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Viral image stated on August 08, 2019 in a post on Facebook:
Says a crisis actor played the parts of a shooting victim and the mothers of shooting victims in Las Vegas, Orlando and Thousand Oaks.  
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 14, 2019
Barack Obama stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks at the White House:
"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2015
Viral image stated on June 04, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows “the Sandy Hook girls that did not die like they said they did!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 13, 2024
Jeff Greenfield stated on February 14, 2018 in a tweet:
"In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1."
By Tom Kertscher• February 15, 2018
Instagram posts stated on February 15, 2024 in a post:
“At least one of Kansas City shooters identified as Sahil Omar, a 44 year old illegal immigrant.”
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 16, 2024
Viral image stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023
Richard Ojeda stated on August 25, 2019 in a tweet:
The United States is "#1 in oil consumption" in the world.
By Autumn Cecil, Jacqueline Kautz• October 1, 2019
Chris Murphy stated on August 27, 2025 in an X post:
Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”
By Amy Sherman• August 28, 2025
Tammy Baldwin stated on October 03, 2017 in a news release:
The Las Vegas shooting was the "273rd mass shooting" in the United States so far in 2017.  
By Tom Kertscher• October 4, 2017
Gavin Newsom stated on December 05, 2015 in a campaign email:
"So far in 2015, there have been more mass shootings than days." 
By Chris Nichols• February 23, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 02, 2015 in a tweet:
"380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone."  
By Amy Sherman• October 8, 2015
Newsweek stated on October 02, 2017 in an article:
"White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group."
By John Kruzel• October 6, 2017
David Cicilline stated on October 23, 2015 in a speech:
"There have been more than 300 mass shootings in the United States this year – more than any other country in the world."  
By Mark Reynolds• November 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton stated on October 09, 2017 in a speech at the University of California at Davis:
"There have been more than 270 mass shootings in the United States in the last year alone. That’s where four or more are killed."
By Chris Nichols• October 10, 2017
Greg Gutfeld stated on June 23, 2022 in a TV segment:
No one “with a concealed carry permit ever committed a mass shooting."
By Bill McCarthy• June 28, 2022
Bill Clinton stated on August 05, 2019 in a tweet:
"After (the assault weapon ban) passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again."  
By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2019
Steve Adler stated on June 14, 2016 in an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM:
Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 23, 2016
Gavin Newsom stated on June 02, 2017 in a tweet:
"Americans are 25x more likely to be shot & killed than others in developed countries."
By Chris Nichols• June 14, 2017
Gun Free UT Gun Free UT stated on October 29, 2015 in web site blog post:
"29 mass shootings have been committed by concealed carriers since 2007, while during this period only one (1) licensed civilian meaningfully intervened in a mass shooting."  
By Filipa Ioannou• November 23, 2015
Eddie Rodriguez stated on November 09, 2017 in an email blast:
Says that "perpetrators of domestic violence accounted for 54% of mass shootings between 2009 and 2016, according to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 3, 2017

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By Louis Jacobson• July 3, 2015

Have there been more US mass shootings than days in 2024? Common statistic needs context

By Amy Sherman• February 16, 2024

How is a ‘mass shooting’ defined?

By Chris Nichols• October 4, 2017

Gun violence spiked during pandemic, even as the deadliest mass shootings waned

By Noah Y. Kim• March 23, 2021

What counts as a “mass shooting”? The definition varies

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• February 14, 2023

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By Chris Nichols• February 23, 2018

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