Today's Mass Shooting

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He killed everyone in the bank. Four employees and one customer. All were female. He made them lay face-down on the floor and then shot them in the back of the head with a 9mm handgun. He was wearing a ballistic vest.
 
arthwollipot said:
As I never tire of saying, down from ludicrously ridiculously high to only ludicrously high.
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Indeed, the UK figure for mass shootings in 2018 was 0, which was the same as 2017. I am not sure of any (outwith terrorist attacks) in Europe either.
 
I'm hoping that the numbers will continue to decline as the effects of lead poisoning, from leaded petrol, continue to decline.

Unfortunately, that seems to mean as the affected people become too infirm to commit violent crimes, or die.

There's a long tail on some of these things...
 
5 dead after shooting spree in Louisiana

CNN said:
A manhunt is underway in Louisiana following a string of shootings that left the suspect's parents and 3 others dead, law enforcement officials said.

Authorities are looking for 21-year Dakota Theriot after two Saturday morning shootings in Ascension and Livingston parishes, near Baton Rouge...
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/26/us/louisiana-shootings/index.html
 
Nessie said:
Indeed, the UK figure for mass shootings in 2018 was 0, which was the same as 2017. I am not sure of any (outwith terrorist attacks) in Europe either.
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So no change, eh? At least the rate dropped in the US.
 
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There have been 24 mass shootings so far in 2019 (to yesterday 26th Jan).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2019

Last year there had been 16 to the same date.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2018
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It's weird how similar all of these shootings are. The vast majority end with 4-5 people dead or injured. On a cursory glance, the most common cause seems to be gang-related, with escalating arguments being the second most common, and most of those occurring in or around bars/nighclubs or otherwise alcohol-related. Home-invasion robberies seem to be third most common.

There's not enough detail in the Wikipedia articles to say all of that for certain, though; and it's highly possible that a lot of those apparently gang-related shootings (drive-bys and such) are white supremacist attacks on minorities. Unfortunately, the article does not seem to differentiate, and the way that the shootings are performed seem to be very similar in many cases.
 
luchog said:
It's weird how similar all of these shootings are. The vast majority end with 4-5 people dead or injured. On a cursory glance, the most common cause seems to be gang-related, with escalating arguments being the second most common, and most of those occurring in or around bars/nighclubs or otherwise alcohol-related. Home-invasion robberies seem to be third most common.

There's not enough detail in the Wikipedia articles to say all of that for certain, though; and it's highly possible that a lot of those apparently gang-related shootings (drive-bys and such) are white supremacist attacks on minorities. Unfortunately, the article does not seem to differentiate, and the way that the shootings are performed seem to be very similar in many cases.
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How many were committed by women?
 
luchog said:
It's weird how similar all of these shootings are. The vast majority end with 4-5 people dead or injured. On a cursory glance, the most common cause seems to be gang-related, with escalating arguments being the second most common, and most of those occurring in or around bars/nighclubs or otherwise alcohol-related. Home-invasion robberies seem to be third most common.

There's not enough detail in the Wikipedia articles to say all of that for certain, though; and it's highly possible that a lot of those apparently gang-related shootings (drive-bys and such) are white supremacist attacks on minorities. Unfortunately, the article does not seem to differentiate, and the way that the shootings are performed seem to be very similar in many cases.
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The Gun Violence Archive has details on shooting incidents in the United States.

https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting
 
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luchog said:
It's weird how similar all of these shootings are. The vast majority end with 4-5 people dead or injured. On a cursory glance, the most common cause seems to be gang-related, with escalating arguments being the second most common, and most of those occurring in or around bars/nighclubs or otherwise alcohol-related. Home-invasion robberies seem to be third most common.

There's not enough detail in the Wikipedia articles to say all of that for certain, though; and it's highly possible that a lot of those apparently gang-related shootings (drive-bys and such) are white supremacist attacks on minorities. Unfortunately, the article does not seem to differentiate, and the way that the shootings are performed seem to be very similar in many cases.
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From what I have read, the a large proportion are gang related. That the point being made by many here who objected to legislation that would affect the generally law abiding. They do not cause much of the problem and there is already legislation that allows the police to get guns of criminals and gang members. They just need to start properly enforcing it and the supply needs to be dried up.

I then realised that was going to be pretty much impossible to achieve, so the USA has to just develop coping strategies.
 
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