School Violence Violence is a societal issue, not merely a school issue. You cannot have islands of safety in a sea of community violence. Children in America die of gun deaths at about 12 times the rate of other developed countries.
Schools are the safest place for students to be.
Each year, more than 3,000 children die of hand gun wounds in the United States. About 1 percent of these fatalities occur in school. The other 99 percent happen at home or in the street. Perspective is needed. The likelihood of becoming a victim of school-associated violent death is just that.