"There's no universal definition for a mass shooting, so data can vary based on the number of victims killed or injured, where the shooting took place, and whether it was related to gang activity or terrorism. For example, the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, a nonpartisan think tank, only tracks shootings that occur in public or populated places, involve at least two victims (injured or killed), and excludes incidents related to gang violence or terrorist activity. By their definition, there have been 12 mass shootings in 2025."
"Meanwhile, the Gun Violence Archive which counts all instances in which four or more people were shot (injuries and deaths), not including the shooter, and regardless of location reported over 300 mass shootings this year. Still, by most standards, mass shootings are more frequent now than they were 50 years ago, according to Garen Wintemute, director of the Centers for Violence Prevention at the University of California, Davis. At the same time, mass shooting deaths represent only a tiny fraction of people killed by gun violence. Wintemute said that most also don't resemble the attacks that dominate national headline"
Recent high-profile shootings including the assassination of a conservative activist at a Utah college, a Colorado high school shooting that critically wounded two students, and a Minnesota church attack that killed two children have heightened focus on gun violence, school safety, and politically motivated attacks. Definitions of mass shootings vary: some trackers count public incidents with at least two victims and exclude gang or terrorist activity, while others count any incident with four or more people shot regardless of location. Counts therefore range from a dozen to several hundred this year. Mass shootings are more frequent than five decades ago, yet their deaths are a small fraction of total gun fatalities.
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