Number of mass shooting incidents in the US over the past seven years.
Majority of gun deaths in the US are suicides.
In 2020, Guns accounted for...
As of 27 March, 2023...
Some of the most notable mass shootings in the US:
Virginia Tech (April 16, 2007)
A gunman kills 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech, a university in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Sandy Hook (December 14, 2012)
A man shoots dead his mother, then kills 20 children and six adults before killing himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Uvalde (May 24, 2022)
A former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, opens fire with an assault-style rifle, killing 17 students and educators. Authorities arrest the gunman.
Austin (August 1, 1966)
A sniper perched in a University of Texas shoots and kills 13 people and wounds more than 30 others in what is regarded as the first US mass shooting in a public space.
Columbine (April 20, 1999)
Two teenagers at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, fatally shoot 12 students and a teacher and wounding more than 20 others before killing themselves.