- Gunfire on school property is at an all-time high, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database.
- Indiscriminate attacks at a school make up a small portion of the more than 2,000 school shooting incidents since 1970.
- Firearms became the leading cause of death among children and teens in the U.S. in 2020.
Children on lockdown. Armed officers rushing into a school. Parents and loved ones in tears waiting anxiously outside.
It’s an all-too-common scene in the U.S., where gunfire on school grounds is at a historic levels. And it’s not just after mass shootings — smaller-scale incidents at schools are also happening at alarming rates.