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Five years after Parkland, school shootings haven't stopped, and kill more people

  • Written by David Riedman, Ph.D. student in Criminal Justice and Creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, University of Central Florida
Five years after Parkland, school shootings haven't stopped, and kill more peopleTwo mourners embrace at a memorial for those killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting in 2018.AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

In the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting on Valentine’s Day 2018, many Americans hoped that, finally, something would be done to address the problem of gun violence in the nation’s schools.

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