Title: School shooting - Wikipedia
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School shooting
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Younger age
School bullying
Notoriety
Injustice collectors
Mental illness
Aftereffects
Violent media theory
Taking influences from literature
Frequency trends
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Africa
Asia
Canada
Europe
Mexico
Oceania
South America
United States
List of school shootings in the United States
Studies of United States school shootings
Cultural references
Political impact
Police response and countermeasures
College and university response and countermeasures
School countermeasures
Armed classrooms
Preventive measures
Countermeasures
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A school shooting is an attack at an educational institution, such as a primary school, secondary school, or university, involving the use of firearms. Many school shootings are also categorized as mass shootings due to multiple casualties. The phenomenon is most widespread in the United States, which has the highest number of school-related shootings, but school shootings have taken place in many countries across the world. According to studies, factors behind school shooting include family dysfunction, lack of family supervision, ready access to firearms, and mental illness among many other psychological issues. Among the topmost motives of attackers were: bullying/persecution/threatened (75%) and revenge (61%), while 54% reported having numerous reasons. The remaining motives included an attempt to solve a problem (34%), suicide or depression (27%), and seeking attention or recognition (24%).