Incident, # of shooters, weapon(s) used | Shot | Killed | Wounded | Kill-to-wounded ratio |
SANDY HOOK (2012) 1 shooter, AR-15, .223 | 27 | 26 (96.2%) | 1 (3.8%) | 26:1 |
Aurora, CO (2012) 1 shooter, AR-15, .223 | 71 | 12 (16.9%) | 59 (83%) | 1:5 |
Tucson, AZ (2011) 1 shooter, Glock 9mm | 14 | 6 (42.8%) | 8 (57.1%) | 1:1.2 |
N. Ill. U (2008) 1 shooter, 9mm | 26 | 5 (20%) | 21 ((80%) | 1:4 |
Virginia Tech (2007) 1 shooter, 9mm pistol | 49 | 32 (68%) | 17 (32%) | 2:1 |
Columbine, CO (1999) 2 shooters, 12 ga., 9mm | 33 | 12 (36%) | 21 (64%) | 1:2 |
U. Iowa (1991) 1 shooter/.38 spec. | 6 | 5 (83%) | 1 (16%) | 5:1 |
Stockton, CA (1989) 1 shooter AK-47 | 35 | 5 (14%) | 30 (86%) | 1:6 |
École Polytechnique/Montreal Massacre (1989) 1 shooter, Ruger Mini 14 .223 | 27 | 14 (52%) | 13 (48%) | 1.1:1 |
Cal. St. Fullerton (1976) 1 shooter .22 LR semi-auto | 9 | 7 (78%) | 2 (22%) | 3.5:1 |
U. Texas Tower (1966) 1 shooter, various | 48 | 16 (33%) | 32 (67%) | 1:2 |
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1929) 2 shooters, .45 submachine guns | 7 | 6 (85.8%) | 1 (14.2%) | 6:1 |
Never mind the facts, however. The public has been repeatedly told by corporate news media that the December 14, 2012 incident was exclusively carried out by the awkward 20-year-old man with virtually no firearms or military training.
“The debate over gun violence gained urgency after a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six adults on December 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut,” Reuters observed as recently as February 7. “The killer, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, used a Bushmaster AR-15 type assault rifle to shoot his victims before killing himself.”[1]
Over the past seven weeks mainstream media have spoken in one earsplitting voice to drive home the now familiar “lone gunman” storyline ostensibly proffered by law enforcement while dismissing a multitude of important evidence indicating a far more complex scenario.