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In reply to the discussion: Show me the lie [View all]NickB79
(19,301 posts)14. The vast majority of gun homicides in the US aren't mass shootings
Something like 500 killed annually in mass shootings, vs 15,000 per year in "regular" homicides.
The violence of mass shootings is mostly done by white men. But the majority of gun homicides in the US is minority on minority crime and domestic violence. Both overwhelmingly by angry men.
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Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and October 2023, by shooter's race or ethnicity
Celerity
Oct 2023
#18
I see. So you first claimed that there were, say, 4 mass shootings per year,
Abolishinist
Oct 2023
#36
I think that in terms of fatal mass shootings, the majority of the perps are white males in terms of total numbers,
Celerity
Oct 2023
#37
Christian wackos, an oxymoron, are the cause of all of this shit in fucking America.
SoFlaBro
Oct 2023
#34