By Wednesday night, the top suggested search after typing “18” into Google was “18 school shootings in 2018.”It is a horrifying statistic. Everytown has long inflated its total by including incidents of gunfire that are not really school shootings. Feb. 15, 2018 Kristi Gilroy, right, hugs a young woman at a police check point near the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Just five of Everytown’s 18 school shootings listed for 2018 happened during school hours and resulted in any physical injury. Another database, the Gun Violence Archive, defines school shootings in much narrower terms, considering only those that take place during school hours or extracurricular activities.

Source: Washington Post February 15, 2018 20:11 UTC