The numbers presented, nothing shiny here, just facts. The number of school shootings in the United States has been 1,624 mass shootings in 1,870 days with 2017 being the worst year. 8369 children were shot in 2015, 8867 in 2014 and in 2017 1532 children were shot in Chicago alone. Guns are now the 3rd leading cause of child death in America. 1.15 MILLION Americans have been killed by guns since John Lennon was shot dead 38 years ago.