or Hispanic.

Who supports gun control?

A majority of Americans are in favour of gun control.

57% of Americans surveyed said they wanted stricter gun laws - although this fell last year - according to polling by Gallup.

32% said the laws should remain the same, while 10% of people surveyed said they should be "made less strict".

The issue is extremely divisive, falling largely along party lines.

"Democrats are nearly unanimous in their support for stricter gun laws," another Gallup study noted, with nearly 91% in favour of stricter gun laws.

Only 24% Republicans, on the other hand, agreed with the same statement, along with 45% of Independent voters.

Some states have taken steps to ban or strictly regulate ownership of assault weapons. Laws vary by state but California, for example, has banned ownership of assault weapons with limited exceptions.

Some controls are widely supported by people across the political divide - such as restrictions governing the sale of guns to people who are mentally ill or on "watch" lists.

Who opposes gun control?

Despite years of financial woes and internal strife, the National Rifle Association (NRA) remains the most powerful gun lobby in the United States, with a substantial budget to influence members of Congress on gun policy.

Over the last several election cycles, it, and other organisations, have consistently spent more on pro-gun rights messaging than their rivals in the gun control lobby.

A number of states have also gone as far as to largely eliminate restrictions on who can carry a gun. In June 2021, for example, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a "permitless carry bill" that allows the state's residents to carry handguns without a licence or training.

Similarly, in April last year Georgia became the 25th in the nation to eliminate the need for a permit to conceal or openly carry a firearm. The law means any citizen of that state has the right to carry a firearm without a licence or a permit.

The law was backed by the NRA, and leaders within the organisation called the move "a monumental moment for the Second Amendment".

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How many US mass shootings have there been in 2023?

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Explaining some of the key statistics behind gun ownership and attacks linked to guns in the US.

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Washington Post is a left leaning source.

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"Among The Post’s most important findings: the disproportionate impact of school shootings on children of color.  Almost all the deadliest assaults were committed by White gunmen, a reality that has left much of the public with the false impression that school shootings almost exclusively affect White students."

"At schools with majority Black student bodies, shooters typically target a specific person, limiting the number of people shot — and the subsequent media exposure."

"Children, The Post also determined, are responsible for more than half the country’s school shootings — none of which would be possible if those children didn’t have access to firearms."

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There have been 389 school shootings since 1999, according to Post data

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There were more school shootings in 2022 - 46 - than in any year since at least 1999.

Beyond the dead and wounded, children who witness the violence or cower behind locked doors to hide from it can be profoundly traumatized.

[ After Parkland: What we've learned tracking school shootings for 5 years]

The federal government does not track school shootings, so The Washington Post has spent years tracking how many children in the United States have been exposed to gun violence during school hours since the Columbine High massacre in 1999.

The Post pieces together its numbers from news articles, open-source databases, law enforcement reports, and calls to schools and police departments.

There have been 389 school shootings since Columbine
24 days ago.Sept. 12, 2023 St. Helena College and Career Academy in Greensburg, La. 1 dead2 injured250 children present in school
A 14-year-old student shot and killed an 11th grader and injured two other students during after school dismissal.
Aug. 16, 2023 Josey High School in Augusta, Ga. 0 dead1 injured640 children present in school WAFB
A student shot another student following an argument in the cafeteria.
June 5, 2023 Michigan Collegiate High School in Warren, Mich. 0 dead0 injured320 children present in school
A 22-year-old associate of a student fired six rounds of bullets in the air in front of the school right as school ended.
May 24, 2023 WJBF Oliver Citywide Academy in Pittsburgh, Penn. 1 dead0 injured50 children present in school
A 15-year-old student shot and killed another 15-year-old student on the front steps of the school.
May 22, 2023 St. John's Prep in Danvers, Mass. 0 dead0 injured1,340 children present in school
A police officer unintentionally fired his weapon - causing a panic - after responding to a swatting hoax at the school.
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The Post's search for more shootings will continue, and it's possible reporters will locate additional incidents from previous years.

Hundreds of outlets cover the deadliest attacks, such as the Feb. 14,2018, rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla., where a 19-year-old man with an AR-style rifle killed 17 people.

Others are covered by a single newspaper, such as a 2001 shooting at Pearl C. Anderson Middle School in Dallas, where a 14-year-old boy held a revolver to a girl's chest and asked her whether she was "ready to die" before a bullet fired, grazing her hand.

Across all such incidents, The Post has found that at least 202 children, educators and other people have been killed, and another 433 have been injured.

Even as the list of incidents has expanded, however, the trend lines have remained consistent.
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School shootings disproportionately affect Black children

Among The Post's most important findings: the disproportionate impact of school shootings on children of color.

Almost all the deadliest assaults were committed by White gunmen, a reality that has left much of the public with the false impression that school shootings almost exclusively affect White students. Children of color, however, are far more likely to experience campus gun violence: more than twice as much for Hispanic students and over three times as much for Black students.

At schools with majority Black student bodies, shooters typically target a specific person, limiting the number of people shot - and the subsequent media exposure.

Black students make up 16.6% of the school population ...

... but they experience school shootings at twice that rate.

The Post has reviewed more than 180 shootings committed by juveniles since Columbine, and in cases where the source of the gun could be determined, 86 percent of the weapons were found in the homes of friends, relatives or parents.

The median age of a school shooter is 16
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Children, The Post also determined, are responsible for more than half the country's school shootings - none of which would be possible if those children didn't have access to firearms.

The ranks of school shooters include a 6-year-old boy, who killed a classmate he shot on purpose, and a 15-year-old girl, who did the same to a friend for rejecting her romantic overtures.
114 shooters with unknown age not included
School shootings on the rise

While it remains highly unlikely that any student will experience a school shooting, the number of incidents has risen rapidly in recent years.Through 2017, the country averaged about 11 school shootings a year, never eclipsing 16 in a single year. But starting in 2018, violent incidents started climbing.

In 2020, the novel coronavirus closed campuses for months, and the number of shootings declined. But with classes in session again, 42 K-12 schools experienced school shootings in 2021, and 46 endured one the next year - mirroring the nation's broader rise in gun violence as it emerged from the pandemic.

Originally published April 20, 2018.

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There have been 389 school shootings since Columbine

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The Washington Post for years has tracked the number of students affected by school shootings. Since 1999, over 300,000 children have experienced gun violence during school hours.