University of South Florida Criminologist Edelyn Verona says we need common sense gun laws. Over half of the attackers experienced mental health symptoms prior to or at the time of their attacks, including depression, psychotic symptoms, and suicidal thoughts.In some of these cases, attackers experienced a specific triggering event prior to perpetrating the attack. Many attackers experienced stressful events across various life domains, including family/romantic relationships, personal issues, employment, and legal issues.One-quarter of the attackers subscribed to a belief system involving conspiracies or hateful ideologies, including anti-government, anti-Semitic, and misogynistic views.Most of the attackers used firearms, and many of those firearms were possessed illegally at the time of the attack.Half of the attackers were motivated by grievances, and were retaliating for perceived wrongs related to personal, domestic, or workplace issues.Many attackers had a history of physically aggressive or intimidating behaviors, evidenced by prior violent criminal arrests/charges, domestic violence, or other acts of violence toward others.Most of the attackers had exhibited behavior that elicited concern in family members, friends, neighbors, classmates, co-workers, and others, and in many cases, those individuals feared for the safety of themselves or others.In fact today the Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center released it's "Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016-2020" report. "The by standing public makes a huge difference in being able to prevent these attacks by noticing the behavioral changes of those around us, whether they be family, friends or coworkers," he said. He said society needs to do more to stop this. His Daughter Gina was murdered in the mass shooting in Parkland. "It makes me frustrated that as a society we haven't done enough to stop these things," said Tony Montalto. The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter. It found 3 mass shootings in South Florida, including 9 shot in Miami Gardens New Year's Day, 10 shot at the Licking Restaurant a few days later and 1 killed and 3 injured in Homestead on the 15th. ![]() A total of 73 people were killed in them and 165 people injured. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 40 mass shootings across the country, according to the Gun Violence Archive, putting 2023 on pace to have the most mass shootings at this point of any year on record. ![]() ![]() Since the beginning of this week, starting January 22nd, there have been seven mass shootings in which a total of 13 people were killed and 33 people were injured. Two people were killed, three injured, in a mass shooting in Chicago, Illinois. Twenty people died in three mass shootings in California in as many days. MIAMI - America's bloody tradition of gun violence has made headlines over the last few days.
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