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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
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Below are figures taken by FBI Crime stats. They do these monthly, quarterly and annual. I believe one issue that could lead to differing figures would be defining a mass shooting. If it is two or more people shot the result would differ from let's say five or more. Whatever the results, I would ask what is the purpose of looking at this number? Is it to say race x is more prone to violence than race Y, leading to a genetic propensity for violence? Is it due to cultural differences? Perhaps economic issues? Let's say that we find out that male poc commit statistically significantly more mass shootings than their four percent population. What then? The figures below represent a month. It gets confusing when you look at. The numbers used mostly by those trying to say white males are disproportionately more likely to commit mass shootings are those from Statista. Statista uses figures from 1982 thru 2023, and of the 140 mass shootings, ??? 140? In 41 years? Others show 40+ monthly. I guess the takeaway here, including the numbers used below, would be that you can use statistics to prove your point, instead of using stats to develop your view. One chart I found to be more honest, maybe, is the DOJ, FBI stats Table 43A by Race and Ethnicity, 2019
[10,831 agencies; 2019 estimated population 229,735,355]
Of the 46 mass shooters in the Gun Violence Archive database for March 2021, 2% (1) was committed by a White male; 8% (4) were committed by Hispanics; 45% (21) were committed by African Americans; and in 43%, or 20 cases, the attacker’s race is unknown (for example because they were never caught or the police description of the shooter is ambiguous).
In January 2019 I conducted an identical analysis, finding total of 27 American mass shootings. Of those two were home invasion shootings in Houston, Texas; one in which several would-be robbers breaking into a home were shot by the homeowner, and the second when police raided the wrong house and came under fire from the (innocent) occupants within. Neither of these fit the typical image of a “mass shooter” threat or situation so both were omitted from the dataset, bringing the total to 25. Of the 25 mass shootings in the Gun Violence Archive database for January 2019, 16% (4) of them were committed by white males; 4% (1) was committed by a Hispanic man; 64% (16) were committed by African-Americans; and in 16%, or 4 cases, the attacker’s race is unknown.