Updated information on Mass Public Shootings from 1998 through October 2023

Between January 1st, 1998, and October twenty fifth, 2023, 52.5% of assaults used solely handguns, and 16.8% used solely rifles of any kind—thirty-five p.c of assaults used solely rifles or rifles together with one other kind of gun. Given the controversy over pistol-stabilizing braces, the Excel file we offer lists the weapons utilized in every assault, and two of the assaults used AR-15-type handguns with a pistol-stabilizing brace.

59.3% of the US inhabitants was non-Hispanic white in 2022, with 4% being Center Japanese, so about 55.3% are non-Center Japanese whites. With 55% of the murderers and victims being non-Center Japanese whites, whites are barely under their share of these concerned in these assaults. 

With all of the discussions concerning the racial motives of shooters, blacks are underrepresented as a share of the victims. Blacks comprise 16.7% of the murderers however solely 9.9% of the victims. That 9.9% is lower than their 13.6% of the final inhabitants. 

Hispanics are underrepresented as a share of mass murderers. 10.8% of those mass murderers are Hispanic in comparison with Hispanics, making up 18.9% of the final inhabitants. However their 17.1% share of the victims is near Hispanics’ share of the final inhabitants.

In comparison with Center Easterners at 4% of the final inhabitants, they’re overrepresented as a share of mass murderers (6.9%) and underrepresented by way of victims (0.9%).

Asians make up 6.1% of the inhabitants, however they’re overrepresented in each mass murderers (7.8%) and much more overrepresented as victims (9.7%). Apparently, 44% of the Asians murdered in these assaults had been murdered by different Asians.

From January 1st, 1998, to October twenty fifth, 2023, 51% of mass murderers have seen psychological well being care professionals earlier than their assaults.

In 2022, about 6% of the US had been veterans, however nearly 20% of mass public shooters had been veterans.

The ultimate set of figures present how California’s per capita charge of Mass Public Shootings is far greater than the speed for the remainder of the nation. Since 2000, California’s charge is 0.33 per million and for the remainder of the US it was 0.25. Since 2010, California’s charge is 0.28 per million and 0.15 for the remainder of the US. Since 2020, it’s 0.13 for California and 0.05 for the remainder of the US.