Houston (USA): A shocking news has come out from America. Here is an elementary school in the state of Texas, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire indiscriminately and killed 21 people, including 18 innocent children. Many people got injured in this incident. This is not the first time such shootings have taken place in a school in the US. School shootings have taken place in America for the past several years.
According to statistics, in the last five years, there have been more than 100 incidents of shootings in schools in America. At the same time, more than 200 incidents of mass shootings have been reported in America this year. Let us tell you that schools are targeted in America.
Looking at some of the last statistics, the state of Texas has the highest number of school shootings. In 2016, a similar shooting took place at an Alpine school in Texas. In which a schoolgirl was killed. After this, in the year 2018, a 17-year-old attacker opened fire on children at St. Fey School in Texas, in which 10 people were killed. After this, there was a shooting in Timberview School last year in 2021 as well. However, no one died.
In addition to the state of Texas, there have been incidents of shootings in other schools in America. In 2012, there was a shooting at the Sandy Hook School in New Town, USA, in which 26 people were killed, including 20 schoolchildren and six teachers. In December last year, there was a shooting at a Michigan high school, in which four people were killed.
According to the report of America’s independent data collection organization ‘Gun Violence Archive’, so far 212 mass shootings have been reported in the US in the year 2022. Apart from this, there were 693 mass shooting incidents in the US in 2021. The firing took place at 611 places in 2022 and similar incidents were carried out in 417 places in 2019.
According to statistics, in the year 2021, 34 incidents of shootings in schools in America were reported. There were 10 schools in 2020 and 24-24 incidents in 2018 and 2019. At the same time, in 2022, so far incidents of firing have been reported in 27 schools.
Let us tell you that the Gun Act is said to be behind the frequent occurrence of such incidents in America. According to reports, common citizens in America with a population of 330 million have 39 crore weapons. The relation of ‘gun culture’ in America is related to the constitution there. The legal basis for possessing a gun in America is enshrined in the Second Amendment to the Constitution. According to The Gun Control Act 1968 (GCA), anyone from the age of 18 can buy a rifle or any small weapon. At the same time, to buy other weapons such as handguns, one should be 21 years old.
