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American parents, how big a concern are school shootings for you? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 week ago by Blaze@feddit.org to c/AskUSA

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Bringing this topic up in the context of the latest school shooting in Wisconsin

Article with some data for 2024: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-17/us-school-shootings-2024-in-numbers/104734714

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[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I live in Wyoming where even Democrats own a dozen guns and it's a matter of law that most non-felons over the age of 21 can legally carry a concealed firearm without a permit. In short firearms are prevalent and common in this part of the United States.

With that said I have almost no worry about school shootings here. The schools do a good job of securing themselves, law enforcement takes any threat seriously, and our culture understands and mostly respects firearms.

[–] SomeKindaName@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Maybe you should turn on your local news...