>I wonder if the data correlates to recessions and/or inflation. The FBI investigated this and found only a minor correlation. Whereas there is a high correla

>I wonder if the data correlates to recessions and/or inflation. The FBI investigated this and found only a minor correlation. Whereas there is a high correlation between financial crisis and depression. Including suicide which accounts for a very large proportion of gun violence. Which made the FBI discovery rather shocking. Social media is also minor correlation, something like 17%. I think the point discovered is that mass shootings are not statistical. They are microscopic in terms of homicide, Mass shootings accounted for under 0.2% of homicides in the U.S. between 2000 and 2016, which spans the dotcom bust and financial crisis. They aren't even close in terms of gun violence or even gun crime in general.