the second amendment by Houston Blice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a mass shooter age data en-us 2023-04-11 11:59:20 UTC 2023-04-19 12:22:19 UTC hello@padlet.com #gunviolenceawareness #stopgunviolence #shooting houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551511559 "Research has repeatedly shown that criminal activity increases throughout teen years, reaches its highest point at age 17"

"chronic offenders would be statistically likely to stop committing crime by around the age of 40, Nellis said."

"Brain development isn’t complete until the mid-20s, hindering decision-making that might lead to crime and risky behavior"]]> 2023-04-12 11:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551511559 #gunfacts #gunsafety #massshooting houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551523203 "The median age of mass shooters in the United States is 32. Yet the man who is alleged to have shot dead 11 people in Monterey Park on Jan. 21, 2023, before turning the gun on himself was 72 years old – the oldest mass shooter in modern American history"

"the gunman who took the lives of seven more in Half Moon Bay two days later was also older than most — 66, the third-oldest in history."

"From 1980 to 1989, the median age of mass shooters was 39. Over the next two decades, it was 33. And from 2010 to 2019, it was 29. Since 2020, the median age of mass shooters has come down to just 22 years old"]]> 2023-04-12 12:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551523203 #gunsafety #guncontrol #gunviolence houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551529571 "The two young men accused of carrying out the massacres in Buffalo and Uvalde followed a familiar path: They legally bought semiautomatic rifles right after turning 18, posted images intended to display their strength and menace — and then turned those weapons on innocent people."

"Six of the nine deadliest mass shootings in the United States since 2018 were by people who were 21 or younger, representing a shift for mass casualty shootings, which before 2000 were most often initiated by men in their mid-20s, 30s and 40s."

“We see two clusters when it comes to mass shooters, people in their 40s who commit workplace type shootings, and a very big cluster of young people — 18, 19, 20, 21 — who seem to get caught up in the social contagion of killing,”]]> 2023-04-12 12:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551529571 #politics #gundata #nobias houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551535917 “77% of those who engaged in mass shootings purchased at least some of their guns legally, while illegal purchases were made by 13% of those committing mass shootings.”

"The project spanned mass shootings over more than 50 years, yet 20% of the 167 mass shootings in that period occurred in the last five years of the study period."

"Sixteen of the 20 deadliest mass shootings in modern history (i.e., from 1966 through 2019), occurred between 1999 and 2019, and eight of those sixteen occurred between 2014 and 2019."]]> 2023-04-12 12:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551535917 #theproblemisguns #left #violence houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551546537 "Mass shooters over 60 also tend to have prior criminal records"

"From 1980 to 1989, the median age of mass shooters was 39. Over the next two decades, it was 33. And from 2010 to 2019, it was 29. Since 2020, the median age of mass shooters has come down to just 22 years old"

"though mass shooters at offices, warehouses and houses of worship skew older, shooters at K-12 schools, colleges and universities tend to be younger — in large part because many school shooters tend to be current or former students."]]> 2023-04-12 12:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551546537 #leanleft #guncontrolnow #justice houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551554278 "Men in a younger age range are ... more likely to be impulsive"

"between 1976 and 2018, 82% of all mass shooters in the U.S. were under the age of 45."

"Metzl says that neither gender nor age, at the end of the day, is the most important predictor for gun violence.
"It's access," he said. "The easier it is for people to get guns, the easier it is for people of all age demographics to get into shootings.""
]]> 2023-04-12 12:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2551554278 #data #database #guncontrol houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2552165216 "This database originally covered cases from 1982 to 2012 and has since been updated and expanded numerous times."

"this database does not include... attacks in which fewer than three victims died"


]]> 2023-04-12 21:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2552165216 #factcheck #facts #age houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2552167173 "academic studies have found that about a quarter of shooters were younger than 25."

"When the Post analyzed these shootings, it found that more than two-thirds were committed by shooters younger than 18. The analysis found that the median age for school shooters was 16."

"A large-scale RAND study found that 26% of mass public shooters between 1976 and 2018 were younger than 25. Another study from the University of Alabama found that 27.2% were younger than 25, and that 6.8% were younger than 18."]]> 2023-04-12 21:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2552167173 #gunsafety #guns #gunreform houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2552170019  "the average age for mass shooters in the modern era is 34 years old. In the last three years, under the sway of the pandemic, that figure has dropped dramatically to as young as 21."

"the previous oldest shooter, who killed five people in Kentucky in a retail store in 1981, was 70."

" the older age of the California suspects was “strikingly rare”"]]> 2023-04-12 21:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2552170019 #center #data #facts houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2552172161 "Guns surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for children and teenagers in 2020"

"2,834 victims have lost their lives in 544 mass killings since 2006"

"2022 saw the second most mass killings in a single year since tracking began."]]> 2023-04-12 21:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2552172161 #gunright #right #massshootings houstonblice https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2552179150 "Some of the same lawmakers stood by Lee’s side three years ago, when he announced his support for eliminating a requirement for people 21 and older to get a permit to carry handguns publicly in Tennessee.The change became law in 2021. In a recent court settlement, the state agreed to drop the minimum age to 18."

"Kentucky passed a measure earlier this year declaring the state a “Second Amendment Sanctuary,” prohibiting local and state police from enforcing any federal firearm regulation banning guns, ammunition, or firearm accessories that took effect after Jan. 21, 2021."

"Neither state has adopted such a law, commonly known as so-called “red flag” laws.To date, 19 states have red flag laws on the books — with many lawmakers enacting them after tragedies. Notably, Florida did so after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland"]]> 2023-04-12 22:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/houstonblice/3tzh0zkm2irz706a/wish/2552179150