A string of mass shootings over the past three months as the U.S. re-opened from the pandemic was one of the worst on record, and law-enforcement officials are fearful of more to come. There were five attacks in which four or more people were killed in public places from March through May, matching the highest three-month total going back to … [Read more...]
Recent Spate of Mass Shootings Is Among Worst in U.S. History
Recent Spate of Mass Shootings Is Among Worst in U.S. History
Some powerful visual representations of our mass shooting #data in the @WSJ today. Thanks to @ZushaElinson @asincopado and @KatherineERiley Article from the Wall Street Journal here. Source: Twitter Return to all data visualizations … [Read more...]
Main Stream Media Super Spreaders
The NRA published an article in the wake of three deadly mass shootings citing our op-ed from August 2019, "We Have Studied Every Mass Shooting Since 1966. Here’s What We’ve Learned About The Shooters." From the NRA: "Peterson and Densley wrote in the L.A. Times almost two years ago that, 'most of the shooters had studied the actions of other … [Read more...]
After three deadly gun rampages, survivors and experts fear what comes next
"Authorities laid out a harrowing timeline: A 21-year-old white supremacist was believed to have posted a 2,300-word screed online in August 2019, saying the mass shooting he was planning was inspired by another shooter who had killed 51 people in New Zealand mosques. Minutes later, authorities say, Patrick Crusius stormed into a Walmart in Texas, … [Read more...]
La pandémie semble avoir exacerbé le risque de tuerie de masse aux Etats-Unis – “The pandemic seems to have exacerbated the risk of mass killings in the United States”
"For sociologist James Densley, the upsurge in mass killings at the end of March in the United States is explained by the reopening of public places and a sharp increase in arms sales during confinement." Read the Interview Here Pour le sociologue James Densley, la recrudescence des tueries de masse fin mars aux Etats-Unis s’explique par la … [Read more...]