The Availability Heuristic continues to be a principle that influences numerous decisions and actions that I make on a daily basis. We are quick thinking individuals with the act now and about consequences later mindset. Countless times I think where my decisions are made on the little information that I have in front of me. Occurrences like this happen all the time. Many Americans believe that another school shooting will happen at any moment in our schools. People refuse to look at how rare deaths in schools actually are. According to an NBC investigative report, there are approximately 53 million students in our public school systems, and only an average of 23 students are killed each year in school-related incidents, including homicides,
