How many more lives will guns claim in schools?
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"Run,hide,fight".That"swhatonecouldhearinavideoshowingadozenpolicecarsinMichiganStateUniversity"sEastLansingcampusinMichiganonMonday.Theyweretheretoarrestanarmedmanwhowasontheloosetillhewasfounddeadofself-inflictedwoundsonTuesday,aftergunningdownatleastthreepeopleandinjuringfiveothers.
Somealsoreportedcallsfor"Shelterinplaceimmediately"fromthesite.StudentsandyoungstersintheUnitedStatesmustbefamiliarwithsuchinstructionsbecauseshootingsarearegularfeatureinschoolsthere.Asearlyas2017,the"activeshootingdrill"hadalmostbecomeastandardacrosstheUS.
Itwouldn"tsurpriseanybodyifsoonUSschoolsequipstudentswithbullet-proofvests,ormaybeimpartbattlefieldskills.
Allthesearegoodmeasurestosaveyounglives,buttheyarestillnotaddressingtherootproblem—theeasyavailabilityofguns,meaningtheconveniencewithwhichonecanlegallyobtainfirearms.Reportsshowthatthereareatleast393milliongunsincivilianhandsintheUS,whichisaround120gunsforevery100people;in2021alonethedomesticgunmarketwasworth$70.5billion.
TheGunViolenceArchivepointedoutonitsofficialTwitteraccountthatmassshootingsaccountfor5percentofallgunviolenceincidentsand6percentofvictims.Thatshowshowgravethegunproblemis.
Unlesstheproblemofsomanygunsinpeople"shandsisaddressed,preparingpeopletoavoidgettinghitduringshootingscanachievelittle.Tocurbgunviolence,theUSneedstocontrolguns,notjustprepareunsuspectingtargets.
TheshootinginMichigancameadaybeforethefifthanniversaryofthemassshootingatMarjoryStonemanDouglasHighSchoolinFlorida,inwhich17peoplewerekilled.
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