A stunning article from the WaPo: U.S. School Shootings
Beginning with Columbine in 1999, more than 187,000 students attending at least 193 primary or secondary schools have experienced a shooting on campus during school hours, according to a year-long Washington Post analysis. This means that the number of children who have been shaken by gunfire in the places they go to learn exceeds the population of Eugene, Ore., or Fort Lauderdale, Fla.March. Vote. Change the World.
Please stick to economics.
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ReplyDelete"He who pays the piper alls the tune..." as I don't pay anything to support Mr McBride, I am fine with occasional off-topic posts--whether or not I agree with them. Clearly marking them as "off-topic" is an unexpected (and welcome!) courtesy.
ReplyDeleteKeep the comments coming!
ReplyDeleteMany folks on the left just cannot help themselves
ReplyDeleteThey all sound like Janice with the laughter
You could change the titlle from "off topic" to "obnoxiuos topic"
How about that : ) ?
Go somewhere else to get your free economic insight. You are unworthy of McBride’s wisdom and but because he holds values so different from yours, even you have been welcomed here.
DeleteI'll go whatever I want to go pal
DeleteThat's called freedom. Somenthing I do not have in my country
I don't vote in America. I'm not even
american
I am just an observer of what is going on in your country
Hundreds of thousands on a protest organized by the left(Soros, Planet Parenthood, Women's march) screaming to take away rights
Many americans are sick I think, trashing liberty up and down
Do you know what is going on in the universities in your country? Free speech is dead already
People like you, as it looks like, are fighting to transform America in a country like mine(Brazil)
Here we have very limited freedom, no capitalism, a supreme court filled with progressive rogue judges really high taxes and a huge government, everything that is not american
That's why my country is a hellhole and many here try to escape our soft tirany to seek freedom in America(I know a few)
Bill thanks for the free and extremely valuable posts on economics over the years. Who am I, as a reader that had learned so much from you,to give my opinion on what you should write about in your blog ? Keep up the nice work
ReplyDeleteI have been frequent reader for over a decade, yes vote and encourage friends to vote too.
ReplyDeleteKids making waves. Love it.
ReplyDeleteWhat profit a man to know the cost of everything, but the value of nothing? People of good conscience should NOT remain silent as school children are regularly being massacred. This is a defining moment for Americans. Thank you Mr. McBride for all your economic insights over the years and occasionally reminding us of our humanity.
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“an American’s lifetime odds of dying in a mass shooting committed in any location is 1 in 11,125; of dying in a car accident is 1 and 491; of drowning is 1 in 1,133; and of choking on food is 1 in 3,461). Criminal victimization in American schools has collapsed in tandem with the overall crime rate, leaving U.S. classrooms safer today than at any time in recent memory.”
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“According to the National Center for Education Statistics’ 2013 “Indicators of School Crime and Safety” report, from the 1992-93 school year until the 2010-11 school year, there were between 11 and 34 homicides of youths ages 5-18 at schools each year (including attacks with weapons other than firearms), with an average of about 23 homicides per year. Comparing that to NCES’s enrollment statistics, about 0.000044% of public and private K-12 students were killed at school per year between 1992-93 and 2010-11. That’s about one out of every 2,273,000 students per year. By contrast, the odds of being hit by lightning in a given year is one out of 700,000 according to National Geographic. ”
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