The Economist | Hoax school shootings: inside America's epidemic @TheEconomist | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
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

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Why some teachers in America are learning how to fire guns: youtu.be/0PtJ45jHing?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