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There have been at least 50 school shootings in the United States so far this year, as of September 19. Thirteen were on college campuses, and 37 were on K-12 school grounds. The incidents left 24 people dead and at least 66 other victims injured, according to CNN’s analysis of events reported by the Gun Violence Archive, Education Week and Everytown for Gun Safety.

https://www.cnn.com/us/school-shootings-fast-facts-dg/index.html

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[–] whyalone@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This year alone, don’t play stupid

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not meant to sound stupid, it was literally my first thought at reading the title. Any other country I would have taken it as "50 ever" but this being the US, is it 50 for the whole year? That sounds too low. 50 this month? What would be a bituch, I guess.

That was the point I was trying to make, that the US is at a point in history that such a statement needs more information, and that is bizarre to me.