Articles Tagged with ''mass shooting''

A new survey suggests that campuses nationwide might be unprepared to deal with an active shooter.

The United States is, by a long shot, the global leader in mass shootings, claiming just 5% of the global population but an outsized share -- 31% -- of the world's mass shooters since 1966.

Mass killings and school shootings spread "contagiously," a new study found.

Between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2013, there were 413 fatalities from mass shootings in the 34 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Mass shootings have remained stagnant over 34 years, averaging 20 a year and are not fueld by media attention, says a crime study.

Boston police are clashing with the city's incoming mayor over a proposal to arm some officers with AR-15 rifles.

Forty-eight percent of Americans blame the mental health system “a great deal” for mass shootings in the U.S., unchanged from January 2011, according to a new Gallup poll.

The deadly shooting at Washington D.C.’s Navy Yard is promoting Senators to consider a fresh attempt to advance legislation strengthening background checks for gun buyers, Bloomberg reports.

More than 900 people died in mass shootings during the past seven years, and a majority of them were killed by people they knew, according to USA TODAY.

Most active shooters in the past decade acted alone, the report notes, and 51 percent were deceased following the attack.