"In the wake of tragedy in Newtown CT, Congress defined “mass killings” as “3 or more killings
in a single incident” (P.L. 112-265). Any consideration of new or existing gun laws that follows
mass shootings is likely to generate requests for comprehensive data on the prevalence and
deadliness of these incidents. Despite the pathos of mass shootings, only a handful of researchers
and journalists have analyzed the principal source of homicide data in the United States—the
Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI)—to determine whether those incidents have become more prevalent and deadly..."
Mass murder & firearms
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