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June 4, 2018

Title: Dispelling False Narratives about School Shootings
Topic: School Violence

Discussed by Amy Swearer
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)

The Santa Fe shooting has perpetuated gun control and school safety narratives that are sliding further from the truth than ever before. It is important that these false narratives be corrected.

Amy Swearer, with The Heritage Foundation, will be discussing a few of those false narratives today. Click here  to read her editorial on this issue.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

First false narrative: Armed guards are ineffective at preventing school shootings
Would more armed security officers help deter school shootings?

Second false narrative: The nation’s students are in more danger than the nation’s soldiers.
Did the Washington Post propagate this myth? What is the truth?

What should the government, schools, parents, and students do during the summer to prepare for the 2018-2019 school year?

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April 4, 2018

Title: Are School Shootings Really That Bad?
Topic: School Violence

Discussed by Amy Swearer
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)

Part 1 of 2

It’s time to get serious about student deaths. During the 2013-2014 school year, the National Center for Education Statistics concluded that there was approximately one student homicide or suicide at school for every 2.8 million enrolled students.

Meanwhile, an average of 50 children ages 7 to 18 are killed by their parents every year. Sadly, this means school-age children are roughly five times more likely to be killed by their own parent than they are to suffer a violent death while at school.

New guest, Amy Swearer, is a visiting legal fellow at the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

Do our children and grandchildren deserve to be safe at school?

How likely is it that a child will be killed by a firearm at school?

FACT CHECK: Everytown for Gun Safety makes the dramatic claim that 18 school shootings occurred during the first six weeks of 2018. Is this an accurate statement?

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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Are School Shootings Really That Bad?
Topic: School Violence

Discussed by Amy Swearer
with The Heritage Foundation (www.Heritage.org)

Questions/Issues Discussed:

How many students die each year traveling to and from school?

Are journalists for the news media, politicians, parent activists, and even students demanding action to reduce the number of student deaths which occur traveling to and from school?

When discussing school safety, should the topic also include statistics on traffic deaths on the way to and from school?

Amy’s op-ed on this issue can be found here.

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