Mass shootings

"There are more mass shootings in the U.S. than in any other country in the world. Here is a snapshot of this all-too-familiar American reality:

Mass shootings are a largely American phenomenon

From 1966 to 2012, nearly a third of the world's mass shootings took place in the U.S. This is according to a 2016 study that used the FBI definition of 'mass shooting' below. It surveyed 292 incidents and found 90 of them occurred in America. Put another way: While the U.S. has 5% of the world's population, it had 31% of all public mass shootings."

Read : http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/13/health/mass-shootings-in-america-in-charts-and-graphs-trnd/index.html.

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