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What happened between 1978 and 1989 in the U.S.?
In that period there were no major violent incidents involving schools. I realise this is a topical issue but, since that period there has been at the very least one a year. In 1999 there were at least 7 (including Columbine) and in 2006 there were 8. Between the period '89-'07 there have been at least 41 shooting incidents involving schools.
What has brought this change (from 0 in the 11 year period before hand to 41 in the 17 year period afterwards)? Was it a sudden thing or was it a gradual increase over time? What was the catalyst, what cultures have instigated the change?
I am not an American, nor am I any kind of expert on the topic, so I call for you Americans (or experts, or both) to help me answer this question.
~Shades
