The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence recently published an updated report entitled “Major School Shootings in the United States Since 1997.” The report lists approximately 145 separate incidents of school shootings in the United States since January of 1997 through September of 2009, 64 of which resulted in death. A total of 160 people have been killed in these school shootings. 136 of the deaths were homicides, while 23 were suicides or murder-suicides. More than 80 of the individuals...
