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This article, as of now, has the Template:Terrorism and is under Category:Terrorism by method, but the text itself does not mention terrorism at all. Not every mass shooting is a terrorist attack. I believe the template and the category should be removed. Mateussf (talk) 23:57, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
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"A ban on the ownership of handguns was introduced in the United Kingdom (with the exception of Northern Ireland) following the Dunblane massacre.[206]"
In the paragraph above this sentence, it makes many notes of the result of US's legal decision to not limit guns, such as the Vice Principal shooting with a firearm and another claim about virginia law school. This doesn't seem impartial, because the sentence above about the UKs political decisions doesn't also get the same discussion of the result of their decision making. It would be suggested to add the sentence "There have been no school shootings since.", in the same paragraph but after the sentence about dunblane. A source can be found here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/survivors-of-britains-last-school-shooting-write-to-parkland-students 2601:547:901:5F60:60D6:2A92:2B0F:116E (talk) 02:56, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
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"By the year of 1997 the Zero-Tolerance for any type of weapon was implemented by more than 90 percent of U.S public schools.[207]". Sentence of concern: "A majority of shooting attacks occur in Gun-Free zones, leading many to believe that they do not actually stop any attacks.[208]"
This sentence as it stands is illogical. Gun-Free zones are already said to be 90% of public schools. It stands to reason, that if they are ineffective, then 90% of school shooting attacks occur in Gun-Free zones. But, it stands to reason, that if they extremely effective, then still 60-70% of school shooting attacks occur in Gun-Free zones, that's much better than 90%. Still, a majority. So, the last sentence has no substance to it. Perhaps it means to say "A relative majority of school attacks occur in Gun-Free zones", if that statement is actually true, in-which case it could be said that they are ineffective or even worse (Though it could simply be a negative correlation). Or, "They have the same rate of school attacks", etc, using "rate" instead of absolute amount. As it stands, it's just confusing and illogical for anyone who reads it. I too can say "A majority of shooting attacks occur in states that aren't Wyoming", but it doesn't quite lead me to believe that Wyoming is doing something amazingly right in the world of preventing shootings, other than having a small population. Regardless of the source at [208], it still needs to be logical, there are plenty of false sources. In particular, source [208] seems to make no academic claim of that anyway, other than a comment by Trump, which the specific article [208] itself happens to say "deserves two pinocchios". So, the source for this claim directly rejects that and then discusses why such a claim is hard to discuss when there are only about 30 shootings to even consider, and definitions of "gun-free" are ambiguous. This sentence should be removed on the nature of it itself, and if it were to stand, the citation [208] directly contradicts it anyway; an article actually in support would have to be used instead (Though again, this sentence should just be removed). 2601:547:901:5F60:60D6:2A92:2B0F:116E (talk) 03:05, 15 November 2019 (UTC)
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Date: 22.11.2019 Location: Velika Plana, Serbia
There was an incident in Serbia. Armed man entered the school of economics "Vuk Karadžić” in Velika Plana. Reportedly man was middle-aged armed with automatic rifle and bag full of explosive devices. He planed to make a hostage situation but physical education teacher stopped him. No one was shot or killed during this incident and he fired two rounds.
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[2] NekoKorisnickoIme (talk) 04:29, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
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template. Not really qualified for this list as nobody was (fortunately) actually shot. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 21:48, 25 November 2019 (UTC)References
If most mass/school shooters were People of Color, half the article would be focused on this. No time or attention in this article is taken to explore the overwhelming demographic identity of school shooters (White males) and how this glaring detail is patently and systematically ignored, first and foremost, in the media. In reporting of these incidents very little to no attention is given to the gender or race of "the shooter," which is the term that seems to be the most commonly used. Anything to avoid talking what is really going on, and by whom it is being perpetrated by.
This systematic avoidance alone warrants attention, as does its systematic avoidance in the subject of mass/school shootings themselves.
I am unable to do this research and besides, as a female, I would quickly be called "man hating" for pointing out or bringing attention to the obvious. (I likely will still be, despite these being very valid and reasonable questions.)
Shannon — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShannonMcCoven (talk • contribs)
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In the page called "School Shooting", it is also known as "School massacre". 109.201.34.198 (talk) 13:55, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
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This section under United States says, "At least 68 schools that experienced a school shooting employed a police officer or security guard; in all but a few, the shooting ended before any intercession. Security guards or resource officers were present during four of the five school shooting incidents with the highest number of dead or injured: the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, the 2018 Marshall County High School shooting in Kentucky, and the 2001 Santana High School shooting in California.[180][190]" however this appears to possibly be incorrect information.
