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  1. Mass shootings in the U.S. 1982-2024, by state

    • statista.com
    Updated Jul 14, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Mass shootings in the U.S. 1982-2024, by state [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/811541/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-state/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 14, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    As of September 2024, California had the most mass shootings in the United States, with 26 total shootings since 1982. The source defines a mass shooting as a shooting where three or more people were killed. Recently, a mass shooting occurred in the state of Maine on October 26, 2023, during which one of the highest number of fatalities from a mass shooting was recorded after Robert Card opened fire in a bowling alley and a bar, killing 18 and injuring 13 others. Firearms in the U.S. Mass shootings in the United States are disturbingly common. In comparison with other Western countries, there are significantly more shootings in the U.S., which some theorize is due to the relatively lax gun control laws. Gun control laws in the U.S. are dependent on the state, and the right to own a firearm is enshrined in the United States Constitution. Mass shootings The worst mass shooting in the U.S. was the Las Vegas Strip massacre in 2017, which resulted in 58 deaths and 546 injuries. 13 of the worst mass shootings in the United States have occurred since 2015 and the vast majority of these incidents in the U.S. have been carried out by shooters who are White and male.

  2. Gun Violence, USA

    • kaggle.com
    Updated Apr 3, 2023
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    Eimantas Kulbe (2023). Gun Violence, USA [Dataset]. https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/eimadevyni/shooting-1982-2023-cleaned/data
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 3, 2023
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    Authors
    Eimantas Kulbe
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Gun ownership in the United States is the highest in the world, and constitutionally protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Firearms are widely used in the United States for self-defence, hunting, and recreational uses, such as target shooting.

    Source: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/nidzsharma/us-mass-shootings-19822023

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    Data columns:

    • 0 case
    • 1 location
    • 2 date
    • 3 summary
    • 4 fatalities
    • 5 injured
    • 6 total_victims
    • 7 location.1
    • 8 age_of_shooter
    • 9 prior_signs_mental_health_issues - Cleaned
    • 10 mental_health_details - Cleaned
    • 11 weapons_obtained_legally
    • 12 where_obtained
    • 13 weapon_type
    • 14 weapon_details
    • 15 race - cleaned
    • 16 gender - cleaned
    • 17 latitude - filled from location with Google Maps API
    • 18 longitude - filled from location with Google Maps API
    • 19 type
    • 20 year - retrieved from date column
    • 21 quarter - retrieved from date column
    • 22 half - retrieved from date column
    • 23 month_name - retrieved from date column
    • 24 day_of_week - retrieved from date column
    • 25 age_group - "Teenage", "Early Adulthood", "Middle Adulthood", "Old Age"
    • 26 decade - retrieved from date
    • 27 name - retrieved from splitting summary
    • 28 current_age - retrieved from splitting summary
    • 29 description - retrieved from splitting summary
  3. Number of K-12 school shootings by state U.S. 1966-2025

    • statista.com
    Updated Jul 14, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Number of K-12 school shootings by state U.S. 1966-2025 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971506/number-k-12-school-shootings-us-state/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 14, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    As of July 14, 2025, there have been a total of 277 school shootings in California since 1966, the most out of any state. Texas had the second highest number of school shootings within this time period, with 237 shootings. The source defines a school shooting as every time a gun is brandished, fired, or a bullet hits school property for any reason, regardless of the number of victims (including zero), time, day or the week, or reason, including gang shootings, domestic violence, shootings at sports games and after hours school events, suicides, fights that escalate into shootings, and accidents.

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Mass shootings in the U.S. 1982-2024, by state

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Dataset updated
Jul 14, 2025
Dataset authored and provided by
Statistahttp://statista.com/
Area covered
United States
Description

As of September 2024, California had the most mass shootings in the United States, with 26 total shootings since 1982. The source defines a mass shooting as a shooting where three or more people were killed. Recently, a mass shooting occurred in the state of Maine on October 26, 2023, during which one of the highest number of fatalities from a mass shooting was recorded after Robert Card opened fire in a bowling alley and a bar, killing 18 and injuring 13 others. Firearms in the U.S. Mass shootings in the United States are disturbingly common. In comparison with other Western countries, there are significantly more shootings in the U.S., which some theorize is due to the relatively lax gun control laws. Gun control laws in the U.S. are dependent on the state, and the right to own a firearm is enshrined in the United States Constitution. Mass shootings The worst mass shooting in the U.S. was the Las Vegas Strip massacre in 2017, which resulted in 58 deaths and 546 injuries. 13 of the worst mass shootings in the United States have occurred since 2015 and the vast majority of these incidents in the U.S. have been carried out by shooters who are White and male.

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