100%
100 percent of mass school shooters were current or former students.
Everytown for Gun Safety. “Gunfire On School Grounds Database”. Everytown for Gun Safety. (2020). https://bit.ly/2DiNj0r
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An 18-month study of 560 events where demonstrators, counter-demonstrators, or other individuals or groups were present and carried or brandished firearms found that armed demonstrations are nearly six times as likely to turn violent or destructive compared to unarmed demonstrations.
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More than 11,000 auto sears or machine gun conversion devices were recovered and traced between 2019 and 2023—a 784 percent increase from 2019 to 2023.
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1/17
A multistate study found that one suicide was averted for every 17 Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) issued, which translates to 269 lives saved.
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Durham, North Carolina’s Community Responder Team program, HEART, reduces the likelihood of a 911 call resulting in a crime report or arrest by more than 50%.
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