A Department of Justice-funded study released Tuesday details the commonalities in shooters who killed at least four going back to 1966
Researchers at The Violence Project chose that benchmark because the FBI defines 'mass murder' as a slaying involving four or more people
The researchers also decided to start their study with the 1966 University of Texas massacre, because it was the first widely covered by radio and TV
The killing spree set in motion by sniper Charles Whitman after he killed his mother and wife the morning of August 11 left 16 dead and 32 wounded
The study's findings includes a database of almost all shootings of four or more people since and were released days after more slayings on Thursday
Mass shooters in the US have been found to have four commonalities, according to a new government study which has redefined the profile of killers as violence has escalated in the US over the past half century.
A Department of Justice-funded study released Tuesday details how shooters who killed at least four or more people since 1966 have typically had an experience with childhood trauma, a personal crisis or specific grievance, and a 'script' or examples that validate or provide a roadmap.
There is also access to a firearm, according to the study, The Violence Project.
The project includes a database of mass shootings involving four or more victims, which is the FBI benchmark for a 'mass murder', and uses the 1966 University of Texas massacre as a starting point.
The killing spree set in motion from the bell tower of the school by sniper Charles Whitman after he killed his mother and wife the morning of August 11 and which left 16 people dead and 32 wounded was chosen by researchers because it was the first to be widely covered on radio and TV.
The database has almost every shooting of four or more victims since the Texas slaying. It does not include the mass shooting in Santa Clarita, California, on Thursday. Nathaniel Belrhow, 16, was named by authorities as the gunman who shot five fellow students - killing two - before turning the gun on himself.
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THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SAID NO GUNS BECAUSE OF POLICE NOW WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE!!!!
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They don't really care whether the truth gets out, because the public no longer knows what's meant by "the truth."
Well, I mean, no one can tell the difference anymore between what's real and what's fake.
Anyway, the point is, I can tell you all of this, right out in the open, because it doesn't matter who knows about it. They won't know whether to believe it or not.-
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A gun is a tool, Marion, no better or no worse than any other tool, an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.
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