The current "top" five school shooting incidents for highest number of dead or injured is:
Virginia Tech - 33, 23 (56) Columbine - 15, 24 (39) MSD - 17, 17 (34) Sandy Hook - 28, 2 (30) Thurston High School - 4, 25 (29, but technically 2,25 for 27 total)
But I could've misinterpreted how the count is done as well, depending if you include murders that occur prior to the "school" shooting. Regardless, this section should be removed until an accurate count can be tabulated.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:fea8:bd66:1c00:d1d2:6052:adf9:dd0a (talk) 02:52, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
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please change ((Goiania)) to ((Goiânia)) 2601:541:4580:8500:D953:611:9F7D:634A (talk) 21:23, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Noticing a lot of statements made and statistics given with no citation throughout the article. Occasional references to sources but with no title/page number given (eg: an unlinked reference to (Ferguson, 2009) following a statement).
Some tonal concerns here too — eg: referring to an “archaic notion” that video games may be linked violence — reading too much like an opinion, especially without sources. General clean-up probably needed. Blindpanopticon (talk) 02:18, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
According to CNN 2018 article[1].
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I’m the US portion of the chapter on information “by region”
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“…the number of such incidents in the United States was one less than in the other 36 countries combined; in the vast majority of the United States incidents, perpetrators used guns.[3][185]”
Proposed: “…the number of such incidents in the United States was just one short of greater than the next 36 countries combined; in the vast majority of the United States incidents, perpetrators used guns.[3][185]” 2601:180:8301:4B50:0:0:0:43 (talk) 23:51, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
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"No Limits or Monitoring of TV and Internet" - while FBI is a highly credible source and I personally lack any deeper knowledge of the subject matter, the criteria detailed in the guide section seem universal or common enough to be useless for threat assessment and at the very least borders on moral panic:
- Student have unrestricted and unsupervised access to a TV and the internet
- Student favors watching television over family activities
- Student may be more proficient with computers than their parents
- Student may desire privacy from their parents
- Student have the opportunity to watch depictions of violence on TV (which to my knowledge are subject to FCC regulations) and in video games (subject to the graphical fidelity of 1999)
- Student have the opportunity to consume disturbing subjects on the internet
To be fair the two citations are given undue weight, bordering on quoting out of context, and even with the three cited cautions doesn't fairly represent (perhaps even misrepresents) their relevance to the threat assessment model of the source publication. The assessment model described in the source groups some 50 traits, characteristics and behaviors (like the two cited) into 4 areas, and emphasizes that "the key to identifying a potentially dangerous threatener ... is that there is evidence of problems on a majority of the items in each of the four areas". It further states "It should be strongly emphasized that this list is not intended as a checklist to predict future violent behavior by a student who has not acted violently or threatened violence. Rather, the list should be considered only after a student has made some type of threat ... . If the assessment shows evidence of these characteristics, behaviors and consistent problems in all four [areas], it can indicate that the student may [carry out a violent act]." 79.138.18.89 (talk) 11:46, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
Why in this page is lacking a documentation regarding "School Shooting in Indonesia". i hope someone can understand this question, and i pray to everyone who find any right document about it. 2404:8000:1027:85F6:7854:A010:B237:B520 (talk) 09:30, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
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In the list for Asia there's a mistake. Instead of Year it should be Deaths. Heisenwiki (talk) 17:26, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
The visualization aims to provide an impactful view regarding the problem of school shootings in the United States for the period between the first shooting (1999) and today (2023). The graph presents, on a chronological basis, the recorded attacks, the number of people affected in the shootings, and the fatalities.
Visualization Nessa00 (talk) 23:16, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
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There is one word "schooting" in the text instead of "shooting". Ryozombaku (talk) 14:17, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hi, there is a missing school shooting in the Canada section of regions. On Feb 14, 2022, 18-year-old Jahiem Robinson was fatally shot in the back by a 14-year-old student at Toronto High School, David Mary Thompson Collegiate Institute. Link to articles: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/shooting-david-and-mary-thomson-collegiate-1.6351375 https://globalnews.ca/news/8620740/toronto-school-shooting-charges-david-mary-thomson-collegiate-institute/ https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/a-bright-smile-community-mourns-grade-12-student-fatally-shot-inside-toronto-high-school-1.5784102 The incident is also on the highschool Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Mary_Thomson_Collegiate_Institute Tantan334 (talk) 02:35, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.Shadow311 (talk) 16:28, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
Most of this article's issues stem entirely from this section. Now, it has a lot of content that IMO is encyclopedic, so it shouldn't be removed from Wikipedia, but given how much scholarship there is on the concept of school shootings it is my opinion that this article should be focused on the broad concept and not specific incidents. We have a bunch of lists related to this so I'm sure the content in this section can go... somewhere, but I'm really not sure what to do with it. Any suggestions? I'm inclined to split it off in some manner, though directly would be a mess. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:39, 27 April 2024 (UTC)