The mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine – the worst in the state’s history – was carried out by a gunman with a known history of mental illness.
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Red flag laws are an important step in the right direction, but much more work is needed to determine the role of mental health in the lead-up to and aftermath of mass shootings.
Five people — including three children and a shooter — were found dead in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., after shootings at two homes.
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A mass shooting in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. has been classified as a case of intimate partner violence.
A memorial for Joshua Barrick, killed by a shooter at the bank where he worked, April 10, 2023, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Louisville, Ky.
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Is there ever a satisfactory answer to questions about what motivated a mass shooter? There is, but it’s not what you think.
Friends, family and supporters of the victims of the mass killings in rural Nova Scotia in 2020 react at the release of the final report of the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry in Truro, N.S.
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The Mass Casualty Commission into the mass shooting in Nova Scotia in 2020 makes several recommendations to meaningfully change Canada’s gun laws.
Gun control activists rally in Nashville, Tenn.
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Analysis of the 10 years in which the US banned sales of assault weapons shows that it correlates with a drop in mass shooting deaths – a trend that reversed as soon as the ban expired.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, view a memorial at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, in May 2022.
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The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
A tent covers the body of the alleged gunman at Michigan State University.
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A gunman at Michigan State University shot dead three people before taking his own life. Two criminologists explain how the incident fits a pattern of campus attacks.
President Joe Biden urges lawmakers to ban assault weapons “once and for all.”
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Gun policy scholars explain why even supporters of gun control often believe new restrictions are doomed to fail.
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address.
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President Biden outlined his achievements in key policy areas and sketched out his plans for the rest of his term in office.
Two deadly mass shootings have California on edge.
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Mass shooters over the age of 60 are rare, but often differ from younger gunmen in motives and actions prior to their attack.
A community in mourning.
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Once seen as the Chinese Beverly Hills, Monterey Park is now seen as Asian America’s ‘town square’ – the impact of a mass shooting there will ripple across the country.
The mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, Calif., is the latest in an endless string of gun violence tragedies.
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Even people who are only indirectly exposed to these repeat tragedies, such as first responders and those affected by media coverage, can experience profound and long-lasting grief.
Only about 1 in 3 LGBTQ victims of violent hate crimes seek professional help for mental health issues that emerge after an attack.
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For the first time, researchers have been able to produce estimates of the rate of hate crimes against LGBTQ people.
Police cones and tape are seen outside of a condominium building the day after a shooting in Vaughan, Ont.
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A university professor who researches emergency management suddenly found himself in the middle of one of Canada’s worst mass shootings.
Scene of the tragedy: Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, where a Walmart employee gunned down six of his colleagues.
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A recession in the US would lead to more workplace shootings.
The latest target in America’s gun crime epidemic.
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At least six people have been killed in an attack at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. It happened amid a surge of mass shootings in the US.
Flowers at a memorial near Club Q
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Colorado is one of 19 states that have laws in place to prevent individuals believed to pose a threat from obtaining guns. But a preventive order needs to be petitioned before it can be issued.
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Lone gunman incidents have been very rare in Thailand’s history.
White nationalist Dylann Roof appears in court on June 19, 2015, after his arrest in the mass shootings at a Black church in South Carolina.
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Since 2017, the FBI has warned US Congress that the rise of white nationalism and the violence of extremist militia groups is a dangerous domestic terrorism threat.
With the ever-increasing media coverage of mass shootings in the U.S., even the youngest children are now repeatedly exposed to violent images on TV and online.
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The unending stream of violence on news and entertainment programming can have a negative impact on kids of all ages.