Breakdown of race, gender, political affiliation, and religion of mass shooters since 1998.

[Saltwater60]

I thought this was very interesting for sure. I’m glad to see white folks as underrepresented vs population. I doubt it will help us much but hey.

New Data Reveals Race, Gender, Political Affiliations of Mass Murderers Since 1998

A new dataset from the Crime Prevention Research Center compiles the demographic makeup of all mass public shooters in the United States since 1998, and the top-line results appear to contradict media stereotypes about the kind of people who use firearms to commit atrocities.

www.gunsamerica.com

 

[Darth]

That may be the dumbest pie chart I've ever seen in my life.

 

[Criticalt]

John Lott has many questionable research techniques and often cherry picks data to support his pro gun agenda. I believe his good research gets buried in his bad research.
I have no idea which this is.....good or bad.

 

[Saltwater60]

John Lott has many questionable research techniques and often cherry picks data to support his pro gun agenda. I believe his good research gets buried in his bad research.
I have no idea which this is.....good or bad.

Doesn’t all researchers do that? You can make any dataset read what you want it to. I just really liked how white Americans were underrepresented vs population.

 

[Darth]

"Registered as republican in prison."

 

[kev74]

Only 1% of mass shooters between 1998 and 2021 didn't vote for Trump???

 

[Deplorable Me]

It's still pale in comparison to mass murder by governments. Most mass murder is over in minutes, murder by governments spans years.

 

[spat]

It's still pale in comparison to mass murder by governments. Most mass murder is over in minutes, murder by governments spans years.

"how many people have been murdered by white Supremacists ? I'm pretty sure it's a lot less than the 100 million the communists killed last century."

Or even the millions they have in concentration camps today.