The phrase
"mass shootings" refers to incidents where a person or a group of people shoot and injure or kill a large number of individuals in a public setting, typically all at once or within a short period of time.
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Students and community members grieving the largest
mass shooting at an American high school express a common sentiment that's as much a challenge as it is a prediction: Nothing will change.
The troubling and all too familiar but disturbing reality of
mass shootings in schools has become more than a problem, it has become an epidemic.
This has been true for some time now, but after five months of particularly
deadly mass shootings, it seems at least some activists are saying enough is enough.
May 21, 2018 • Some schools are working with outside technology companies to scan social media for threats against them and their students, in hopes of
preventing mass shootings and student suicide.
Research indicates that putting police in schools does not lead to lower rates of violence, and several
recent mass shootings occurred in places where armed police officers were on duty.
The term often comes up in Congressional statements and proposed legislation
following mass shootings, whether or not bump stocks were used.
He said the biggest issue
with mass shootings is mental health, which he said is sadly under - addressed.
There has been a push to implement more stringent gun control measures in the aftermath of the
latest mass shooting.
And I will continue to write about them so long
as mass shootings continue to ruin the quality of life in this country.
To
stop mass shootings, we have to go after the assault weapons that make it so easy to kill so many people so fast.
Current policy responses do not address the fundamental question of why so
many mass shootings take place in schools.
But one of the reasons the march has gotten so much attention has to do with
where mass shootings typically take place.
She thinks the «
mass shooting generation» ends with her and her fellow activists, but she's also wary — these shootings keep happening.
He reportedly wanted to ask about using military veterans as armed guards in schools to deter
future mass shootings.
It will just lay the ground work that means in 50 years time you are not having
multiple mass shootings in one life time.
Participants stress that they are talking about more than
just mass shootings, because the problem of gun violence is far more widespread and complex.
There's not much empirical weight behind the ban, although experts say it could
reduce mass shooting deaths.
Two decades later and more police presence in school has not proven to be an effective solution and has not stopped a
single mass shooting.
Three of the 11
biggest mass shootings in American history have actually taken place in just the last five months.
All the different views about the best way to train students to respond to
mass shootings overlook the sheer insanity that such a conversation is even happening.
They
defined mass shootings as either attempts to kill multiple people who are not relatives or those resulting in injuries or fatalities in public places.
Combined with extensive media coverage, a rise in the number of victims may help to explain
why mass shootings now seem unusually common, one researcher suspects.
The recent national attention on
mass shootings raises legal issues for attorneys across all practice areas.
A vast majority of guns used in 19
recent mass shootings were bought legally and with a federal background check.
But agencies don't always submit the records and have failed to do so before a number
of mass shootings.
Watch this video or read the article for helping parents to speak with their children
about mass shootings.
Phrases with «mass shootings»