It is actually unusual to count incidents where one person is killed as a mass shooting. https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting https://www.

It is actually unusual to count incidents where one person is killed as a mass shooting. https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting They may be counting gang shootouts and stuff like that. Guns are still allowed in the US because literally millions of Americans own guns, including semi-automatic rifles, and don't commit crimes with them. Many of them carry a gun concealed every day. Gun owners and concealed carry holders are actually less likely to commit a crime than the general population. In the US, we hold to the old common law idea that people who haven't done anything wrong shouldn't be punished. Many more people die an "alcohol related" death in the US than in incidents related to guns but this receives nowhere near the attention.