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| In America the fear of gun crime in schools is being weaponised. More and more SWAT teams are having to respond to hoax calls about school shootings. 00:00 - America’s hoax school shooting crisis 01:07 - Hoax calls are becoming more commonplace 02:00 - Aspen Elementary School 03:29 - What happened on February 22nd 2023? 05:10 - Who was behind it? 07:35 - The fight against SWAT hoax calls Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Read our full investigation: https://econ.st/477yzLd Why some teachers in America are learning how to fire guns: ?si=fBZbTiT2gaD-9n2U One response to school shootings in America: arm the teachers: https://econ.st/3u1KzPm A report sheds light on the deadliest school shooting in Texas’s history: https://econ.st/3FWoe8Z The AR-15 is a symbol of liberty or loss, depending on whom you ask: https://econ.st/4783G8X Guns are the things most likely to kill young people in America: https://econ.st/479FrXN The spate of gun violence shows American exceptionalism at its worst: https://econ.st/49bZPJL Why America should make it harder to buy guns: https://econ.st/3QfeaMN Why America spends so little on research into gun violence: https://econ.st/47cdheT A year after the massacre of 14 high-school students, what has changed?: https://econ.st/3tXcSPb Can school design help prevent school shootings?: https://econ.st/46V7Xwy 1843: Stage fright: a play about a school shooting becomes too real: https://econ.st/3tVmNVp |
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