It’s time to play “What does Everytown pretend is a school shooting?” again.
Back in February, I fact-checked Everytown for Gun “Safety”‘s list of school shootings. 29% of their “school shootings” did not meet even their own definition.* Some weren’t shootings.
Have they improved any?
NO.
Having limited time to look up cases (Everytown conveniently — for them — does not provide supporting links for their claims, so it takes research to find the reports), I only checked the latest ten on the list. And I provide links so you can verify my findings.
- 8/17/2018 Wellington, FL Palm Beach Central High School High School
Reality: Non-student adult males at a Friday night football game. - 8/11/2018 Antioch, TN Antioch High School High School
Reality: Adult shot coach at a football game. - 8/9/2018 Millville, NJ Lakeside Middle School Middle School
Reality: Shooting near a school.
Not a school shooting. - 8/3/2018 Edgewood, MD Edgewood High School High School
Reality: Non-student adult shot in a robbery in a parking lot on a Friday night.
Not a school shooting. - 7/17/2018 Hurricane, WV Hurricane High School High School
Reality: Shots fired near a school.
Not a school shooting. - 7/11/2018 Maple Heights, OH Milkovich Middle School Middle School
Reality: Man shot at night in park near school, made it as far as the school driveway.
Not a school shooting. - 6/24/2018 Missoula, MT Sentinel High School High School
Reality: Two shot on a Sunday night outside on a school campus. - 6/22/2018 Dallas, TX Skyline High School High School
Reality: No shooting at SHS on 6/22. The previous morning, at 5:30AM, a non-student was shot by a non-student at the school’s track.
Since they missed that date, I’m calling that “not a school shooting.” - 6/16/2018 Portland, OR Grant High School High School
Reality: Dead body found at 4:45AM at a place temporarily used as a campus. No indication of where he was shot. No shots reported at that location.
Not a school shooting. - 6/9/2018 Compton, CA Compton College Community College
Reality: Road-rage victim ran from shooter, climbed the college’s fence to escape, and was shot barely on campus.
That was only a “school shooting” because the shooter missed until the vic reached the campus, so I’m scoring it “not.”
Half — 50% — of Everytown’s “school shootings” are NOT school shootings even by their expansive definition.
Three — 30% do meet their definition, but happened after hours, involving people not associated with the school; that is deliberately misleading
Two cases — 20% are dubious. One was a guy shot as he fled towards the school; the killer certainly tried to get him before he jumped the fence. The other appears to be another of those not-during-school-hours, no-school-people-involved shootings, but since they apparently got the date wrong, maybe that isn’t what they’re listing; I found no shooting on the date they gave.
Everytown’s “school shooting” list has not improved. It has gotten far worse, far less accurate.
But lies are close enough for a victim-disarming agenda.
* “Everytown tracks every time a firearm discharges a live round inside or into a school building or on or onto a school campus or grounds, as documented by the press.”
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