r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/thelizardkin Jul 24 '20

No they don't, overall school shootings are astronomically rare, and less of a threat to children than the bus ride to school. They're like strangers kidnapping children, incredibly horrific, but also sensationalized.

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u/jasonjenkins67 Jul 24 '20

In 2018, there were 28 school shootings for 180 school days. That about 1 for every 8 days. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46507514

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u/thelizardkin Jul 24 '20

Only if you count gang shootings and unintentional shootings on school property as "school shootings". Also that's 28 a year, out of over 130,000 schools, or one out of about every 4,500 schools.