Online media reported on the 28th that about 80% of mass shootings in the United States involved legally sold firearms.
According to recent data released by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Department of Justice, an analysis of mass shootings in the United States between 1966 and 2019 that resulted in the deaths of four or more people found that 77% of shooters used at least one legally purchased firearm in their crimes. appeared to have been used.
Only 13 percent of the cases involved illegally purchased firearms being used for crimes, and there were also cases of shootings by stealing firearms from acquaintances such as family members.
It was found that more than 80% of gunmen who committed crimes in middle and high schools used firearms owned by their families.
The NIJ emphasized that even this is a figure that failed to verify information about 32.5% of all mass shootings.
This can be verified through real-life examples.
The suspect who killed six people, including students and faculty, at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee the day before was known to have legally purchased and possessed a total of seven tablets, including three guns used in the case.
The shooter who killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, in May last year bought an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and a shotgun from a federally licensed gun company, and received a rifle as a gift, the Associated Press reported.
A few days before the shooter who killed 21 people, including 19 children, at Rob Elementary School in Euvaldy, Texas, in May last year, he legally purchased two semi-automatic rifles.
The gunman who killed 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in February 2018 also legally purchased an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.