Saturday, July 18, 2015

A disturbing trend in Mass Shootings in America.

http://mic.com/articles/93824/a-new-report-reveals-a-disturbing-trend-with-mass-shootings-in-america

2. The idea that gun-free zones encourage shooting sprees isn't backed up by the facts. 
3. Females are equally likely to be targets, while the shooters are nearly exclusively male.
6. Assault weapons and high-cap magazines are easier to use to kill lots of people. These weapons, which are extremely dangerous in the wrong hands, were used in just 14 (13%) of the incidents. But when people go on killing sprees with more firepower, they kill more people than if they'd had a shotgun or a revolver. Shootings involving assault weapons had 156% more victims, while 63% more people died. The report does not mention how Everytown defined an assault weapon.
7. Mass shootings comprise a small minority of gun violence. Obviously mass shootings involve more victims per incident by definition. But less than 1% of gun murder victims were killed during such an incident.

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