The Myth That the US Leads the World in Mass Shootings

[Sanguine]

If you asked me this morning which nation has the most mass shootings in the world, I would have said, with perhaps a flicker of hesitation, the United States.

This is a tad embarrassing to admit because I’m pretty familiar with shooting statistics, having written several articles on gun violence and the Second Amendment. Below is a basic overview of gun violence in America. While gun homicides have been steadily declining for decades in the US, mass shootings have indeed been trending upward.



This fact alone probably would not have led me to believe that the US leads the world in mass shootings, however. An assist goes to the US media and politicians....

https://www.dcclothesline.com/2019/02/26/the-myth-that-the-us-leads-the-world-in-mass-shootings/

A lot of good information in this article.

[austingirl]

Mass shootings have to be looked at in perspective of population numbers. CNN et al don't do this, of course.