WebsterMark wrote on 05/22/18 at 14:48:28:There have not been288 shootings. It's important to solve a problem by correctly defining it.
I don't know why it's happening.
here's how it was defined:
The time period: From January 1, 2009 to May 21, 2018.
The definition: The parameters we followed in this count are -
Shooting must involve at least one person being shot (not including the shooter)
Shooting must occur on school grounds
We included gang violence, fights and domestic violence (but our count is NOT limited to those categories)
We included grades Kindergarten through college/university level as well as vocational schools
We included accidental discharge of a firearm as long as the first two parameters are met.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/21/us/school-shooting-us-versus-world-trnd/index....so, while there may not have been 288 mass school shootings, I think it's entirely believable that 288 shootings have occurred in America
and again, those same criteria.... and it's like 1 or 2 at MOST from other countries.....
even if that was a much lower number, there's a least 5 that I can recall... Newtown, Virgina Tech, Parkland, Maryland, Santa Fe, and that's without even trying. so 5 to 1... that's acceptable to you? that's not including non school mass shootings, Vegas, Aurora, Pulse, Gifford, Charlotte Church, the Church in Texas and that's leaving out the terrorists' violence like Bernardino...
There's a problem, it is guns, idk, but guns are used in all of those, not swords, not knives, not bombs, not vans, not trucks.....
Mental illness?? sure, I'm all for having some state sponsored mental health programs.