Mother Jones has expanded a database that documents mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and 2017.
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Mass shootings refers to a shooting incident where at least four people are killed.
Some information from the analysis includes:
To put the list into context, go to the Mother Jones analysis at Guide to Mass Shootings in America.
- Of the 143 guns possessed by the killers, more than three quarters were obtained legally.
- More than half of the cases involved school or workplace shootings.
- Thirty cases took place in locations including shopping malls, restaurants, and religious and government buildings.
- Forty-four of the killers were white males. Only one was a woman.
Below is the list of incidents from Mother Jones.
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