Shooting was 18th at school in 2018

parkland - The shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida, was not exactly the first of this year. In the first month and a half of 2018, eighteen shootings took place in schools. According to the disarmament movement Everytown for Gun Safety, the United States has on average one shooting at one school per week since 2013.

In the United States there are almost as many firearms (300 million) as there are inhabitants (323 million). That means there are twice as many weapons per person than half a century ago.

The Americans make up 4.5 percent of the world's population, but possess 48 percent of the firearms that are owned by private individuals worldwide. Half of all weapons in the US are in the hands of only 3 percent of the population.