{"id":593,"date":"2015-10-18T23:42:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T23:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/?p=593"},"modified":"2015-11-19T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T16:08:53","slug":"mass-shootings-visualizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/18\/mass-shootings-visualizations\/","title":{"rendered":"MASS SHOOTINGS: Visualizations"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of yet another mass shooting, the President challenged the press to research and compare gun violence data from the last 10 years:\u00a0\u201cTally up the number of Americans who\u2019ve been killed through terrorist attacks over the last decade and the number of Americans who\u2019ve been killed by gun violence and post those side by side on your news reports.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

We’ve added a small selection\u00a0of the results from the President’s challenge to our Stats & Charts<\/a>\u00a0page, but the number of compelling visualizations and the data collected on several levels is chilling. See more of the roundup below…<\/p>\n

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USA Today: Behind the Bloodshed\u00a0–\u00a0A Timeline of US Mass Killings | Source<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Behind<\/a><\/p>\n

“The untold story of America’s Mass Killings” USA Today
\n<\/em>Explore the interactive resource here\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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AJ+: US Gun Deaths More Common for Kids than Police | Source<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Al<\/a><\/p>\n

“In America, it’s more dangerous to be a little kid than a cop.” AJ+<\/em><\/p>\n

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National Journal: Gun-Related Legislation Data Charts | Source<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"National<\/a><\/p>\n

“The States With The Most Gun Laws See The Fewest Gun-Related Deaths…<\/em>
\nBut there\u2019s still little appetite to talk about more restrictions.” Libby Isenstein
\nView full chart of all states here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Guardian: 994 mass shootings in 1,004 days | Source<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n

“The data compiled by the crowd-sourced site Mass Shooting Tracker reveals an even more shocking human toll: there is a mass shooting \u2013 defined as four or more people shot in one incident \u2013 nearly every day.” Guardian US Interactive Team<\/em><\/p>\n

Mother Jones: American Deaths \u00a0in 2013 | Source 1<\/a>, Source 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Mother<\/a><\/p>\n

“The numbers come from 2013\u2014the most recent year that data is available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” \u00a0Julia Lurie<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Mother<\/a><\/p>\n

“New research from Harvard shows a chilling rise in public mass shootings\u2014and debunks a popular claim that they haven’t increased.”\u00a0Mark Follman<\/em><\/p>\n

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To see more statistical data on gun-related crime in the US, visit our Stats & Charts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the wake of yet another mass shooting, the President challenged the press to research and compare gun violence data from the last 10 years:\u00a0\u201cTally up the number of Americans who\u2019ve been killed through terrorist attacks over the last decade and the number of Americans who\u2019ve been killed by gun violence and post those side […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itstheguns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}