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Mass Murderers

* Mass Shooting Data & Research | The Violence Project
* Mass Shooting Factsheet | Rockefeller Institute of Government
* Mass Shootings in America | Everytown Research & Policy
Evidence concerning the regulation of firearms design, sale, and carrying on fatal mass shootings in the United States
"This study identified two policies associated with reductions in fatal mass shootings —laws requiring firearm purchasers or owners to acquire a license that involves in-person application and/or fingerprinting of applicants and state laws banning the purchase of LCMs or ammunition-feeding devices for semiautomatic firearms."
Examining differences between mass, multiple, and single-victim homicides to inform prevention: findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System. Abstract excerpt: "Compared with victims of other homicide types, victims of mass homicides were more often killed by strangers or someone else they did not know well, or by family members. More than a third were related to intimate partner violence. Approximately one-third of mass homicide perpetrators had suicidal thoughts/behaviors noted in the time leading up to the incident. Multi-victim homicides were more often perpetrated with semi-automatic firearms than single homicides. When accounting for nonfatally shot victims, over 4 times as many incidents could have resulted in mass homicide. Conclusions: These findings underscore the important interconnections among multiple forms of violence. Primary prevention strategies addressing shared risk and protective factors are key to reducing these incidents."
Mass Murderers Fit Profile, as Do Many Others Who Don’t Kill “Sure, you’ve got these risk factors, but they also describe thousands of people who are never going to commit a mass shooting,” Dr. Swanson said. “You can’t go out and round up all the alienated angry young men.”
NEW STUDIES ON MASS SHOOTINGS ASSESS TRENDS, GAUGE EFFECTIVENESS, AND OFFER POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
A Sequence Analysis of the Behaviors and Experiences of the Deadliest Public Mass Shooters Abstract excerpt: "findings reveal relatively coherent phases in the lives of attackers, highlight the centrality of family problems and interest in past mass killings in the overall sequence, and provide new context to understanding the effect of mental health issues and firearms acquisition in the lives of offenders. A discussion of findings illustrates potential intervention points that may have been overlooked, as well suggestions for future research."

Guns and Violence

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) AACAP Resource Library on Guns and Violence
Debunking Myths About Gun Violence
Firearm Prevalence and Homicide
Gun Violence: UC Davis Researches Causes, Trends, Solutions "According to our two experts, public mass shootings typically capture the public’s attention; however, they comprise only one percent of all deaths from firearm violence. The majority of deaths from firearms are suicides rather than homicides."
The Relationship Between Firearm Prevalence and Violent Crime
What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. (pewresearch.org)