Mass shootings

[GMDino]

Something I talk about in reference to public outrage/hysteria is "the year of the shark".

I don't even remember what year it was anymore, but the nightly news was filled every night with stories of people being attacked by sharks.  It seemed the vents were a daily occurence!

Turns out that summer there were FEWER shark attacks than the year before...we just talked about it more.

So I tend to take the current talking point (whatever it is) with a grain of salt.

Without solid numbers and research how can we be sure that gun violence is worse than even last year and that it's not just we talk about it A LOT more now?

So I found this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shootings_in_the_United_States#1950s

That's a list of school shootings since 1950.  I'm sure it is not perfect but just get an idea.

The list gets longer and longer and longer with each decade.

We should have seen this coming.