Map reveals mass shootings in US states since Sandy Hook
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Version 0 of 1. There have been 894 instances of mass shootings in the United States since the murder of 20 children and six of their teachers at a school in Connecticut in December 2012. The incident was the deadliest mass shooting at a school in US history and the second deadliest mass shooting by a single person after the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. Speaking about the tragedy a few months later in March 2013, President Barack Obama said "shame on us" if they forget what happened and continue to block gun law reform. But two and a half years later, this map suggests America has failed to learn lessons about gun crime. The map shows the spread of attacks across the country since 1st January 2013- less than a month after Sandy Hook. The data was compiled by a subreddit feed called "Guns are Cool", which fed the data into a Mass Shootings Tracker. It includes the murder of two Virginian journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who were shot live on air while filming a live news report on Wednesday. It also shows there have been two mass shootings since the attack - killing at least three people and seriously injuring at least five. |