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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 1343734" data-attributes="member: 45230">(CNN) -- After Tuesday&#039;s shooting at an <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/11/justice/oregon-school-shooting-victim/index.html" target="_blank">Oregon high school</a>, many media outlets, including CNN, reported that there have been 74 school shootings in the past 18 months.<a href="http://everytown.org/article/schoolshootings/" target="_blank">The statistic</a> came from a group called<a href="http://everytown.org/" target="_blank"> Everytown for Gun Safety</a>, an umbrella group started by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a passionate and public advocate of gun control.So on Wednesday, CNN took a closer look at the list, delving into the circumstances of each incident Everytown included.CNN determined that 15 of the incidents Everytown included were situations similar to the violence in Newtown or Oregon -- a minor or adult actively shooting inside or near a school.Some of the other incidents on Everytown&#039;s list included personal arguments, accidents and alleged gang activities and drug deals<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/11/us/school-shootings-cnn-number/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/11/us/school-shootings-cnn-number/index.html</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 1343734, member: 45230"] [B](CNN)[/B] -- After Tuesday's shooting at an [URL='http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/11/justice/oregon-school-shooting-victim/index.html']Oregon high school[/URL], many media outlets, including CNN, reported that there have been 74 school shootings in the past 18 months. [URL='http://everytown.org/article/schoolshootings/']The statistic[/URL] came from a group called[URL='http://everytown.org/'] Everytown for Gun Safety[/URL], an umbrella group started by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a passionate and public advocate of gun control. So on Wednesday, CNN took a closer look at the list, delving into the circumstances of each incident Everytown included. CNN determined that 15 of the incidents Everytown included were situations similar to the violence in Newtown or Oregon -- a minor or adult actively shooting inside or near a school. Some of the other incidents on Everytown's list included personal arguments, accidents and alleged gang activities and drug deals [url]http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/11/us/school-shootings-cnn-number/index.html[/url] [/QUOTE]

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