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Often, guns are in the home before a child became a resident or family members and friends come to visit. Therefore, safe storage of firearms needs to be addresses when guns are first introduced to the home. If firearm safety is not part of home safety, many people suffer because of the mishandling loaded firearms. When children have access to loaded firearms the results can be traumatic and life altering.
America’s gun problem, explained
No other developed country in the world has anywhere near the same rate of gun violence as America. The US has nearly six times the gun homicide rate as Canada, more than seven times as Sweden, and nearly 16 times as Germany, according to UN data compiled by the Guardian. (These gun deaths are a big reason America has a much higher overall homicide rate, which includes non-gun deaths, than other developed nations.)
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Timeline of Worldwide School and Mass Shootings
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Timeline 1:57 Worldwide mass and school shootings
Timeline of Worldwide School and Mass Shootings
infoplease.com table lists notable worldwide mass and school shootings from 1996 to the present.
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Apr. 30, 2019 |
A student gunman opened fire at UNC Charlotte on the last day of classes, killing two and wounding four. He was arrested after running out of ammunition. |
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May 7, 2019 |
Two students at the STEM School Highlands Ranch stole guns from their parents and brought them to the school in a guitar case. They fatally shot one student, and wounded eight others. |
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May 31, 2019 |
A city employee killed twelve and wounded four at a public works building, before being killed by police. The shooter had no prior disciplinary or criminal record, had served in the National Guard, and had acquired all of his firearms legally. |
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June 8, 2019 |
A local youth in the Yakama Indian Reservation opened fire and killed five others. The Yakama government instituted a youth curfew, as well as a crime hotline and increased criminal penalties for Yakama people in hopes of discouraging further violence. |
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July 28, 2019 |
19-year-old Santino Legan targeted the Gilroy Garlic Festival, killing three and wounding 12. Legan, who was killed at the scene, reportedly had a list of other targets, including prominent national organizations. As a result, the FBI has begun investigating it as a case of domestic terrorism. |
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August 3, 2019 |
Shooter Patrick Crusius reportedly published a white nationalist/anti-Hispanic manifesto before opening fire at a Walmart near the U.S.-Mexico border, over 600 miles away from his home. The shooter killed 22 and wounded a further 24. |
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August 4, 2019 |
After being denied entry into a bar, gunman Connor Betts shot 36 people, killing nine. He also died at the scene. Upon investigation, police determined that Betts had no racial or political motive; the shooter publicly espoused support for gun control and liked posts condemning the El Paso shooter. |
Gun Violence Archive (GVA) 
Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is a not for profit corporation formed in 2013 to provide free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States. GVA will collect and check for accuracy, comprehensive information about gun-related violence in the U.S. and then post and disseminate it online.
GVA is not, by design an advocacy group. The mission of GVA is to document incidents of gun violence and gun crime nationally to provide independent, verified data to those who need to use it in their research, advocacy or writing.
Video: School Year Students On Lockdown
During the school year, more than 4 million students participate in at least one lockdown, most often in response to a perceived gun or violent threat, a Washington Post report found. And these perceived threats, psychologists say are causing students trauma.
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