18 school shootings already in '18? Not so fast

Few would say that the firing of a single gunshot in or near a school, even if no one is hit, is a trivial matter. At the same time, such an incident doesn’t compare to the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead. And yet if you’ve heard the claim that there have been 18 "school shootings" in the United States already in 2018, both types of incidents -- and others of varying degrees of seriousness -- are being counted. As we detailed in this fact check, published the day after the Florida ... >>More