Comment on Tomorrow’s world: A guide to the next 150 yearsparentComments−dmm13yThe number of mass shootings per year in the US has not significantly changed in decades. Nor has the number of people killed in mass shootings.−ck213yhttp://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2012/1...I guess we are just quibbling about the word "mass"−dmm13yIf you're interested in total homicides take a look at the homicides rates for the past 60 years: http://i.imgur.com/3bFjZu4.png2010 was about the same as it was in 1963. Homicides are not a growing problem in the US. Homicide rates have been dropping for years.I got that chart from the Bureau of Justice statistics. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2221
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The number of mass shootings per year in the US has not significantly changed in decades. Nor has the number of people killed in mass shootings.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2012/1...
I guess we are just quibbling about the word "mass"
If you're interested in total homicides take a look at the homicides rates for the past 60 years: http://i.imgur.com/3bFjZu4.png
2010 was about the same as it was in 1963. Homicides are not a growing problem in the US. Homicide rates have been dropping for years.
I got that chart from the Bureau of Justice statistics. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2221