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What data tells us about 2024 school shootings in the US

Three people are dead, including the shooter, after a student opened fire at a Christian school in Wisconsin. The shooting took place 12 years and two days after one of the most notorious school shootings in US history: the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where 26 people were killed. So far, 2024 has seen the second-highest number of US school shootings since 1966, which is far back as the data goes. Escalation in school shootings The K-12 school shooting database monitors school shootings across the United States. However in October Trump told the families of school shooting victims he was a strong advocate of the right to bear arms and that "good" people have guns it would keep the crime rate down.

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