So far in 2023, there have been 90 incidents of gunfire at primary and secondary schools in the US. The most recent happened on 27 March at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, a small private Christian school with classes ranging from preschool through to sixth grade (up to 12 years old). The Nashville shooter slaughtered six innocent victims, including three nine-year-olds, before being killed by the police.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, it was the 130th mass shooting of the year, meaning that mass shootings are currently occurring at a rate of about 1.5 per day in the so-called “land of the free”.
As usual, instead of considering serious gun reform, US conservatives are muddying the waters, trying to get the public to focus on anything but the fact that guns are the main problem here. Gun violence recently surpassed motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of death for young people in the US, but instead of doing something about that, Republicans are pushing hateful narratives about members of groups they don’t like, notably Democrats and trans people.
