A search of the internet will result in more organizations, articles, and political commentary than one could read in a summer related to stopping school and mass shootings in general. I appreciate the difference between Arthur Andersen type of audited numbers and what are called "directionally correct" numbers. This proposal used both in a judicious manner. For instance, some reports that are referenced may use different definitions of school. Some are K to 12. Some are K to college. Some include only shootings inside a school, and some include two boys fighting in the parking lot with guns. In some cases, the time periods referenced may differ. One data point that was difficult was estimating the number of Mentally Ill Violent People who were in the target age range of under 25. To arrive at this, I used the other research I found suggesting that Mentally Ill People Capable of Violence were between $\frac{1}{4}$ and $\frac{1}{2}$ of 1% of the population. I used the lower number times the Minnesota population of 6 million and arrived at a lower number of 15,000 and a higher number of 45,000. As for the target adolescent to age 25 population, I multiplied the 15,000 and 45,000 by their share of our population of equaling 40%. Hence, the Minnesota MIVP youth population estimate of between 6,000 and 18,000.
As a country, we simply lack common data definitions to prove every argument. Using the available data and common sense, I have tried to present the findings in a good enough for an intelligent dialogue methodology. Please note that sometimes I have used school shooting data and sometimes mass shooting data to further describe the overlapping situation.
The following organizations are intended to be a starting point for you.
- FBI report by Mary Ellen O'Toole, PhD, The School Shooter A Threat Assessment Perspective https://www.fbi.gov
- U.S. Dept Education. https://www.ed.gov
- Office of Justice Program. https://ojp.gov
- National Shooting Sports Foundation. https://www.nssf.org
- Kaiser Family Foundation. https://KFF.org
- National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. https://www.nationalacademies.org
- Sandy Hook Promise https://sandyhookpromise.org
Facts About Gun Violence And School Shootings — Sandy Hook Promise
- Alliance for Gun Responsibility. https://gunresponsibility.org
- Every Town for Gun Safety. https://everytown.org
- Rockefeller Institute of Government- Overview of American School Shootings
https://www.asanet.org.
- National Institute of Justice: https://www.nij.ojp.gov/
- American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org
- Automatic Detection of Fraud Websites. https://www.Fortinet.com
- Trend Micro. https://www.trendmicro.com
- Professor Scott Galloway POD Casts on youth being radicalized by social media.
- Giffords Foundation. https://giffords.org/lawcenter/
- Gun Safety Alliance. https://gunsafetyalliance.org
- Annunciation School. https://www.annunciationmsp.org
- Dr. Tim Kummer (First Responder for Annunciation children killed and injured testimony before Minnesota Senate Gun Violence Prevention Working Group September 17, 2025.) https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/17/legislative-testimony-of-first-physician-on-the-scene-at-the-annunciation-shooting/
- K-12 School Shooting Database. https://www.K12ssdb.org
- Gun Violence Archive. https://www.gunviolencearchive.org
- George Washington. Source: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/political-parties
- Read Red Flag Laws Minnesota Guide. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun-violence-solutions/2025/guide-to-minnesota-red-flag-law.com
- Minnesota Department of Public Safety. https://dps.mn.gov
- Is there an assault weapon that can launch a grenade? https://en.wikipedia.org
- The second amendment right and negligent entrustment: https://scholarshiplaw.ufl.edu; https://www.congress.gov, public law 109-92-oct, 26, 2005.
- Second Amendment and negligent entrustment: AI Overview: https://www.google.com/search?q=second+amendment+and+negligent+entrustment&sca_es
- FBI Incidents of Active School Shooting Incidents: https://www.fbi.gov
- When does Prefrontal Cortex Fully Develop: https://www.simplypsychology.org
- Secret Service National Threat Assessment Reports: https://www.secretservice.gov
- Young Adults in Minnesota: https://www.mn.gov
- Go Fund Me Page for Annunciation School Victim: https://www.gofundme.com. Go Fund Me is highlighting fundraisers for those impacted by the shooting. Search Go Fund Me for Annunciation School or go directly to the Annunciation school site: Annunciation Catholic PreK-8 School in Minneapolis
- Go Fund Me Pages for Other School Shootings Across our country can be found using google and https://www.gofundme.com
- Minnesota Political Representatives Contact Information (House, Senate, General Information for All House and Senate Members With Zip Code Lookups. https://www.leg.mn.gov
- Violence Prevention Project, Hamline University, Jillian Peterson PhD & Mark Densley PhD. https://www.hamline.edu & https://www.theviolenceproject.org
- John Hopkins School of Public Health, Center for Gun Violence Solutions. https://publichealth.jhu.edu
- Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org
- National Institute of Health. https://www.nih.gov
- Center for Disease Control. https://www.cdc.gov
- Wikipedia Gun Violence & Numerous Related Queries: https://en.Wikipedia.org
- Why Kids Kill by Peter Langman, PHD. ISBN 978-0-230-10148-7
- The Violence Project by Jillian Peterson, PHD and James Densley, PHD. ISBN 978-1-4197-5296-4