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the murder rate in the US is FAR higher than in comparable nations - and while these mass shootings are shocking, they make up a relatively low proportion of the overall murder rate.
that said - they do occur far more frequently than in other countries (although the worst of these atrocities did not occur in the US) - even taking into account the population size, there are other countries that have populations just as diverse as in the US, and in any case the majority of mass shooting perpetrators are white males.
Yet it has nothing to do with gun ownership. If you count per-gun or per-gun-owner, we have FAR FEWER murders per-firearm/owner than almost any other nation.
As I've said repeatedly... rates of violent crime are about poverty and wealth inequality; corrupt or inefficient government/law; factions/tribes/gangs; the drug trade; and culture.