There was a spike due to the Ferguson effect but I think the 2017 numbers will show that trend ending, look at what happened from 1993 to 2010 in terms of laws and gun numbers. The correlations suggest we need more guns and fewer gun permits.
If people really wanted to end school violence they would seek to do away with brick and mortar schools which are anachronistic in so many ways.
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You made me reach for my dictionary with "anachronistic" and I am still not sure I understand its meaning :-(
Lets hope for a repeat of the 1993 to 2000 trend in homicide deaths per thousand - if we could do that we would have the problem solved. And when you look at the links @mtnmeadowmomma posted in this thread - it would seem there are some promising targets to make a big dent in those numbers.
It means "outdated" something from an earlier time period, the only way to significantly bring down gun homicides at this point would be to legalize drugs since drug prohibition is the cause of the bulk of them. But they don't have their kids out marching against that.
I think there are lots of reasons to legalize drugs. Helping people survive their addiction till they can kick it and reducing overall crime. Reducing gun homicides would be a big bonus.
without a few gang infested neighborhoods America's gun homicide rate is on par with Canada or the other white European countries we are randomly compared to. Those gangs only exist due to drug prohibition.