Spontaneous Musings

1. Mass Shootings in the US Since Sandy Hook, utilizing data from the National Gun Violence Database

Since Sandy Hook, there have been 1,885 mass shootings in the US.

So far in 2018, 290 people have been killed and 1216 wounded in 299 mass shootings.
Methodology

Mass shooting data comes from the Gun Violence Archive, which defines mass shootings as events in which four or more people, excluding the shooter, were shot but not necessarily killed at the same general time and location. GVA’s definition differs from other definitions of mass shootings, which may require that four or more people are killed or exclude certain shootings, such as gang-related and domestic events.

2. Deadliest Mass Shootings in the US 1984-2017


3. Co-worker on Friday: "They had another shooting, three people killed."
Me: Really? Where?
Co-worker: Some business. They just announced it. It's almost as if they've gotten so used to it now, that CNN doesn't even bother reporting it in depth, unless it's more than a handful of people.
Me: Ugh. Guns. Ugh.

We've had two shootings this week alone.


Three Hate-Filled Crimes in the space of 72 Hours


Buffy: Guns? Never Useful. (She bends it in half.)