There have been at least 70 in the last three decades—and most of the killers got their guns legally.
That's how MJ opens this piece - with that staggering statistic.
Thirty-three of these mass shootings have occurred since 2006. Seven of them took place in 2012, and another five occurred in 2013 . . .
You need to know about these things, folks. You can't make an intelligent case against the massive gun industry if you don't have the facts about what their products are used for.
Join me for the rest of this after the squiggly thing.
Mother Jones has done their homework and you have to check this article out. Hell, I'm bookmarking it for the info they've compiled here.
We've gathered detailed data on three decades worth of cases and mapped them below, including information on the shooters' profiles, the types of weapons they used, and the number of victims they injured and killed. The below analysis covers the cases from 1982 through 2012, and the map has been updated with cases through 2013.
Of the 143 guns possessed by the killers, more than three quarters were obtained legally. The arsenal included dozens of assault weapons and semi-automatic handguns with high-capacity magazines.
Read much more and mouse over the dots on their nationwide map for the particulars of the individual crimes at
THIS LINK to the Mother Jones article.
A well-regulated militia is no longer necessary to the security of this free state, so I think that the time has come to infringe a little bit on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. This Second Amendment needs some amending of its own. The Founders would NEVER have allowed gun crimes like this to continue for decades without acting to protect We the People from gun violence on this level.
It's 4AM here in Pittsburgh. I'm hitting the sack and will check back in the late morning.