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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Research Confirms Gun Rampages Are Rising—and Armed Civilians Don't Stop Them
By the time the nation confronted the unthinkable school massacre in Connecticut last December, Mother Jones' groundbreaking investigation of mass shootings, launched the prior summer, had shown that mass gun violence in America was on the rise. The trend appeared to be no coincidence in light of the proliferation of guns and looser gun laws nationwide. One leading criminologist took issue with our criteria, arguing that mass shootings had not become more common. But now, research from an expert on criminal justice at Texas State University further shows that gun rampages in the United States have escalated.
The research, to be published in a book in July, confirms that:
Public shooting rampages have spiked in particular over the last few years
Many of the attackers were heavily armed
None of the shootings was stopped by an ordinary citizen using a gun
The research, to be published in a book in July, confirms that:
Public shooting rampages have spiked in particular over the last few years
Many of the attackers were heavily armed
None of the shootings was stopped by an ordinary citizen using a gun
SNIP:
Blair found that at least 41 percent of the attackers carried multiple weapons. We found that a majority of mass shooters carried multiple weapons, and that more than half of them used assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Moreover, our investigation made clear that so-called "good guys with guns" do not stop public shooting rampages. Likewise, Blair's data couldn't be any clearer when it comes to the National Rifle Association's favorite myth: He found just 3 cases out of 84 in which an armed individual who had been on the scene used a firearm to stop the shooter. And none of the three were ordinary citizens. According to Blair, in two instances those who intervened were off-duty police officers: one in a case in upstate New York in 2010, and another in a case in Philadelphia in 2005. The third case took place in Winnemucca, Nevada, in 2008; the man there who intervened and shot the rampaging gunman, as I've reported previously, was a US Marine.
Moreover, our investigation made clear that so-called "good guys with guns" do not stop public shooting rampages. Likewise, Blair's data couldn't be any clearer when it comes to the National Rifle Association's favorite myth: He found just 3 cases out of 84 in which an armed individual who had been on the scene used a firearm to stop the shooter. And none of the three were ordinary citizens. According to Blair, in two instances those who intervened were off-duty police officers: one in a case in upstate New York in 2010, and another in a case in Philadelphia in 2005. The third case took place in Winnemucca, Nevada, in 2008; the man there who intervened and shot the rampaging gunman, as I've reported previously, was a US Marine.
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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mass-shootings-rampages-rising-data
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New Research Confirms Gun Rampages Are Rising—and Armed Civilians Don't Stop Them (Original Post)
sheshe2
Apr 2013
OP
Maybe 120 people die a year in mass shootings. About 9000 die from normal shootings.......
Logical
Apr 2013
#8
547 killed in mass shootings in last 30 years, about the same as Chicago last year.
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Apr 2013
#9
onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Armed Civilians ARE them. nt
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. No!
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sheshe2
(83,759 posts)3. Unfortunately, yes. N/T
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)4. What I should have said is: This must stop! Now!
sheshe2
(83,759 posts)5. Agreed!
The numbers are staggering.
beevul
(12,194 posts)6. I guess they missed the new life church shooting. N/T
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)7. A former policeman acting as armed security
would probably not be considered reasonable definition of an "ordinary citizen"
beevul
(12,194 posts)10. Former being "years previous"...
I'd question that definition, myself.
Logical
(22,457 posts)8. Maybe 120 people die a year in mass shootings. About 9000 die from normal shootings.......
But everyone wants to fix the mass shootings.
How about we find out why the 9000 are happening.
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(19,768 posts)9. 547 killed in mass shootings in last 30 years, about the same as Chicago last year.
The number of persons killed in mass shootings are less than one percent of gun deaths in the US.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/547-dead-476-hurt-mass-shootings-since-1983-182605303--politics.html