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I wonder why the school shootings went up so much under Biden, and why we heard so little about it.

by ein0p 2y ago

JKCalhoun 2y ago
Guessing because, post COVID, school was back on again. School shootings are down during summer too. Depressing.
- sahila 2y ago
  School being back on isn't a satisfactory answer to why there's a such a large increase. It went from 124 in 2019 to 349 in 2023, nearly 3x as many shootings. I don't know the answer but I would guess it's either Covid's social isolation effects on people, more societal stress with high inflation, an impending recession, and unknown job future for many, or Tiktok/social media becoming a bigger part of our lives.
  - pastor_williams 2y ago
    My assumption was that something about the reporting changed. But I also don't know the answer.
Mistletoe 2y ago
I think it’s more that the world lost its collective mind after Covid in 2020.
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petemill 2y ago
Looks more like the rate of increase started going up in 2018
alienchow 2y ago
COVID. People in semi house arrest mode deprived of social interaction forgot how to be decent human beings. Shortly after I left the US, I vividly recall reading the news about a 6yo shot dead in his mum's car by a road rager on the freeway, and wondered why I ever stayed in the US for so long. Dodging the Gilroy garlic festival shooting because I took over Sunday on-call for a teammate should've been the first sign.
duxup 2y ago
Is this something the federal government even has any ability to control?
- ein0p 2y ago
  The federal government can control what constitutes a school shooting, for example, in order to push anti-2A agenda. Idk if that's what happened here, hence the question.
  - duxup 2y ago
    Reasonable question.
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readthenotes1 2y ago
I also noticed my hatred of morning is justified. The surge the last 4 years is interesting, but in order to know if it's Biden or just "the kids are not alright", we'll have to wait...
srcoder 2y ago
> I wonder why the school shootings went up so much under Biden, and why we heard so little about it. I think it's shootings in general [1] went up last couple of years. Could it be that there is just more awareness last couple of years so the recorded listings will up? I would say, any shooting is one too many. I don't life in the US but I think it has nothing todo with politics. [1] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/

I wonder why the school shootings went up so much under Biden, and why we heard so little about it.

by ein0p 2y ago

I wonder why the school shootings went up so much under Biden, and why we heard so little about it.

JKCalhoun 2y ago

Guessing because, post COVID, school was back on again. School shootings are down during summer too. Depressing.

sahila 2y ago
School being back on isn't a satisfactory answer to why there's a such a large increase. It went from 124 in 2019 to 349 in 2023, nearly 3x as many shootings. I don't know the answer but I would guess it's either Covid's social isolation effects on people, more societal stress with high inflation, an impending recession, and unknown job future for many, or Tiktok/social media becoming a bigger part of our lives.
- pastor_williams 2y ago
  My assumption was that something about the reporting changed. But I also don't know the answer.

Mistletoe 2y ago

I think it’s more that the world lost its collective mind after Covid in 2020.

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petemill 2y ago

Looks more like the rate of increase started going up in 2018

alienchow 2y ago

COVID. People in semi house arrest mode deprived of social interaction forgot how to be decent human beings. Shortly after I left the US, I vividly recall reading the news about a 6yo shot dead in his mum's car by a road rager on the freeway, and wondered why I ever stayed in the US for so long. Dodging the Gilroy garlic festival shooting because I took over Sunday on-call for a teammate should've been the first sign.

duxup 2y ago

Is this something the federal government even has any ability to control?

ein0p 2y ago
The federal government can control what constitutes a school shooting, for example, in order to push anti-2A agenda. Idk if that's what happened here, hence the question.
- duxup 2y ago
  Reasonable question.
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readthenotes1 2y ago

I also noticed my hatred of morning is justified. The surge the last 4 years is interesting, but in order to know if it's Biden or just "the kids are not alright", we'll have to wait...

srcoder 2y ago

> I wonder why the school shootings went up so much under Biden, and why we heard so little about it. I think it's shootings in general [1] went up last couple of years. Could it be that there is just more awareness last couple of years so the recorded listings will up? I would say, any shooting is one too many. I don't life in the US but I think it has nothing todo with politics. [1] https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/