In 2020 more than 10,000 young Americans were killed by firearms, up from just under 7,000 two decades earlier
in America, and the toll is the biggest at a school since a gunman killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012.there have been over 900 shootings on school grounds in America. After more than 60 years in which motor-vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death for young people, since 2017 guns have killed more Americans between the ages of one and 24. . Pupils at almost all schools take part in active-shooter drills, learning to hide beneath their desks.
Despite a level of gun violence unimaginable in most rich countries, Americans are divided on how to proceed. Only 52% favour stricter gun controls, down from 67% in 2018, according to a recent Gallup poll. The gap between Democrats and Republicans. After the Uvalde shooting Ted Cruz, a Republican senator for Texas, accused Democrats of politicising mass shootings and attempting to “restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens”.
There are elements of gun control on which most Americans agree. A recent poll by Pew Research Centre, a think-tank, found widespread support for background checks on those who buy guns privately or at gun shows. Although tighter background checks would be a welcome step, the evidence on whether they prevent mass shootings is patchy. Without action at the national level, the tragic events in Uvalde will be repeated again and again.
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