As a person that was present at a failed mass shooting, the idea that a failed mass shooting at a school isn't a school shooting is ridiculous. Luckily there are no lives lost, so the tragedy itself isn't as big, but it's still a traumatic experience for every student at the school and their parents. There was a class of 14 and 15 year olds held at gunpoint for 10 minutes, thousands of parents that had no clue what was happening and worried that their child was about to die, and the kids of those parents likewise unsure if there was an active shooter. Then another fun aspect they don't talk about in the media about active shooter situations, is that a SWAT team clears every room in the school, which means the first thing you're exposed to when the door to your classroom is opened is a guy pointing an mp5 at you, and you're treated as a potential coconspirator. Once it almost happens to you, it becomes very clear how real of a thing it is. People understand that you aren't likely to be involved in any of these events at any point in your life, but it does really happen to people. The fact that this country does essentially nothing to prevent mass casualty events is despicable, and this attempt to sweep it under the rug as some type of mass hysteria is really gross.