Dear Dechucka:

Myth No. 10. "School violence is rampant."

It may seem so, with media attention focused on a spate of school shootings. In fact, school shootings are extremely rare. Even including the more common violence that is gang-related or dispute-related, only 12 to 20 homicides a year occur in the 100,000 schools in the U.S. In general, school assaults and other violence have dropped by nearly half in the past decade.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15111438/page/2/

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Not a claim, merely an observation, Joe. Can you honestly say that in
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