This weekend’s mass shootings come as the country mourns the victims of its deadliest mass shooting this year. Days earlier, 18 people were killed in a shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
This weekend’s mass shootings come as the country mourns the victims of its deadliest mass shooting this year. Days earlier, 18 people were killed in a shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
It seems that COVID-19 had a significant impact on this, and this article has an interesting infographic that shows a distinct change starting in 2020.
This is just correlation, but I am interested if anyone has any better resources. My theory is that it’s a mixture of frustration w/ the government and some kind of long-COVID effects combining to push people on the edge into action. I’m also interested to know if there’s any change in apparent motive.
One thing the first study points out is that we’re not seeing an increase in urban cities, it’s mostly in smaller towns. Gun ownership rates also increased, but if it was just gun sales causing it, I’d expect incidents in cities to also increase.