Mass Shootings in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic

[MaverickNH]

Mass Shootings in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This cross-sectional study analyzes changes in mass shootings in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic.

jamanetwork.com

"This cross-sectional study analyzed changes in mass shootings during the COVID-19 pandemic by examining publicly available information about mass shootings in the US between January 1, 2014, and June 30, 2021, from the Gun Violence Archive, a repository of gun violence incidents collected from over 7500 law enforcement, media, government, and commercial sources...The data included 2985 mass shootings during the study period, involving 3185 people killed and 12 547 injured."

The 3185 killed & 12547 injured is a ~20% lethality rate in mass shootings. A Chicago shooting tracker (Chicago Crime, Murder & Mayhem | Criminal Infographics | HeyJackass!) finds a ~22% lethality rate, so mass shootings appear no more deadly than shootings on the mean streets of Chicago. And 3185 of ~118k firearms homicides logged during the study period by CDC is 2.7% killed with firearms in mass shootings.

Mass shootings attract significant media exposure but remain the tip of the iceberg. Excessive focus on mass shooting by the medical profession risks distracting from the main problem - non-mass shootings.

And guess what - it gets hot and people get killed.

 

[Waher]

View: https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1442629204504350723

 

[Dennis in MA]

Epud.

 

[ReluctantDecoy]

Rules for plotting a line graph: Use distinct colors, don't repeat colors, and make lines thick enough that you can actually see the colors. They failed on all counts.