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Tracker

Of course I am not going to list all the school shootings, but HERE IS A TRACKER of them all if you’d care to know. It features multiple charts and breakdowns that are easy to read and paints a picture. I believe by now we have nearly one school shooting or incident for every day of the year. 

https://k12ssdb.org/all-shootings

2024

2024-01-04 After the shooting in Perry Iowa, Trump addressed the community of Perry by stating we would “have to get over it”.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tells-supporters-get-iowa-school-shooting-move-forward-rcna132610

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2024/01/05/donald-trump-sends-deepest-sympathy-in-perry-school-shooting-then-attacks-biden-haley-desantis/72107498007/#:~:text=SIOUX%20CENTER%2C%20Iowa%20%E2%80%94%20Former%20President,we%20have%20to%20stop%20it.%22

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=775213131268910

https://giffords.org/press-release/2024/10/trump-to-parents-of-kids-killed-we-need-guns-for-entertainment/

2025 January

2025-01-20 The Trump administration eliminated the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention which was originally started by President Biden in 2023. They also repealed the ATF’s zero tolerance policy that aimed to revoke the licenses of gun dealers who willfully violated federal law, gutted funding for community-based violence intervention programs, and removed $1B in funding for the Department of Education to provide mental health support to students.

According to Brady United, The office of Gun Violence Prevention did numerous things, including creating an emergency response team, reducing nationwide homicides by 13.5%, supported ATF to shot down rogue gun dealers, funded community violence intervention, and implemented background check systems that stopped illegal gun purchases.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/trump-gun-violence-public-health-advisory-00234171

https://www.everytown.org/trump-administration-guns-federal-action/

https://www.bradyunited.org/press/white-house-office-gun-violence-prevention-reported-closure

2025 August

2025-08-27 After the shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, MSNBC Jen Psaki cited the dire need to address school shootings with more than just prayer.  Republicans responded with uproar, incorrectly claiming it was an attack on their religion. Even Karoline Leavitt reframed Jean Psaki’s comments as an “attack on prayer” during a White House press conference.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1499211274580946

2025-08-28 During a White House press brief, right-wing influencer Brandon Tatum said the most recent school shooting was not a “gun thing”, but a mental health thing. Big Charlie Kirk follower - here’s a picture of him taking the stage at a Turning Point USA conference in 2021 in Orlando.

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/maga-influencers-astonishing-comment-guns-1357810

2025-08-28 - RFK blamed school shootings on antidepressants.

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/28/school-shooting-kennedy-antidepressants-claim

2025-08-31 Pope Leo called school shootings in America a “pandemic of arms”.

2052 September

2025-09-08 The school-shooting industry is at $4B (billion) annually.

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5317647/school-shooting-industry

Campus Guardian Angel: sells drones 

National School Safety Conference: 

CEIA USA: metal detector manufacturer 

SAM Medical: Trauma kits 

2025-09-10 There was a school shooting at the Evergreen Colorado High School the same day that Charlie Kirk was shot. However, the shooting received very little attention. 

https://www.cpr.org/2025/09/11/what-we-know-evergreen-high-school-shooting/

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/evergreen-high-school-shooting-colorado-updates/