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Nonprofit research group cataloging mass shootings in the U.S.
Different trackers use different definitions, but major count-based trackers put U.S. mass-shooting totals for 2025 in the high hundreds while a separate “mass killings” database—using a stricter fata...
Different data compilers report divergent totals for U.S. firearm deaths in 2024: a CDC-based compilation and aggregators that include suicides put the total near 44,400 deaths (USAFacts), while incid...
Available databases and fact-checkers show that only a very small fraction of U.S. mass-shooting incidents have involved people who were reported to identify as transgender or nonbinary: the Gun Viole...
Available reporting and databases show that mass shootings by people known to identify as transgender in 2024 were extremely rare; major trackers and experts report either zero or a single historicall...
Different agencies and databases use distinct thresholds and concepts: the FBI reports on “active shooter incidents” — “one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people...
Gun Violence Archive (GVA) and multiple news organizations report roughly 350–400 U.S. mass shootings in 2025 to date, while 2024 had substantially more incidents under broad trackers (about 586 event...
Available evidence does not show a clear, sustained link between mass shooters being predominantly “conservative” or “liberal”; researchers and major trackers emphasize motive, online radicalization, ...
When researchers exclude gang- and crime‑motivated shootings, most major U.S. mass‑shooting databases count far fewer incidents and focus on “indiscriminate” public attacks — for example, Mother Jones...
Comparing U.S. mass‑shooting trends across presidential terms is difficult because the underlying counts are small, definitions vary and year‑to‑year volatility is high; RAND and reporting note that c...
Available reporting shows Australia has had very few large public mass shootings since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, but the statement “only two mass shootings in the last 30 years” is not supported ...
Multiple news outlets and datasets say 2025 saw fewer mass shootings than recent years, but counts vary by definition and tracker; several state-level summaries identify Texas, Illinois and California...
Research and reporting show no simple partisan answer to “who is more likely to commit a mass shooting”; , but recent mass shootings include perpetrators across the political spectrum and often involv...
Researchers and trackers disagree on whether gang-related "gang bang" shootings are counted as mass shootings: some major datasets exclude gang- or felony-motivated incidents while others include them...
Research is mixed but leans toward stricter gun regulations being associated with lower firearm deaths and some reductions in violent crime in many studies; authoritative reviews (RAND, Johns Hopkins)...
The U.S. experiences roughly 46,000–47,000 firearm deaths annually in recent years, which translates to about 13–14 gun deaths per 100,000 people on a national, per‑capita basis (13.7 per 100,000 in 2...
Available data sources show that police shootings have averaged roughly 900–1,200 fatalities per year since 2015, with non-governmental trackers (notably The Washington Post’s Fatal Force data summari...
Using the commonly cited “4+ victims” definition (Gun Violence Archive style) the United States records hundreds of incidents per year — sources cite roughly 391 mass shootings in 2025 as of Dec. 14 a...
Statista’s 2024 state ranking lists Mississippi as having the highest gun‑violence rate per 100,000 residents (29.7), followed by Louisiana (28.2); Statista’s summary also lists New Mexico, Alabama an...
Available sources show a range of totals for 2024 U.S. firearm deaths (roughly 31,000–45,000 depending on dataset and whether suicides are included) and consistently report that the majority of firear...
Nationally, multiple databases and news outlets report that mass shootings in 2025 fell by roughly a quarter compared with 2024, but available reporting does not provide a consistent, source-verified ...