Have you researched mass school shootings? Since we’re talking mass, say 3 or more deaths would qualify as a mass school shooting. For the record, the first mass school shooting, 3 or more deaths took place in Austin Texas in 1968, known as the UT Tower shooting where there were 18 dead and 31 injured. I’m using a mass school shooting as 3 or more deaths. I don’t think 1 or 2 qualify as a mass. 1960’s 1, there were 2 in the 1970’s, 2 in the 1980’s, 10 in the 1990’s, 7 in the 2000’s, 13 in the 2010’s and 2 so far counting Texas for the 2020’s.
A reminder, the above figures quantify a mass school shooting as 3 or more dead, I’m also counting colleges as in my mind a college is a school. Not just K-12.
Isn’t it interesting that no mass school shooting occurred prior to 1968? Mass school shootings is a recent development as is all mass shootings period. 28 total 1900-1970 with 17 of them in the Al Capone gangster era, we’ve surpassed 200 since 1970. Again, using definition of a mass shooting 3 or more deaths. Now these figures should tell everyone something. That something for me is that there was a big change in our society around 1970 and it hasn’t been for the good. Not if that change has led to mass school shootings along with mass shootings in general. I don’t have the faintest idea of what that change was, but if one were to find what it was, there’s a good chance one could correct the problem.
But first one must want to correct the problem. There’re times I don’t think anyone does.
