Many graphs using the data are shown at the end of the post. Each time a public shooting draws national attention, particularly at places such as schools or churches, politicians and the media often respond by citing figures that claim the United States suffers...
Entertainment television repeatedly distorts the reality of mass public shootings—both who commits them and how they occur. Show after show depicts shooters wielding machine guns, even though that never happens. Another falsehood it pushes is the idea that white...
Many graphs using the data are shown at the end of the post. When another shooting happens at a place such as a school or a mall, politicians and the media are apt to claim that many hundreds of mass shootings occur each year. “Over the last year since Uvalde, our...
A Montgomery County high school student is charged with what police describe as plans to commit a school shooting. . Andrea Ye, 18, of Rockville, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, is charged with threats of mass violence. Montgomery County Police and the FBI arrested...
When another shooting happens at a place such as a school or a mall, politicians and the media are apt to claim that many hundreds of mass shootings occur each year. “Over the last year since Uvalde, our country has experienced a staggering 650 mass shootings,”...
The El Paso Walmart murderer is a racist who identifies with the Christchurch shooter and says they have the same views. The New Zealand killer was a socialist/environmentalist who supported gun control. He is also the same as the Buffalo mass murderer and others, but...
The Hispanic mass murderer at the Allen, Texas mall is being called a white supremacist by the news media, but there are many facts that seem inconsistent with that claim. Besides being Hispanic, the mass murderer praised the Nashville Christian School murderer. In...
Here is some updated information on the characteristics of mass public shooters. Including some information from the Covenant school shooter on March 27, 2023. Here is also an Excel file with even more detailed information. Also, here is information on statements by...
The Excel file with detailed information on the 88 mass public shootings from 1998 through May 15, 2022 is available here. With all the discussion about having another assault weapon ban, only 14% of mass public shootings are done solely with any type of rifle....
With all the demonization of self-defense groups by the media, the media ignores the mass murders by leftists and gun control advocates. Here is something from the New York Times to remind people about the Columbine murderer Dylan Kleblod. The father of one of the...
The news media and entertainment television keep pushing the notion that most mass public shootings are done by white supremacists. Who is a white supremacist is actually fairly difficult to determine because many of the classifications are based on solely whether the...
Entertainment television continually provides a false impression of those who commit mass public shootings and how they commit them. Show after show has mass public shootings involving machine guns, though that never happens. But another myth is that attacks are...