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Originally Posted by Velvet
How did they do it for the decades before the cell phone? Why are we raising such fearful children? How many will ever be kidnapped in their life time? But how many will worry about it?
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In the 1960's there were 19 incidents for that decade.
In the 1970's - 50 incidents.
1980's - 78 incidents.
1990's - 123 incidents (this was the decade of pocket pagers and flip-phones)
School shootings have always been a thing - Wikipedia has one listed in the 1700's.
But now that everyone and their kid brother has more guns than there are people in the country, it's become a much more prevalent thing to worry about than it was before cell phones.
I guess it really isn't a big deal at all, who cares right? Stop making such a fuss about it. Until your kid, your grandkid, your grandkid's best friend, your cousin's kid - your cousin the teacher - is the victim. Then maybe you'll care.