mass shooting

[ mas-shoot-ing ]

noun

a single incident involving the shooting with one or more firearms of a number of people, but more than two and typically a large number, especially when the victims are random: There's news of a mass shooting at the stadium, with two fatalities and 25 injured.

Origin of mass shooting

First recorded in 1920–25

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We’ve seen especially a lot of inspiration coming from manifestos, particularly after mass shootings.
Labeling groups like the Proud Boys “domestic terrorists” won’t fix anything | Nicole Narea | February 19, 2021 | Vox
The church has survived racial acts of terror, including bombings, fires and mass shootings.
Raphael Warnock’s campaign for the moral high ground | Clyde McGrady | January 2, 2021 | Washington Post
There were 417 mass shootings by the end of 2019, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as one where four or more people are shot.
Does Restricting Access to Guns Reduce Gun Violence? | Truthbetold | December 14, 2020 | TruthBeTold.news
After a mass shooting in the United States, the conversation that always arises is whether new gun laws are needed to make the country safe.
Does Restricting Access to Guns Reduce Gun Violence? | Truthbetold | December 14, 2020 | TruthBeTold.news
States with less strict gun laws have more mass shootings than those with stricter gun laws, the Post article found.
Does Restricting Access to Guns Reduce Gun Violence? | Truthbetold | December 14, 2020 | TruthBeTold.news

Another mass shooting has taken the lives of innocent kids, interrupting Benghazi coverage on Fox News.
How The NRA Will Get You the Sexy Girl and Give You Your Schwerve Back | Cliff Schecter | May 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Since then, a country with the same frontier history as the United States has not experienced one mass shooting.
How the NRA Enables Massacres | Cliff Schecter | May 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Obama attended a similar ceremony at the base five years ago, after a previous mass shooting left 13 soldiers dead.
Thank God the Murrysville School Attack Wasn’t Guns | Michael Daly | April 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
She was 22 when I encountered her in 2007 at Virginia Tech in the aftermath of the mass shooting there.
What if the Founding Fathers Saw Newtown? | Michael Daly | December 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Yesterday the president gave another speech honoring the victims of another mass shooting.
Obama Concedes Washington’s Powerlessness on Gun Control | Jamelle Bouie | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

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