Non-shootings mass murders don't get the attention that mass murders with guns obtain. Between January 1, 1998 and May 6, 2023, 93% of the mass public shootings in the United States have fewer people murdered. Guyana has only 797,553 people, one 419th the population...
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Why do Red Flag Laws only focus on taking away a dangerous person’s guns?: U-Haul driver kills one and injures eight in New York City
If a person is really a danger to themselves or others, confiscating guns Isn’t much of a solution. There are so many other ways for disturbed people to harm themselves or others. Yet, the advocates of Red Flag Laws want people to believe if you simply take away the...
Saskatchewan, Canada stabbing leaves at least 10 murdered, 15 wounded
We have previously collected knife attacks from 2010 to early 2014. A series of stabbings at a First Nation community and in another nearby town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan left 10 people dead and 15 wounded, Canadian police said Sunday as they...
UPDATE: The false narrative of white supremacists doing mass public shootings: Racial, Gender, Religious and Political views of these killers from 1998 through March 2021
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...
The Racial and Gender Demographics of Mass Public Shooters: Middle Eastern people, Asians, Blacks, and American Indians overrepresented. Hispanics most underrepresented
“the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them.” — CNN’s Don Lemon, October 30, 2018 "I said that the biggest terror threat in this country comes from radicals on the...
Few mass public killers have obvious political or religious reasons for doing their shootings, vehicle attacks, or bombings
“right-wing terrorism has become far more commonplace — and, since 9/11, far more deadly — than Islamist terrorism in America” -- Max Boot, Washington Post, October 28, 2018. "the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the...
UPDATED: Vehicle attacks around the world since 2000
Terrorist vehicle attacks with 4 or more fatalities are still relatively rare, though they are becoming more frequent. Radical Muslims committed 83% of mass public attacks committed up through the end of 2017. Including attacks where fewer than 4 victims...
Muslims responsible for at least 80% of the worldwide bombings killing at least 4 people during 2014-15
During 2014 and 2015 there were 1,761 bombings in the world that killed at least four people. Of those, 1,401 were by radical Muslims, 58 were non-Muslims, and 302 were unknown. It seems likely that most of those unknown attacks were also by radical Muslims, but...
UPDATED: Comparing Death Rates from Mass Public Shootings and Mass Public Violence in the US and Europe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXGgI2E5JUw Update Post: For our latest work comparing mass public shootings across countries, please click here and here. For those interested, Snopes.com has given this research below a "mixed" rating. For a discussion of...
A note on mass victim knife attacks around the world: a single, very small 16 year old was able to wound at least 24 people with a knife in just 5 minutes
John Lott had a discussion about the Pennsylvania attack on Coast to Coast AM (April 10, 2014 from 1:08 to 1:11 AM). Franklin Regional High School near Pittsburgh was the horrific scene on Wednesday with "at least 24" injured, including 5 critically wounded. The...