New study shows the purchase activity of mass shooters prior to events

[Saltwater60]

So they sumtidied their habits and largely came up empty handed IMO but did they study people who didn’t do mass shootings? This is a very one sided finding that proves little. You can’t really say this with any sort of certainty or forgive out those buying guns through straw purchases.

Study finds mass shooters have distinct patterns of buying guns

The increase in gun violence in the United States has put pressure on law enforcement and others to find ways to reduce it. In 2022, there were 647 mass shootings, up from 383 in 2016. There has also been a three-fold increase in active shooter events between 2000 and 2016. These are defined as...

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[tirwin1]

Yawn.

 

[ManrisFrack]

This shit study is as garbage as they come. Sounds like it was done by freshman undergrads.

22 individuals... you can't get any statistically relevant data from 22 cases.
They went back as far as 1985... not only did CA laws governing who could purchase what change drastically between 1985 and 2018, the record keeping and processing methods were statutorily changed during that period as well.

Classic example of garbage "science" done solely for headlines and talking points.

 

[Saltwater60]

This shit study is as garbage as they come. Sounds like it was done by freshman undergrads.

22 individuals... you can't get any statistically relevant data from 22 cases.
They went back as far as 1985... not only did CA laws governing who could purchase what change drastically between 1985 and 2018, the record keeping and processing methods were statutorily changed during that period as well.

Classic example of garbage "science" done solely for headlines and talking points.

Not to mention they didn’t study people that bought guns and didn’t commit mass shootings. I agree it’s useless but wanted to post it because this is the shit we deal with.

 

[Grimscale]

Interesting.
I didn't know the definition of "purchasing" included killing your mother (?) to get at all of her guns. Just to name one of the more famous and recent "mass shooters".

 

[Jchrisls]

Not to mention they didn’t study people that bought guns and didn’t commit mass shootings. I agree it’s useless but wanted to post it because this is the shit we deal with.

Actually, it would stunt the statistics if by percentage you compared legally purchased firearms never used in any shooting VS all used in mass shootings. The number I mentioned would be deep behind in decimal points.

 

[Bustedknees]

 

[dsdmmat]

Hmm yeah, next.

 

[Catskillkid]

So from the Cliff Notes version that the article gives it makes it sound like any gun owner could potentially be a mass shooter.

The researchers identified several distinct patterns of gun purchases for buyers who went on to commit mass shootings. Compared to other legal gun purchasers, mass and active shooters who perpetrated an attack between 1996 and 2018 and had a history of authorized purchasing:

• purchased more handguns in the year before the attack
• purchased their first gun at an older age
• were more likely to have a history of purchase denials

Some buying patterns suggest pre-attack planning and a desire to have a firearm purchase record that was harder to trace. Analyses of individuals from California who perpetrated a mass or active shooting between 1985 and 2018 found that firearms acquired closer to the date of the attack were more likely to be:

• long guns
• used during the attack
• purchased out-of-state
• acquired in an unauthorized manner, even among some mass and active shooters who were not prohibited from buying guns at the time of purchase

With the possible exception of the last two bullet points what the hell differentiates them from any other gun owner? What does an "older age" even mean? Is it defined. Garbage in garbage out social science pushing an agenda is all this is.

 

[dsdmmat]

Purchased more handguns the year before the attack? More than what? More than The year before, more than the neighbor down the street? More than the Ukrainian Army? What reference is the word more?

 

[Depick]

Just plain garbage