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The Futility of Race-Naming Mass Shooters

Radford, Benjamin
http://centerforinquiry.org/blog/the-futility-of-race-naming-mass-shooters/

Publisher:  Center for Inquiry
Date Written:  30/04/2021
Year Published:  2021  
Resource Type:  Article

As simplistic and satisfying as it would be, no single demographic emerges from the data as “the typical mass shooter.” It depends on what type of mass shooting you’re looking at. In the end, focusing on the race of mass shooters is not helpful; it is not predictive of who is likely to engage in gun violence. Singling out any specific race as being dangerous is likely to do more harm than good. While race is not a useful or predictive prism through which to understand or identify mass shooters, mental illness is no better and is in many ways a distraction from the deeper issues. As with other mass shooter demographics, there is little insight to be gained by focusing on the mental health history of mass shooters. There are several reasons for this, perhaps most prominently that most mass shooters across all categories do not have a prior history of mental health treatment.

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