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School shooting is final link in chain of failures (clip from Freakonomics Episode 561)
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School shooting is final link in chain of failures (clip from Freakonomics Episode 561)

Making just one right decisions can break the chain and prevent a school shooting from happening.

Clips from my interview with Stephen Dubner on Freakonomics Radio Episode 561.

  • How and why the K-12 School Shooting Database was created

  • Identifying someone in crisis before it escalates to violent public suicide

  • Need public education, playbook for school officials, and standardized reporting systems

  • National Poison Control Center is an example of an accessible system that can help anyone during an emergency, this does not exist for stopping mass shootings

  • My personal experience as a high school student during the DC Sniper Attacks


David Riedman is the creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database and a national expert on school shootings.

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