"Three massage parlors in Atlanta, a grocery store in Colorado and an office in California were all sites of deadly mass shootings in March 2021. Twenty-two lives were lost during these tragedies, leading to renewed calls for action to prevent gun violence. Campaigners often cite mass shooting statistics. So, how regular are mass shootings … [Read more...]
How Many Mass Shootings Have There Been in 2021 So Far? It Depends How You Count
The way we think about mass shootings ignores many black victims
The Violence Project's Dr. Jillian Peterson speaks with The Trace about the challenges of defining a mass shooting. Taken from The Trace's article, "Varying definitions of what constitutes a 'mass shooting' also seem to have influenced coverage choices. The Violence Project, whose data has been cited by several news organizations in the wake … [Read more...]
US gun violence: too many people have died in 2020 – and COVID played a larger part than you think
"Recent reports here and elsewhere in the media have focused on gun violence in the US, reporting a dramatic rise in mass shootings in 2020 – despite the pandemic – which by November had overtaken the total for 2019. The term mass shooting conjures up images of Columbine and Parkland, but the story for 2020 is more complex." The Violence … [Read more...]
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...]