Hacker News with Generative AI: Gun Violence

How Many School Shootings? All Incidents from 1966-Present (k12ssdb.org)
How many school shootings this year? Unlike other data sources, this information includes gang shootings, domestic violence, shootings at sports games and afterhours school events, suicides, fights that escalate into shootings, and accidents.

School Shootings, Gun Violence, Education, Data, Crime

100 points by anonnon 39 days ago | 119 comments

3D-printed "ghost gun" ring comes to my community–and leaves a man dead (arstechnica.com)
It's a truism at this point to say that Americans own a lot of guns. Case in point: This week, a fire chief in rural Alabama stopped to help a driver who had just hit a deer. The two men walked up the driveway of a nearby home. For reasons that remain unclear, a man came out of the house with a gun and started shooting.

Gun Violence, 3D Printing, Crime, Alabama

9 points by pseudolus 68 days ago | 2 comments

Students feel less safe at their schools, compared to staff and parents (phys.org)
School shooting incidents have doubled in the last three years, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, which tracks each time a firearm is discharged on school property.

School Safety, Education, Gun Violence

4 points by PaulHoule 107 days ago | 0 comments

Toddlers Shoot Three People Every Month in Texas (kfox95.com)
I came across a statistic that a toddler (1,2, or 3 years old) has shot a person every week in the United States since 2016. Accidental shootings by children keep happening.

Gun Violence, Accidents, Children, Texas

40 points by woldemariam 131 days ago | 56 comments

Survivor of Parkland school massacre wins ownership of shooter's name in lawsuit (yahoo.com)

School Shootings, Lawsuits, Gun Violence

11 points by koolba 277 days ago | 3 comments

U.S. surgeon general declares firearm violence a public health crisis (washingtonpost.com)

Public Health, Gun Violence, United States

15 points by nibab 282 days ago | 12 comments

ShotSpotter does not reduce gun violence or increase clearance rates (vitalcitynyc.org)

Gun Violence, Crime, Technology, City Planning

102 points by apwheele 286 days ago | 55 comments

Sandy Hook families want to seize Alex Jones' social media accounts (reuters.com)