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WaPo: 12 facts about guns and mass shootings
From the Washington Post. The information was collected after the Aurora, CO massacre.
1. Shooting sprees are not rare in the United States.
2. 15 of the 25 worst mass shootings in the last 50 years took place in
the United States.
3. Lots of guns don’t necessarily mean lots of shootings, as you can see
in Israel and Switzerland.*
4. Of the 11 deadliest shootings in the US, five have happened
from 2007 onward.
5. America is an unusually violent country. But we’re not as violent as
we used to be.
6. The South is the most violent region in the United States.
7. Gun ownership in the United States is declining overall.
8. More guns tend to mean more homicide.
9. States with stricter gun control laws have fewer deaths from
gun-related violence.
10. Gun control, in general, has not been politically popular.
11. But particular policies to control guns often are.
12. Shootings don’t tend to substantially affect views on gun
control.
