Handguns are the most common weapon type used in mass shootings in the United States, with a total of 167 different handguns being used in 117 incidents between 1982 and September 2024. These figures are calculated from a total of 151 reported cases over this period, meaning handguns are in...
In pair 1, 1 boy pulled the trigger 35 times, pointed the real gun out the laboratory window at people in the street, threatened to hit his friend with the gun, and attempted to steal toys and games from the play room. This pair also used aggressive language (eg, “I told you don...
Oct. 19, 2017 A story about gun crimes that uses statistics from the FBI's annual national crime report is flawed. Read More Does a Video Game Allow Players to Assume the Role of a School Shooter? Written by: Dan MacGuill May 29, 2018 Survivors of mass shootings and those who hav...
Over the last year, the number of school districts in Ohio that allow staff to be armed quadrupled, with 14% of the state's districts now participating. Nov 18, 2024 Examining debate over arming teachers with guns The U.S. has had at least 109 school shootings in the U.S. so far th...
I used to comment fairly often on the various mass shootings in the US. In fact, I actually started to count the number of posts I’ve written with the tag ‘another mass shooting’ but once I hit 30 posts, I gave it up. I did notice that the last time I commented on a mass sh...
FiveThirtyEight looked at polling and media data to show how support for gun laws has arisen in the wake of intensive media coverage of previous school shootings but has since reverted to the previous mean as the media emphasis has shifted to other concerns. We looked at the coverage of two ...
US Shaken by School Shootings but Action on Guns Is Unlikely; as the US Ponders Its Next Move Following One of the Worst School Shootings in Its History, Experts Say the Country Has Paid for Its Right to "Bear Arms" with a Catalogue of Almost Unparalleled Slaughter. Here, Darren Devine ...
Regarding the argument that modifications can be used against you in court, I have not seen this proven either. The concern is that a prosecutor might portray modifications as making the gun “more deadly” or “more aggressive,” suggesting you were “looking for a fight.” ...
Abject Failure: Biden’s Few Gun “Accomplishments” Will Likely Be Dumped In what might have been his last major grandstanding event concerning gun control, President Joe Biden on December 14 used the 12th anniversary of the horrible mass murder at Sandy Hook High School in Connecticut…4473...
With guns drawn, police stage surprise raid on school as part of psychological drill to 'protect the children'11/26/2014 - Local cops are justifying their actions, but parents are outraged, because they believe that their children were unnecessarily traumatized and put in danger. As reported by...