Until Tuesday, when eight people were killed in Atlanta-area spas, it had been a year since there had been a large-scale shooting in a public place. In 2018, the year that a gunman killed 17 people and injured 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., there were 10 mass shootings where four or more people were killed … [Read more...]
Mass shootings in public spaces had become less frequent during the pandemic.
We analyzed 53 years of mass shooting data. Attacks aren’t just increasing, they’re getting deadlier
If you look at mass shootings over time, two things are alarmingly clear: The attacks are becoming far more frequent and they are getting deadlier. Our society must rewrite the violence script to stop the contagion. Read More Source: Los Angeles Times Authors: James Densley and Jillian Peterson … [Read more...]
Mass shootings aren’t more frequent, but they are deadlier
It can sometimes seem as though mass shootings are occurring more frequently. Researchers who have been studying such crimes for decades say they aren't, but they have been getting deadlier. In the five years since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, the nation has seen a number of massacres topping the … [Read more...]
How common are mass shootings?
"The massacre in Las Vegas is being called the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. To some, it seems like these tragedies happen more often. But do they?" The Violence Project's Jillian Peterson spoke with Heather Brown about the different ways to define mass shootings and how those definitions impact how common they are. Read the … [Read more...]