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<governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
The claim: The US has had 288 school shootings while other
countries had two or less
A May 24 massacre at a Texas elementary school that left 19
children and two teachers dead has reignited the debate over
guns and focused attention on the uniquely high rate of school
shootings in the United States.
“America, you are broken,” reads the caption of a May 25
Facebook post that was shared more than 300 times in less than a
day. The post includes a breakdown of school shootings by
country, attributing 288 to the U.S., two to France and Canada,
one to Germany, China and Russia and zero to several countries
including the United Kingdom and Australia.
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The U.S. does have significantly more school shootings than
other countries, but the data included in the post actually
understates the scope of the problem in the U.S. The tallies
reflect one calculation of shootings from 2009 to 2018, so they
don't account for U.S. shootings in the last four years or
before 2009. Some broader research shows counts nearly 10 times
higher.
USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the claim for
comment.
Claim uses 2018 data, ignore other statistics
The statistics in the post line up with a May 2018 CNN article
about school shootings since 2009. The network analyzed news
reports to compile data on incidents on school grounds in which
at least one person was shot other than the shooter.
But counts of the total number of school shootings in the U.S
vary widely based on methodology and the time period studied.
For example, the K-12 School Shooting Database from the Naval
Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security
includes 2,012 school shootings in the U.S. dating back to 1970.
The CNN research identified 288 school shootings between January
2009 and May 2018 in the U.S. By comparison, CNN found Canada
and France each had two, Germany had one, and Japan, Italy and
the United Kingdom had none. Based on those numbers, the U.S.
had 57 times more school shootings in that time period than the
other G7 countries combined.
The story also included data from countries with a higher number
of school shootings that were not mentioned in the Facebook
post. Mexico, for example, had eight school shootings in the
same period, and South Africa had six, according to CNN. India
had five while Pakistan and Nigeria each had four. But those
were not mentioned in the post.
School shootings have continued to plague the U.S. in the years
since the article was published.
Events missing from this tally include a shooting at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte on April 30, 2019,
that killed two people and injured four others. One week later,
a shooting at a Denver-area STEM school killed one student and
injured eight others.
Two people were killed and three others were injured in a 16-
second rampage at a high school in Santa Clarita, California, on
Nov. 14, 2019.
Two sisters were fatally shot and a 2-year-old was hurt in a
Feb. 3, 2020, shooting at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
More recently, four students were killed and seven others were
injured in a shooting at a Michigan high school on Nov. 30,
2021. The May 24 shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is the deadliest
shooting at a U.S. elementary school since the 2012 shooting at
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that left 26 dead.
More: It's not just Uvalde, Texas — gunfire on school grounds is
at historic high in the US
Our rating: Missing context
Based on our research, we rate MISSING CONTEXT the claim that
the U.S. has had 288 school shootings while other countries two
or less. The data cited here tallies only shootings from 2009 to
2018, so it doesn't include a vast number of shootings before
and after that timeframe. One database shows that pushes the
tally past 2,000 school shootings in the U.S.
Our fact-check sources:
Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and
Security, accessed May 26, K-12 School Shooting Database
USA TODAY, May 25, 'There are no words': Families mourn as names
of Texas school shooting victims begin to emerge
USA TODAY, May 24, Bloodshed since Sandy Hook: Uvalde school
shooting among deadliest school attacks in past 10 years
USA TODAY, Dec. 2, 2021, Charges filed in Michigan school
shooting that left 4 dead; suspect's 'concerning behavior' led
school to call parents Tuesday, sheriff says
USA TODAY, Feb. 5, 2020, 'Why is there so much violence': Texas
university grapples with two deadly shootings in three months
USA TODAY, Nov. 14, 2019, A day of 'horror' at Santa Clarita
high school: 2 dead after student shoots 5, then himself
USA TODAY, May 7, 2019, What we know about the Highlands Ranch
STEM school shooting in Colorado
USA TODAY, May 1, 2019, University of North Carolina at
Charlotte shooting: What We Know Now
CNN, May 21, 2018, The US has had 57 times as many school
shootings as the other major industrialized nations combined
Thank you for supporting our journalism. You can subscribe to
our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica
here.
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Facebook.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/05/26/fact- check-school-shootings-far-more-common-us-than-
elsewhere/9944841002/
Kill those who misuse guns and televise it.
Kill anyone else who objects, televise that too.
On 6/21/22 9:50 PM, Obama has monkeypox wrote:
In article <t1i7t6$3258u$131@news.freedyn.de>
<governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
The claim: The US has had 288 school shootings while other
countries had two or less
A May 24 massacre at a Texas elementary school that left 19
children and two teachers dead has reignited the debate over
guns and focused attention on the uniquely high rate of school
shootings in the United States.
