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NYU Tandon School of Engineering Lynford Lecture Series

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Dec 31, 2025
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What proportion of mass shooters had documented conservative versus liberal political beliefs?

Most mass shooters do not have a clearly documented partisan identity; when shooters are explicitly ideologically motivated, recent reporting and research show a pronounced predominance of right‑wing ...

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How do researchers define 'mass shooting' and does definition affect counts by political affiliation?

Researchers do not agree on a single definition of "," and the way scholars and databases set victim thresholds, include or exclude domestic or gang-related incidents, or focus on "public" attacks mat...