Inside America’s hoax school shootings epidemic

In America the fear of gun crime in schools is being weaponised. More and more SWAT teams are having to respond to hoax calls about school shootings. 00:00 - America’s hoax school shooting crisis 01:07 - Hoax calls are becoming more commonplace 02:00 - Aspen Elementary School 03:29 - What happened on February 22nd 2023? 05:10 - Who was behind it? 07:35 - The fight against SWAT hoax calls Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Read our full investigation: https://econ.st/477yzLd One response to school shootings in America: arm the teachers: https://econ.st/3u1KzPm A report sheds light on the deadliest school shooting in Texas’s history: https://econ.st/3FWoe8Z The AR-15 is a symbol of liberty or loss, depending on whom you ask: https://econ.st/4783G8X Guns are the things most likely to kill young people in America: https://econ.st/479FrXN The spate of gun violence shows American exceptionalism at its worst: https://econ.st/49bZPJL Why America should make it harder to buy guns: https://econ.st/3QfeaMN Why America spends so little on research into gun violence: https://econ.st/47cdheT A year after the massacre of 14 high-school students, what has changed?: https://econ.st/3tXcSPb Can school design help prevent school shootings?: https://econ.st/46V7Xwy 1843: Stage fright: a play about a school shooting becomes too real: https://econ.st/3tVmNVp