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I'll be honest, I was just thinking about the lack of school shooting news. Is it just getting buried or do those kind of assholes just feel too "seen" by this administration to take it out on kids or something?
Wiki has us at 58 mass shootings so far this year. So about usual. Typically the school ones spike before the school year ends and when it gets back in session.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2025
Not school shootings and almost all of those are gang/drug/domestic related. Seriously the first and second one are gang activity.
People think mass shooting/school shooting is a random act of violence. No one thinks mass shooting when two drug dealers are shooting each other.
It's bad enough, but we don't need to drive false narratives.
You're right, I should have clarified that it was mass shootings I listed not school shootings. But I would still consider mass shootings involving gang members to count, as innocent civilians are regularly injured from this.
Yea innocent people do get injured, but that's a whole different set of issues to solve vs school shootings or mass shootings at random.
Your guess is as good as mine; I couldn’t speculate on the thoughts of mass murderers. The cynic in me says that shootings no longer represent compelling content to the average consumer, so it doesn’t get pushed as hard.
I haven’t looked up any actual statistics comparing recent mass shootings in the US, so I really can’t say.