Another Hard Day (and More Unintended Consequences)

Guns in Schools

Content warning: school violence.

This is a hard day for so many people, and it’s hard in a specific way for parents, students, and school staff. While mass shootings in schools may be statistically rare, they happen enough that they are a legitimate concern and source of anxiety for people who have to go into school buildings every day, or who have to send their children into those buildings.

And of course, this is an especially terrible day for the families who lost loved ones in the Appalachee High School shooting in Georgia, for the shooting victims who are still alive, for the community surrounding the school, and for mass shooting survivors everywhere who may find this news incredibly triggering.

Of course, there are steps we can take to reduce the number of weapons in schools, and there are steps we can take to reduce the number of school shootings. I explored some of the research specifically on school shootings a few weeks ago, and from what I gather, the following have strong…