Why are most school shootings in outer suburbs and small towns -not in big cities? (legal, regular)

[katzpaw]

Most of the school shootings (elementary and high school) are in smaller towns and not in bigger and supposedly more violent cities

"Of the 10 deadliest school shootings in the U.S., all but one took place in a town with fewer than 75,000 residents and the vast majority of them were in cities with fewer than 50,000 people."

"Experts say the phenomenon is due to a variety of factors that include easy access to guns and the copycat effect of disturbed suburban and small-town teenagers emulating each other. It's also blamed on the pressures of living in small towns that make it harder for disgruntled teenagers to adjust.

"In small-town America, it's said everybody knows everybody, and that's well and good except when you don't want everybody to know what's going on with you," said James Alan Fox, a professor at Northeastern University who has been studying mass shootings for decades. "If things are going downhill for you, you did something wrong or someone did something wrong to you and some girl dumps you, everybody knows. So it's much harder to get away from it."

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/ma...g-in-small-to/

List of school shootings since 2000, ordered by # of casualties:
56 - Blacksburg, Virginia - Virginia Tech
34 - Parkland, Florida - Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
30 - Newtown, Connecticut - Sandy Hook Elementary School
27 - DeKalb, Illinois - Northern Illinois University
24 - Rancho Tehama Reserve, California - Rancho Tehama Reserve
20 - Santa Fe, Texas - Sate Fe High School
20 - Marshall County, Kentucky - Marshall County High School
19 - Roseburg, Oregon - Umpqua Community College
17 - Red Lake, Minnesota - Red Lake Senior High School
15 - Santee, California - Santana High School
10 - Santa Monica, California - Santa Monica College
10 - Oakland, California - Oikos University
9 - Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania - Oikos University
7 - Flint, Michigan - Southwestern Classical Academy
6 - Grundy, Virginia - Appalachian School of Law
6 - Huntsville, Alabama - University of Alabama in Huntsville
6 - Marysville, Washington - Marysville Pilchuck High School
6 - Houston, Texas - Worthing High School
6 - Chardon, Ohio - Chardon High School
5 - Cleveland, Ohio - SuccessTech Academy
... plus 200 more at Wikipedia link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...015_to_present

[elan]

Big cities have metal detectors, mine has had them for years.

[rstevens62]

Large cities though, black market guns are more readily available compared to smaller towns.

[Crazee Cat Lady]

That is food for thought.

I live in a City.
My Son's middle school and High School had metal detectors.
In High School they even had a Police Officer there during the days...it was his regular beat.

[Hyperthetic]

In the big cities and small towns the toughs would get the shooters before the cops ever could.

The burbs don't operate very well.

[Seacove]

I haven't noticed that but I have noticed that they happen more in red states.

[jambo101]

I've also noticed the perpetrators of all these shootings are white males.

[Ms. Tarabotti]

Originally Posted by jambo101

I've also noticed the perpetrators of all these shootings are white males.

Yes, that'a part of the narrative that people seemingly forget. It's not Tyrone and LaShonda, or even Pedro or Maria shooting up schools.

[shadowne]

Originally Posted by Seacove

I haven't noticed that but I have noticed that they happen more in red states.

Of the top 20 highest casualties school shootings, 15 happened in BLUE states (4 were in your state), 4 in RED states and 1 in a PURPLE state.

[Floorist]

Originally Posted by rstevens62

Large cities though, black market guns are more readily available compared to smaller towns.

Most school shooters had legal guns.