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Because that would be inaccurate. https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/47

Because that would be inaccurate. https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in... Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and August 2019, by shooter's race and ethnicity White 64 Black 19 Latino 10 ... Comparisons to population percentage, etc. Female shooters are rare, but exist. " Women accounted for nine of 251 active shootings in the United States — or roughly 3.6 percent — between 2000 and 2017, according to the FBI." https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-fe-female-shooters-trans-men-aberdeen-20180920-story.html https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-fe-female-shooter...

DanBC 7y ago
The title is "nearly all", not "all". Women experience these same things but, as you've said, tend not to go on murder rampages.
- kbutler 7y ago
  Yes. Female is 3.6% according to article I linked above, so some may consider male "nearly all". White is 57% according to the statistics link I posted above, so white is inaccurate even with "nearly all". Thus, "nearly all" "male and white" would be wrong and misleading. The more important question would be, does either of those help identify potential risks? So you should turn the statistics around: What percentage of males become mass shooters? (0%) What percentage of whites become mass shooters? (0%) So, yes, males and whites "tend not to go on murder rampages". Not particularly helpful. Of course, the same can probably also be said about their other "things in common", but maybe we can identify something that will help.
blaser-waffle 7y ago
The US is approx 73% white. All other factors being equal, I'd expect roughly 70% of the shooters to be white people. 64 a lot of shootings, but in context it's not surprising. Black folks are around 12-14%, concentrated mostly in the south or big cities. 19% is a little high but still within a roughly corresponding population size. The Latino population is roughly 16%, estimated to be 30% by around 2050. The real question is why the Latinos have less shootings, proportionally, than the other groups; my best guess is something loosely related to the "Hispanic Paradox" which is basically that Hispanic populations do better in terms of health outcomes and other health-related metrics than other poor, non-white Minorities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_paradox

DanBC 7y ago

The title is "nearly all", not "all". Women experience these same things but, as you've said, tend not to go on murder rampages.

kbutler 7y ago
Yes. Female is 3.6% according to article I linked above, so some may consider male "nearly all". White is 57% according to the statistics link I posted above, so white is inaccurate even with "nearly all". Thus, "nearly all" "male and white" would be wrong and misleading. The more important question would be, does either of those help identify potential risks? So you should turn the statistics around: What percentage of males become mass shooters? (0%) What percentage of whites become mass shooters? (0%) So, yes, males and whites "tend not to go on murder rampages". Not particularly helpful. Of course, the same can probably also be said about their other "things in common", but maybe we can identify something that will help.

blaser-waffle 7y ago

The US is approx 73% white. All other factors being equal, I'd expect roughly 70% of the shooters to be white people. 64 a lot of shootings, but in context it's not surprising. Black folks are around 12-14%, concentrated mostly in the south or big cities. 19% is a little high but still within a roughly corresponding population size. The Latino population is roughly 16%, estimated to be 30% by around 2050. The real question is why the Latinos have less shootings, proportionally, than the other groups; my best guess is something loosely related to the "Hispanic Paradox" which is basically that Hispanic populations do better in terms of health outcomes and other health-related metrics than other poor, non-white Minorities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_paradox