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“In 1998,” Grossman said, “school violence claimed what at the time was an all time record number of kids’ lives. In that year there were 35 dead and a quarter of a million serious injuries due to violence in the school. How many killed by fire that year? Zero. But we hear people say, ‘That’s the year Columbine happened, that’s an anomaly.’

Columbine happened in 1999. I'm always suspicious of an article that has a major factual error in the first paragraph.

[redgolum]

Col Grossman is the real deal.

He has done a lot of research on killer kids. Also on how the training the military does to desensitize soldiers carries a high mental cost.

[Marie]

The author is the problem. Not Grossman.

[imardmd1]

How many killed by fire that year? Zero.

No deaths from fire because there are plenty of fire extinguishers in schools? And students and staff are given lessons in using them?

[deweyfrank]

I wouldn't deny that Col. Grossman makes some very good points, just because you say the date is wrong.

[Marcella]

This author is absolutely right. He knows his business.

[Glennb51]

I have had the pleasure of attending Col. Grossman’s lectures and discussing various issues with him. He is a no BS, just the facts lecturer. He knows what he is talking about. He also trains numerous US organizations in tactics, etc.

To dismiss his qualifications because of a possible typo is ridiculous/

[Right Wing Assault]

a major factual error

I don't think missing the date by a year (or missing a typo) qualifies as a major error or need for suspicion. It does nothing to invalidate all that follows.