75 mass shootings since Sandy Hook, in one map

[onehandle]

In December 2012, a gunman killed 20 children, six adults, and himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The event caught the entire country's attention; we grappled with how violence on such a scale could come about and how to prevent such things from happening in the future. At least 235 people have died in other mass shootings since then, reminding us that these problems are far from over.

That figure is according to a mass shootings database by Stanford Geospatial Center, updated by Vox. The database goes back to 1966 and includes descriptions of many of the incidents. Below, we've extracted its 75 mass shootings after Sandy Hook, up to and including yesterday's shooting at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana:

[img][/img]

(Screenshot. Real map is interactive.)

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/25/8836735/map-mass-shootings-sandy-hook

[RandySF]

1. The 2nd Amendment is killing us off one by one.

[mnhtnbb]

2. Well, that's only because we don't have enough guns. More guns!

That'll stop 'em!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

9. So what enforcement actions are being proposed that would not involve guns?

[Reter]

3. The Mid West looks like a safe place to live

n/t

[HFRN]

4. in the midwest, you get it from texters, not shooters

at least you're not killed or injured by malice, something to be said for that

[HereSince1628]

11. While the western midwest looks safer than the eastern midwest

I rather suspect that there are a lot of weapons there

[d_r]

5. it says

that the methodology included three or more people shot (not necessarily killed). There is another link on this thread that has the methodology of four or more people shot that has a many more shootings listed.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027008544

[valerief]

6. I have the solution. Everyone has to move to Montana. nt

[Initech]

8. Frank Zappa agrees.

[world wide wally]

7. A "sane" country would probably do something to fix it

I guess we should be happy about American exceptionalism though

[KG]

10. the ammosexuals are falling all over themselves defending this weeks mass shooting,

the bizarre notion that nothing can truly be done.

the 2A makes this country suck.