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In 2023 there were 14 deaths from mass school shootings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2023

In 2022 there were 28 deaths from mass school shootings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2022

That is counting any death that occurred on any kind of school property including universities. The school shooting concept is heavily promoted by the media and that is why people think it is an out of control problem when in reality, like I said, more people die of lightning strikes. The comments here show the hysteria. A vanishingly small number of people are killed in school shootings. People commonly refer to winning to lottery as being less likely than being struck by lightning. It is a common phrase to demonstrate an extremely unlikely event.

The question people should be asking is why the media is hyper focused on promoting these. There would likely be even less school shootings if the media wasn't essentially promoting them to mentally ill people as a way to act out and get attention. Many psychologists have stated this, that the attention, the "breaking news event", the round the clock coverage, the attention reaching the levels of the President if someone shoots people on a school campus is actually what causes people to commit those acts. They want a platform and the media gives it to them because ultimately they want to promote gun control and as you see it works quite well to that end.