The role of assault weapons in deadly shootings

Axios -The deadliest American mass shootings in the past 20 years have had one thing in common: The perpetrator used an assault rifle.....

Since 1999, the U.S. has had 115 mass shootings (defined as at least three people killed). 941 people were killed; 1,431 were injured. Of those 115 attacks, 32 — just over a quarter — involved semi-automatic rifles. But those attacks accounted for 40% of all deaths and 69% of all injuries. Since 2017, 12 of the 31 mass shootings involved assault rifles — which caused 39% of the deaths and 92% of the injuries.