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Just curious? Anybody ran the numbers?

Just curious, does anyone know how many mass shootings there have been in the US since 2008 til now? How many has there been from 2000 -2008. 9/11 doesn't count before somebody puts it in the equation, 9/11 wasn't a mass shooting. Any thoughts as to why ?

Update:

Just trying to determine the rise or fall of mass shootings in the US. I am a gun owner and never one time have I raised a firearm in anger toward anyone. I am pro constitution, pro American, not affiliated with any particular group. I am a vet, and very anti UN. It disgusts me that people flip out and do these kinds of things. I am still stumped as to why? Mental illness, well, to a point yes, but there still is an undetermined answer as to why?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    Seventeen from 2008 until now... (total deaths 66)

    From 2000 to 2008 there were twenty-three... (total deaths 154)

    What point were you TRYING to make?

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northame...

  • 8 years ago

    Don't forget a couple of points.

    1) Gun laws have not tightened since the Bush administration. The last tightenning came during Bush's last term.

    2) And it was Reagan who deregulated America's mental health system, turning thousands of schizophrenics, and worse, out on the streets. What would really be interesting is to examine the rise in serial killers since Reagan's landmark deregulation.

    "Look ma, no hannibal lector without Reagan."

  • wtinc
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    the number of mass shooting has nothing to do with gun control as on answer suggested it has to do with the economy and the stress created by those in charge. We seen it in the 80, but as you look at most shooting its liberals who are loosing it.

  • 8 years ago

    Probably some academic somewhere, but no one here's gonna know. That's not how we roll here - facts are considered something for fools. Most folks here are allergic to facts.

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