44 school shootings have claimed 28 lives since Newtown
Gun violence is erupting in America’s schools and colleges at a rate of more than three incidents a month, with 13 school shootings recorded in the first six weeks of 2014 alone, a new study on the impact of gun violence since the Newtown tragedy shows.
The analysis by groups campaigning for tighter gun controls in the US identifies at least 44 school and college shootings since Newtown in December 2012, when 20 children and six of their carers were killed in a Connecticut elementary school. The total death toll from the events over the 14 months since then is 28, surpassing that of Newtown itself.
The joint analysis by Moms Demand Action, a group of concerned citizens formed in the wake of Newtown, and Mayors Against Illegal Guns, was released in Washington on Wednesday in an attempt to kickstart the debate on gun control. The issue has slumped in the political agenda in recent months following congressional opposition spearheaded by the Republican leadership to reforms such as universal federal background checks on all gun purchases.
“We are a developed country, and we have to ask ourselves what is wrong with our culture and laws that’s creating an environment where not only do we have 44 school shootings in the past 14 months – but we are doing nothing about it,” said Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/12/school-shootings-newtown-study-gun-violence
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