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School Shootings

On Wikipedia a school shooting is defined as "an occurrence in which gun violence takes place at an educational institution. A school shooting involves a firearm being discharged at a school infrastructure, and may refer to incidents of shootings on a school bus or near school property while school is in session."

Here you can find a list of school shootings in the US, also from Wikipedia, where you can see how many people were killed and, in some cases, what happened to the perpetrators.

List of school shootings in the US

Threats against schools are becoming more and more common in other countries as well. Here are some of the threats recently talked about in Swedish media.

Backaskolan, Malmö
Hersby gymnasium, Lidingö
ETG, Nyköping

Michael Moore - who is he?

Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author, social critic, and political activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or. His films Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Sicko (2007) also placed in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries, and the former won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, which documented his personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth.

Moore's written and cinematic works criticize globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the Iraq War, the American health care system, and capitalism.

From Wikipedia

Information about Michael Moore from NE.se
Michael Moore's homepage

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