list of mass shootings in Texas

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shootings_in_Texas

Assassination of John F. Kennedy Dallas November 22, 1963 2 While travelling in an open car, President John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, who then murdered J. D. Tippit, a Dallas police officer who had spotted him in a local neighborhood.
Lee Harvey Oswald Dallas November 24, 1963 1 As Oswald was being escorted by police through the Dallas Police Headquarters basement to a waiting armored car that was to take him to the county jail, he was fatally shot in the abdomen, at close range, by Dallas nightclub operator Jack Ruby. The shooting was broadcast live on network television.

University of Texas tower shooting Austin August 1, 1966 18 A student, sniper, Charles Whitman, barricaded himself atop a campus tower, shooting at the people down below before being shot by Austin police officers.
Daingerfield church shooting Daingerfield June 22, 1980 5 Religious hate crime
Grand Prairie shooting Grand Prairie August 9, 1982 6 Workplace violence
Luby's shooting Killeen October 16, 1991 24 Misogynistic attack
Waco siege Axtell February 28, 1993 22 Botched police warrant search
Murder of Selena Corpus Christi March 31, 1995 1
Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting Fort Worth September 15, 1999 8 Religious hate crime
2009 Fort Hood shooting Fort Hood November 5, 2009 14 Terrorist attack
University of Texas Library shooting Austin September 28, 2010 1 A student, Colton Tooley, fired shots from an AK-47 before killing himself in the Perry–Castañeda Library.[1]
2012 College Station shooting College Station August 13, 2012 3 Shootout with the police
2014 Fort Hood shootings Fort Hood April 2, 2014 4 Workplace violence
2014 Harris County shooting Spring July 9, 2014 6 Domestic violence
Curtis Culwell Center attack Garland May 3, 2015 2 Two attackers were the only fatalities
2015 Waco shootout Waco May 17, 2015 9 Large, confused shootout with Bandidos, Cossacks, and allies
2015 attack on Dallas police Dallas/Hutchins June 13, 2015 1 Attack on police headquarters, followed by a chase that resulted in the attacker being killed.
2015 Harris County shooting near Houston August 8, 2015 8 Domestic violence
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers Dallas July 7, 2016 6 A single attacker ambushed a group of policemen.
Seminole Texas shooting March 4, 2017 2 Shooter opened fire in a restaurant, killing 1, injuring 1, and then shot 2 more victims on the side of the highway. A total of 4 shot, 2 died and 2 were injured.

2017 Plano shooting Plano September 10, 2017 9 Domestic violence

Sutherland Springs church shooting Sutherland Springs November 5, 2017 27 Deadliest mass shooting in Texas history. Deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history.

2018 Santa Fe High School shooting Santa Fe May 18, 2018 10 School shooting

2019 El Paso shooting El Paso August 3, 2019 23 Shooting inside a Walmart and its surrounding area. The shooter, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, was arrested by the police. 23 others were injured.

Midland–Odessa shootings Odessa and Midland August 31, 2019 8 Spree shooting at multiple locations in the Midland–Odessa area

West Freeway Church of Christ shooting White Settlement, Texas December 29, 2019 3 Gunman opened fire during Sunday morning church service, killing two, before being killed by armed members of the congregation.

Robb Elementary School shooting Uvalde, Texas May 24, 2022 22 Gunman shot grandmother at home, then drove to an elementary school and opened fire, killing 21 people, before being killed by police.

2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting Cleveland, Texas April 28, 2023 5 Gunman shot neighbors, killing 5 people, before fleeing into a wooded area.

[moondust]

1. Texas has the most "registered" guns.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/guns-per-capita

Texas - 588,696
California - 344,622
Florida - 343,288
Virginia - 307,822
Pennsylvania - 236,377
Georgia - 190,050
Arizona - 179,738
Ohio - 173,405
Alabama - 161,641
North Carolina - 152,238
...

But...

Of the 393 million firearms in the U.S., only 6.06 million of them are registered.

IMO, more guns = likely more guns in the hands of the unstable, the unhinged, the hateful and intolerant.

[NJCher]

2. How very strange that

You should post this. Are you a mind reader?

While driving, I found myself thinking about how so many mass shootings are in the South. I then started thinking how many I could list off the top of my head. I chose two states to try to list: FL and TX.

I didn’t come anywhere close to this.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. the mass shootings are happening so frequently... it's hard to remember them

a few stand out because of unique factors.

Columbine high
Virgina Tech
Sandy Hook
The nightclub one in Florida.
Uvalde of course