The United States is, by a long shot, the global leader in mass shootings, claiming just 5 per cent of the global population but an outsized share — 31 per cent — of the world's mass shooters since 1966, a new study finds. The Philippines, Russia, Yemen and France—all countries that can claim a substantial share of the 291 documented mass shootings between 1966 and 2012 — collectively didn't even come close to the United States. And what makes the United States such a fertile incubator for mass shooters? A comprehensive analysis of the perpetrators, their motives and the national contexts for their actions suggests that several factors have conspired to create in the United States a potent medium for fostering large-scale murder. Read more http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americ...-is-no-1-in-mass-shootings-blames-gun-culture
