Mass shootings have no effect on the public debate about gun ownership in US
by George Arnett from Economics | The Guardian on (#P8S5)
Killing sprees have occurred almost every day in the US since 2013, but public opinion has still turned against gun control
Mass shootings occur almost once a day in the US, yet protecting gun rights seems to concern Americans more than increasing controls on guns.
On Thursday, a gunman killed nine people in a community college in Oregon. It was the 994th gun incident in which there were four or more victims (including the shooter) since the start of 2013, according to the website Mass Shooting Tracker.
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