A report released by a US government agency on the 28th showed that the number of school shootings in the US in the 2020-2021 academic year hit a new high in the past 20 years.
According to the report released by the National Education Statistics Center under the U.S. Department of education, 93 campus shootings caused casualties in public and private primary and secondary schools in the U.S. from 2020 to 2021, including 43 shootings in which people were killed. In addition, there were 53 school shootings that did not cause casualties in the school year.
The head of the National Education Statistics Center said in a relevant statement that the serious impact of such incidents can not be measured only by statistics. It is hoped that these figures will help legislators, government officials and all sectors of society deepen their understanding and take relevant measures to strengthen the protection of schools.
Recently, there have been a series of shooting incidents in the United States that have caused serious casualties. On May 24, a gunman broke into rob primary school in yuvardi, Texas, and shot and killed 19 children and two teachers, shocking the United States and the international community.
Statistics show that American civilians have nearly 400million guns of various types, equivalent to about 120 guns per 100 people. According to statistics from the US "gun violence archives" website, more than 21000 people in the US have lost their lives due to gun violence this year.