'The recent spike in mass killings, and mass shootings, in particular, is unprecedented,' says James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston.
in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A total of 15 people were killed in those three shootings.
"The recent spike in mass killings, and mass shootings, in particular, is unprecedented," says James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston. He oversees and maintains the database. The database shows 27 people were killed in November by gunfire in six mass shootings, defined as four or more deaths, excluding the perpetrator. A total of 35 people died in November in eight mass killings, which include deaths by guns and other means."Although these events are in a relative sense rare, representing fewer than 1% of all homicides in the U.S., they do signal the need for action in terms of gun safety legislation, but not panic," Fox says.
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