So far this year, there have been at least seven school shootings in the United States. That’s more than one a week, more school shootings than many countries have ever had. Last month, for example, a 15-year-old killed two of his peers (and injured 18 others) at his high school in Kentucky.
This is not an anomaly. The United States is suffering from a gun-violence epidemic, one that has been spilling into schools.
Since 2000, there have been more than 188 shootings at schools and universities, my Washington Post colleague Philip Bump estimates.