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Mass murders are increasing.
A quick search online shows.
17 shootings resulting in 116 deaths and 156 injured between 1985 and 1995.
15 shootings resulting in 97 deaths and 108 injured between 1995 and 2005.
35 shootings resulting in 303 deaths and 218 injured between 2005 and 2015 (so far).
US Mass Shootings, 1982-2012: Data From Mother Jones' Investigation | Mother Jones
And from the Washington Post.
A report published by the FBI last year, studying active shooting situations between 2000 and 2013, found that these kinds of incidents were happening more and more recently. The first seven years of the study found an average of 6.4 active shootings per year, while the last seven years of the study found that number jumped up to 16.4 incidents per year.
Another very interesting read including a chart showing far more shootings since 2006 than I found.
USA TODAY | BEHIND THE BLOODSHED: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA?S MASS KILLINGS
Did you really link to mother jones?
Ive already linked in this thread to legitimate sources that mass killings are on the decline.
They simply get more media attention so people feel they are more common. Its an artifact.