FBI Study Finds Mass Shooters Tend To Obtain Guns Legally

By Tom Knighton

The anti-gun media is having a ball. It seems the FBI released a study on Wednesday that found some interesting stuff after looking at a number of mass shootings through the years. What anti-gunners are loving is that the study found something that I don’t find particularly surprising.

You see, it seems most mass shooters obtained their firearms legally.

The terror of an armed gunman opening fire in public places has become an all-too-common occurrence, affecting American schools, churches, offices, holiday parties, government facilities and movie theatres.

While the attacks differ in location, level of carnage and the community impacted, an FBI study released Wednesday found that a common element of the attacks lies with the shooters, who are frequently motivated by grievances in their lives, wielding guns they obtained legally and targeting specific victims when they open fire.

The study, which examined dozens of active shooters between 2000 and 2013, found that contrary to the public perception of the episodes as being fuelled by mental health issues — an assertion frequently given voice by politicians, including U.S. President Donald Trump — law enforcement officials were only able to verify that about 25 percent of the attackers had diagnosed mental health …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms