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54%
In a 2022 survey of nearly 1,000 US teachers, 54 percent expressed the belief that allowing teachers to carry firearms for school security would decrease overall safety.
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3/4
An analysis of over five decades of active shooter incidents in K–12 schools found that in three in four of these incidents, the shooter or shooters were school-age and were current or former students.
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20 cities
An Everytown Research analysis of FBI crime data from over 500 cities found that in 2022, half of the gun homicides reported to the FBI occurred in just 20 cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, Los Angeles, Detroit, and others.
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128
In 2023, there were at least 128 incidents of gunfire on the grounds of K–12 schools, resulting in 101 people shot, 29 fatally.
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