Let's start with a review of notable mass shootings (ie: shootings with more than ten victims):
- September 6, 1949: Camden New Jersey random shooting; 13 dead
- August 1, 1966: University of Texas at Austin shooting; 16 dead plus shooter
- July 18, 1984: San Ysidro McDonalds shooting; 21 killed plus shooter
- August 20, 1986: Edmond Oklahoma post office shooting; 14 dead plus shooter
- August 19, 1987: Hungerford England random shooting; 16 dead plus shooter
- October 16, 1991: Luby’s Diner shooting; 23 killed plus shooter
- March 13, 1996: Scotland school shooting; 17 killed plus shooter
- April 28, 1996: Australia resort shooting; 35 killed
- April 20, 1999: Columbine school shooting; 13 dead plus two shooters
- September 27, 2001: Swiss Parlaiment shooting; 14 killed plus shooter
- April 26, 2002: Germany school shooting; 16 killed plus shooter
- September 1, 2004: Beslan Russia school shooting; 380 people killed
- April 16, 2007: Virginia Tech school shooting; 32 killed plus shooter
- April 3, 2009: Binghamton New York immigrant center shooting; 13 dead plus shooter
- April 30, 2009: Azerbaijan school shooting; 12 killed plus shooter
- November 5, 2009: Fort Hood Texas soldier processing center shooting; 13 dead
- July 22; 2011: Norway summer camp shooting; 80 killed
- July 20, 2012: Aurora Colorado movie theater shooting; 12 dead
- December 14, 2012: Connecticut elementary school shooting; 26 killed plus shooter
From these incidents we can draw the following information:
- Of these 19 incidents, 11 took place in the United States, 1 in England, 1 in Scotland, 1 in Germany, 1 in Australia, 1 in Russia, 1 in Azerbaijan, 1 in Switzerland, and 1 in Norway.
- Of these 19 incidents, 10 took place at educational institutions, 4 at public places (restaurants, resort, movie theater), 3 at government facilities, 2 were random neighborhood shootings.
- Of these 19 incidents, 6 took place in April, 3 took place in July, 3 took place in August, 3 took place in September, 1 in March, 1 in October, 1 in November, and 1 in December
- Of these 19 incidents, 1 took place in the 1940s, 1 took place in the 1960s, 3 took place in the 1980s, 4 took place in the 1990s, 7 took place in the 2000s, and 3 took place in the first two years of the 2010s (and there are still 8 more years to go in the 2010s!)
- Of these 19 incidents, 17 were committed by a single shooter, 1 was committed by two shooters, and 1 was committed by a group of shooters
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