{"id":2278,"date":"2013-05-18T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/05\/18\/about-perceived-increase-in-mass\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:22:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:22:01","slug":"about-perceived-increase-in-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2278","title":{"rendered":"About The Perceived Increase In Mass Shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13551,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/boston.com\\\/community\\\/blogs\\\/crime_punishment&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.boston.com\\\/community\\\/blogs\\\/crime_punishment&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13552,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/20\\\/opinion\\\/fox-mass-murder&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260220102255\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/20\\\/opinion\\\/fox-mass-murder&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 19:51:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 19:51:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13553,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/boston.com\\\/community\\\/blogs\\\/crime_punishment\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/no_increase_in_mass_shootings.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20160124055506\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.boston.com\\\/community\\\/blogs\\\/crime_punishment\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/no_increase_in_mass_shootings.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 19:51:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 19:51:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13554,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/boston.com\\\/community\\\/blogs\\\/crime_punishment\\\/Mass%20Shootings%201980-2010.jpg&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.boston.com\\\/community\\\/blogs\\\/crime_punishment\\\/Mass%20Shootings%201980-2010.jpg&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13555,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/paper.li\\\/davekopel&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nJames Alan Fox is the  Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern University. He is a <a href=\"http:\/\/boston.com\/community\/blogs\/crime_punishment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">columnist for the Boston Globe<\/a> and is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/07\/20\/opinion\/fox-mass-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a strong proponent of gun control<\/a>. In a column from this past August Fox examined the trends in mass shootings. Despite the perception that they are on the increase, <a href=\"http:\/\/boston.com\/community\/blogs\/crime_punishment\/2012\/08\/no_increase_in_mass_shootings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox acknowledges that they aren&#8217;t<\/a> in his Boston Globe column.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>There is one not-so-tiny flaw in all of these theories for the<br \/>\nincrease in mass shootings. <b>And that is that mass shootings have not<br \/>\nincreased in number or in overall body count, at least not over the past<br \/>\n several decades. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Based on data extracted from official police reports to the FBI, the<br \/>\nfigure below shows annual incident, offender and victim tallies for gun<br \/>\nhomicides in which at least four people were murdered. Over the<br \/>\nthirty-year time frame, an average of about 20 mass murders have<br \/>\noccurred annually in the United States with an average death toll of<br \/>\nabout 100 per year.<\/i> <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/boston.com\/community\/blogs\/crime_punishment\/Mass%20Shootings%201980-2010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mass Shootings 1980-2010.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/boston.com\/community\/blogs\/crime_punishment\/assets_c\/2012\/08\/Mass%20Shootings%201980-2010-thumb-533x320-79419.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px; text-align: center;\" width=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Without minimizing the pain and suffering of the hundreds of who have<br \/>\n been victimized in seneless attacks, the facts say clearly that the has<br \/>\n been no increase in mass killings, and certainly no epidemic.<br \/>\nOccasionally, we have witnessed short-term spikes with several shootings<br \/>\n clustering close together in time.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So the next time a gun prohibitionist says that mass shootings are on the increase, point them to the data which refutes it.<\/p>\n<p>\nH\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/paper.li\/davekopel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Kopel<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Alan Fox is the Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern University. 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