You might be surprised at how many multiple-victim public shootings happen in the U.S. Here's an interactive map that plots such shootings going back to only 2005. Click on a dot at the site to pull up more information. Since posting this map, the Daily Beast has received more information from readers, so they've set up a link through which you can contribute what you know for an updated edition coming soon. Link
You might be surprised at how many multiple-victim public shootings happen in the U.S. Here's an interactive map that plots such shootings going back to only 2005. Click on a dot at the site to pull up more information. Since posting this map, the Daily Beast has received more information from readers, so they've set up a link through which you can contribute what you know for an updated edition coming soon. Link
Map FAIL!
AR = Arkansas
AZ = Arizona
AK = Alaska
^Is this really that hard for people to understand?
Che, there were 16,799 homicides in the US in 2009. 11,493 were attributable to firearms. That's 68%, Che. Should I have said 'only' 68%?
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm