FBI Releases Study of Pre-Attack Behaviors of Active Shooters – FBI
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> In 2017 there were 30 active shooting in the US. Largest every during 1 year period. (Not sure what the definition is of active shooting)
> No demographic trends except for gender. Noteworthy absence of violent criminal history in overwhelming majority of adult shooters.
> 88% of shooters 17 and under "leaked" or revealed clues that they were going to cause harm. One shooter talked to a gas station clerk about "killing a family"
> 30% of shooters create a legacy token (manifesto, etc.)
> 35% owned a firearm that was purchased prior to planning the attach. 40% purchased a firearm legally and specifically for their shooting.
> 89% of shooters had concerning behavior noticed by others. Their percentages get weird and add to over 200% at this point, but it looks like the majority of these are reported to either non-law enforcement authority, family, or law enforcement.
The gist of the report is most shooters show a lot of concerning behavior and can't effectively cope with it. Most people deal with stressors in a healthy way, but shooters experience a lot of stressors and can't deal with them effectively. Most have a primary grievance, or main thing that pissed them off (mostly work or school). Mental health appears to play a smaller role than you'd expect, the environment plays a huge role.
Think about it, someone's job was to produce this report and they took clip art of a pie chart and wrote text over it.
Good enough for government work I guess.