Mass Shooting Analysis

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In “Why the U.S. Has 31% of the World’s Mass Shooting” Tanya Basu, writes about on how the U.S mass shooting is extremely high and the study of a professor. The U.S contains only five percent of the world’s populations. According to a study, “between 1966 and 2002, the U.S has had 31% of the public mass shootings worldwide between 1966 and 2012.” Basu mentions Adam Lankford in the article. Adam Lankford is a professor of criminal justice at the University of Alabama. In his new study, He found out that when it comes to mass shooting, gun ownership plays a strong role. when it comes to gun ownership, the U.S. is number 1 in the world. Surveys suggested that out of 100 people living the U.S. 88.8 have a gun. between 1996 and 2012, there have