"A mass
shooting is
a violent
crime in
which one or more attackers use a firearm to kill
or injure multiple
individuals in rapid succession. There is no
widely accepted specific definition, and
different organizations tracking such
incidents use different criteria. Mass
shootings are generally characterized by the
targeting (often indiscriminate) of victims
in a non-combat setting, and thus the term
generally excludes gang
violence, shootouts and warfare.
Mass shootings may be done for personal or
psychological reasons, such as by
individuals who are deeply disgruntled,
seeking notoriety, or are intensely
angry at
a perceived grievance; though they have also
been used as a terrorist tactic,
such as when members of an ethnic or
religious minority are targeted. The
perpetrator of an ongoing mass shooting may
be referred to as an active
shooter" Source
Wikipedia
.
Recent years we have seen an uptick
in the number of mass shootings related to
terrorism,
mental
instability and revenge.
Mass shootings are not new to our
society but what is new is the use of more
sophisticated weapons, the loosening of gun
laws and controls. The intensive
coverage that social media and news
organizations are making it prevalence known
world wide..
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