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Experts Dispute Claims Linking Transgender Ideology to School Shootings
9/30/2025
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- The Heritage Foundation says about 50% of school shootings relate to transgender ideology and urges FBI investigations.
- Wired disputes this, noting only three shooters since 2015 have been credibly identified as transgender.
- The Southern Poverty Law Center says most mass shooters are cisgender men, with white-supremacist beliefs.
- Experts say transgender people are more often victims of gun violence than perpetrators.
