Does it sound correct or like misinformation to you there has only been 7 female mass shooters in US history?

[Anonymous]

https://amp.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2023/03/28/64223d4022601de3428b456d.html

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According to that website between 1979 and 2023 (44 years) there has only been 7 female mass shooters in the USA.

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For a country that has been in the top 5 most populated countries in the world for decades 7 female mass shooters is quite low.

[rigmarole]

Roughly 10% of gang members are female. Most mass shootings are gang related over territory trying to control corners for drugs, prostitution, etc. So I highly doubt your figure are right. I'd wager some women have done drive-by shooting on groups of other women to control the prostitution racket especially in the 80s and 90s when gang violence and violent crime was at an all time high.

[rigmarole]

Search "woman charged" "drive-by"... I see over a million news results... Surely there was more than one person in the area for many of those and more than one bullet was fired.

[DerekC321]

Correct.

[DerekC321]

Thanks for the MHO.

[Roxxy99]

It sounds correct. The vast majority of violent crime in general is committed by men.

[iseekpinetrees]

Sounds correct who's more likely to be interested in guns men not women.

[BoopBoopBeep]

@rigmarole nailed it. Drivebys and gang violence is so weakly investigated when it's gang on gang. No crime, no perp. Just "the streets sorting themselves out."

[ProbablyClueless]

That doesn't surprise me. Not only are women generally less explosively violent than men, the definition of what's considered a mass shooting is a lot more specific than one would think.

[strateguy632]

i believe it but why 1979? how many in 1978? not included?

[Asker]

Maybe the first female mass shooter in the US happened in 1979

[Anonymous]

Correct. I got believe anymore than 7 and the victims would be safe. Because if the other woman's didn't accidentally shoot themselves. I have to believe thier aim would be as accurate as a star wars storm trooper.😆

[Anonymous]

I think it depends on what counts as a mass shooting.

People like to say that the vast majority of mass shooters are white but that figure drops to about half if drive by shootings that hit multiple people count.

[Dargil]

I haven't a clue.

[Anonymous]

It sounds about right

[slatyb]

That's correct.