Sentence examples for major shootings from inspiring English sources

Citing a number of major shootings this year alone, Obama continued: "Whether it's an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago – these neighbourhoods are our neighbourhoods, and these children are our children.

The stricter definition of the phenomenon, used by the FBI and some journalists, is reserved for events that leave four or more victims fatally shot, a standard that fails to capture hundreds of major shootings each year such as when 13 people are wounded at a house party in Connecticut, or two people are gunned down and 18 people are injured at a club for teenagers in Florida.

Today's shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon follows at least two other major school shootings in the state.

Larkin looked at the twelve major school shootings in the United States in the eight years after Columbine, and he found that in eight of those subsequent cases the shooters made explicit reference to Harris and Klebold.

Nevertheless, support for gun control rebounded to nearly 60percentt, as these two tragic events were the only major spree shootings over the ten-year period.

A Comprehensive Threat Assessment - As we discuss prevention programs, we need to first look at indicators elicited by the perpetrators of major school shootings.

Nearly five decades on and the tragedy stands as one of the first major mass shootings in American history, and being somewhat unique in that it put sniping front and center in the national consciousness.

The spike in sales follows long-set trends in the US, which has experienced rocketing gun sales after many major mass-shootings.

"Does it have a major impact on shootings?

The day before the shootings, Major Hasan began giving away belongings, including food, clothing and furnishings.

Looking at the related timeline showing other major fatal campus shootings, WHEN are there other events you remember or have heard about?