Meanwhile, the number of mass shootings continues to increase each year; 2021 saw a record high of 249 school shootings alone, reports The Conversation. This year is already on track to surpass last year’s record, as the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Texas is the 137th school shooting in the U.S., less than six months into the calendar year. But maybe you do, dear YES! But if we put our heads—and hearts—together, maybe we can start to move toward solutions that keep us all safer. They are based in Seattle, speak English and Spanish, and are a member of NLGJA, SPJ, and ONA.