User:Horse25/Mass shootings in the United States

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The precise inclusion criteria are disputed, and there is no broadly accepted definition. One definition is an act of public firearm violence—excluding gang killings, domestic violence, or terrorist acts sponsored by an organization—in which a shooter kills at least four victims. We find that the race of the subject is how others end up reposting such as media, protesters, law enforcement response, etc

According to some studies, the United States has had more mass shootings than any other country, however they accounted for less than two-tenths of 1% of homicides between 2000 and 2016. Shooters generally either die by suicide afterwards or are restrained or killed by law enforcement officers or civilians. There is debate as to if mass shooting subjects are under mental illness issues or if there thoughts are rational to them. We question if they are actually in control of their actions.

According to The New York Times, the majority of perpetrators they have published stories about are white males who act alone. According to most analyses and studies, the proportion of mass shooters in the United States who are white is slightly less than the proportion of white people in the general population of the US, however, the proportion of male mass shooters is considerably greater than the proportion of males in the population. We have had more studies done on race, ethnicity and gender for if there is any commonalities in these people who carry out shootings. We have found that white males, and more specifically with mental illness, or suicidal ideation, are the ones who have carried this out the most.