SpectralPineapple@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 5 months agoMental illness account for a very small proportion of mass shootings in the USwww.columbiapsychiatry.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkMental illness account for a very small proportion of mass shootings in the USwww.columbiapsychiatry.orgSpectralPineapple@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.org · 5 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareVodulas [they/them]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months ago the Columbine, Christchurch, and Uvalde shooters all fit this stereotype that I have, but apparently that doesn’t map to reality. I think people don’t realize how many mass shootings happen in the US. Mostly because they don’t typically make the news outside the place they occur. CW: List of mass shootings in the US for 2024 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2024 TL;DR: There have been 372 this year alone. That is 372 in 218 days, so more than one a day on average
I think people don’t realize how many mass shootings happen in the US. Mostly because they don’t typically make the news outside the place they occur.
CW: List of mass shootings in the US for 2024 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2024
TL;DR: There have been 372 this year alone. That is 372 in 218 days, so more than one a day on average