20 years after Columbine, here’s what America’s gun violence epidemic looks like, by the numbers
Twenty years ago, two armed gunmen entered Columbine High School and, in just under an hour, killed 12 students and one teacher.
In the days, weeks and years since Columbine, 226,000 children have been exposed to gun violence while at school, according to an analysis published by The Washington Post, illustrating the vast reach of a shooting epidemic that scars those who are fortunate enough to escape with their lives. Since Columbine, there have been three school shootings with a higher death toll than the 13 in Littleton, Colorado. The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last year left 17 students and faculty dead.
The epidemic facing America has fuelled a $2.7bn market for school hardening infrastructure, with that approach being a go-to response for politicians who do not want to cross the National Rifle Association.
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