NEW YORK — A gun was used for nearly three-quarters of the mass attacks carried out in the United States from 2016 to 2020, and often acquired illegally to carry out the attack, a newly released U.S. Secret Service report found.
"One third of attackers in this study were prohibited by federal law from purchasing or possessing a firearm, including those with a prior felony or domestic violence conviction, fugitives from justice, those previously adjudicated incompetent or involuntarily committed to a mental health institution, and those who were currently the subject of a domestic-related protection order," the report says.
Just this week, there were two mass shootings in California. Eleven people were killed and nine others were injured in Monterey Park, California when a gunman opened fire, and seven people were shot killed at two locations in Half Moon Bay, California. In the attacks the Secret Service analyzed, most of the attackers"elicited behavior of concern" before carrying out the attack and many attackers had a history of"physically aggressive or intimidating behaviors."
"Prior to the attack, he had exhibited behaviors indicative of several belief systems, including anti-Semitism, jihadism, and misogynistic or anti-female views," the report says.Nearly half of the attackers had a grievance against the site of the attack and were"retaliating for perceived wrongs related to personal, domestic or workplace issues," according to the report.
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