Mass shooting events
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1982–2024 · Mother Jones
Total fatalities
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across all events
Deadliest event
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Post-AWB acceleration
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incidents/year after 2004 vs before
Fig. 06 · The timeline
Mass shootings · 1982–2024 · sized by fatalities
Every dot is an event the country tried to forget.
Mass shootings account for less than 1% of gun homicides. They account for nearly 100% of the political conversation. The timeline reveals acceleration: more events, more fatalities per event, shorter intervals between them.
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By decade