Title: Florida school shooting brings yearly tally to 17 in 2018
Headings: 17 school shootings in 45 days — Florida massacre is one of many tragedies in 2018
17 school shootings in 45 days — Florida massacre is one of many tragedies in 2018
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Content: There were 58 total school shootings in 2014. “When you look at all the ways children are impacted by gun violence, you realize what a tremendous problem we have as a country,” Tofte said. “ We really do deserve to live in a place where children are free from gun violence in their homes, schools and communities.” Everytown counts 291 school shootings since 2013, which breaks down to about one per week. The massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday was the 180th mass shooting since 2009 and the third in 2018. Everytown for Gun Safety defines a mass shooting as a gun attack that claims the lives of four or more people. Children make up 25 percent of fatalities in mass shootings, Tofte said. Several of the deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history have taken place in schools, including at Sandy Hook and the 2007 attack Virginia Tech University where 32 people were gunned down.