“America, you are broken,” reads the caption of a May 25
Facebook post that was shared more than 300 times in less than a
day. The post includes a breakdown of school shootings by
country, attributing 288 to the U.S., two to France and Canada,
one to Germany, China and Russia and zero to several countries
including the United Kingdom and Australia.
Follow us on Facebook! Like our page to get updates throughout
the day on our latest debunks
The U.S. does have significantly more school shootings than
other countries, but the data included in the post actually
understates the scope of the problem in the U.S. The tallies
reflect one calculation of shootings from 2009 to 2018, so they
don't account for U.S. shootings in the last four years or
before 2009. Some broader research shows counts nearly 10 times
higher.
USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the claim for
comment.
Claim uses 2018 data, ignore other statistics
The statistics in the post line up with a May 2018 CNN article
about school shootings since 2009. The network analyzed news
reports to compile data on incidents on school grounds in which
at least one person was shot other than the shooter.
But counts of the total number of school shootings in the U.S
vary widely based on methodology and the time period studied.
For example, the K-12 School Shooting Database from the Naval
Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security
includes 2,012 school shootings in the U.S. dating back to 1970.
The CNN research identified 288 school shootings between January
2009 and May 2018 in the U.S. By comparison, CNN found Canada
and France each had two, Germany had one, and Japan, Italy and
the United Kingdom had none. Based on those numbers, the U.S.
had 57 times more school shootings in that time period than the
other G7 countries combined.
The story also included data from countries with a higher number
of school shootings that were not mentioned in the Facebook
post. Mexico, for example, had eight school shootings in the
same period, and South Africa had six, according to CNN. India
had five while Pakistan and Nigeria each had four. But those
were not mentioned in the post.
School shootings have continued to plague the U.S. in the years
since the article was published.
Events missing from this tally include a shooting at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte on April 30, 2019,
that killed two people and injured four others. One week later,
a shooting at a Denver-area STEM school killed one student and
injured eight others.
Two people were killed and three others were injured in a 16-
second rampage at a high school in Santa Clarita, California, on
Nov. 14, 2019.
Two sisters were fatally shot and a 2-year-old was hurt in a
Feb. 3, 2020, shooting at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
More recently, four students were killed and seven others were
injured in a shooting at a Michigan high school on Nov. 30,
2021. The May 24 shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is the deadliest
shooting at a U.S. elementary school since the 2012 shooting at
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that left 26 dead.
More: It's not just Uvalde, Texas — gunfire on school grounds is
at historic high in the US
Our rating: Missing context
Based on our research, we rate MISSING CONTEXT the claim that
the U.S. has had 288 school shootings while other countries two
or less. The data cited here tallies only shootings from 2009 to
2018, so it doesn't include a vast number of shootings before
and after that timeframe. One database shows that pushes the
tally past 2,000 school shootings in the U.S.
Our fact-check sources:
Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and
Security, accessed May 26, K-12 School Shooting Database
USA TODAY, May 25, 'There are no words': Families mourn as names
of Texas school shooting victims begin to emerge
USA TODAY, May 24, Bloodshed since Sandy Hook: Uvalde school
shooting among deadliest school attacks in past 10 years
USA TODAY, Dec. 2, 2021, Charges filed in Michigan school
shooting that left 4 dead; suspect's 'concerning behavior' led
school to call parents Tuesday, sheriff says
USA TODAY, Feb. 5, 2020, 'Why is there so much violence': Texas
university grapples with two deadly shootings in three months
USA TODAY, Nov. 14, 2019, A day of 'horror' at Santa Clarita
high school: 2 dead after student shoots 5, then himself
USA TODAY, May 7, 2019, What we know about the Highlands Ranch
STEM school shooting in Colorado
USA TODAY, May 1, 2019, University of North Carolina at
Charlotte shooting: What We Know Now
CNN, May 21, 2018, The US has had 57 times as many school
shootings as the other major industrialized nations combined
Thank you for supporting our journalism. You can subscribe to
our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica
here.
Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from
Facebook.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/05/26/fact- check-school-shootings-far-more-common-us-than-
elsewhere/9944841002/
Kill those who misuse guns and televise it.
Kill anyone else who objects, televise that too.
Gee ... what a commie bastard you are !
I'd suggest the opposite tact - and at this
point most of America agrees.
Anyway ... *plonk* ... you're not worth
the bandwidth
I'd suggest the opposite [tack] - and at this
Did you fuck any new sheep yet today?
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