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The Statistics Are Clear: It’s Not Schools That Are Dangerous

Every day, 42 Americans die in gun homicides, the grim backdrop against which to talk about school shootings. In the three months between the 10 shot dead in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday, and the 17 in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14, around 4,000 Americans lost their lives in firearms homicides.
In the initial horror following a school shooting, we witness the “thoughts and prayers,” finger-wagging from politicians not wanting to “politicize” the shooting, and promises to “do something.” Then, just as predictably, nothing happens.

10 Dead in Shooting at Texas High School; Shooter Identified as 17-Year-Old Student

(ZHE) —  Update VI: In an afternoon press conference, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott revealed more details about today’s school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas. The shooter, 17-year-old Dimitrious Pagourtzis, used a sawed-off shotgun and a .38 revolver in the attack. Both weapons belonged to his father. He also filled the world in on some of the shooter’s […]