Laws intended to reduce gun violence that focus on a population rep resenting less than 3% of all gun violence will be extremely low yield, ineffective, and. In the book, countering the mass shooter threat, author michael martin analyzes data gathered from 48 mass shootings that have occurred since columbine, to determine what can learned from these tragedies, including whether a reduction in magazine capacity or the banning of any class of firearm would have changed the outcome. Here, she describes the missed opportunities to stop the killer after he bombed oslo. The story of a massacre in norway and its aftermath is a nonfiction book by norwegian journalist asne seierstad. America doesnt actually lead the world in mass shootings. Media, myths, and realities dispels many of these key distortions to provide a more nuanced and researchbased understanding of the reality of these horrific events.
When a mass shooting happens, the news media is flooded with headlines and breaking information about the shooters, victims, and acts themselves. Breivik, who killed 77 people on july 22, 2011, in a bomb attack in oslo and a mass shooting at a summer camp for children, is currently serving a 21year sentence in a prison near the city of skien. One of us explores a dark side of contemporary scandinavia through the life and crimes of anders behring breivik, a mass murderer who. A harrowing and thorough account of the massacre that upended norway. Norway s worst nightmare the murder of 77 people by anders breivik in norway is the subject of asne seierstads chilling new book. What is notably absent in the news reporting are any concrete details that serve to inform news consumers how prevalent these mass shootings really are or are not, when considering crime statistics as a whole, what legitimate causes. Of the 86 countries where we have identified mass public shootings, the us ranks 56th per capita in its rate of attacks and 61st in mass public shooting murder rate. Asne seierstad has written books on personalities in conflict.
Mass shootings and mental illness psychiatry online. Widely acclaimed as a masterpiece, asne seierstads one of us is essential reading for a time when mass killings are so grimly frequent. At least 80 dead in norway shooting the new york times. While the united states does have an unusually high rate of gun violence and mass shootings for a highly developed and wealthy nation, it is a common misconception it is the worst country in the world in terms of mass shooting rates. The story of anders breivik and the massacre in norway by. Uncover the events and facts behind americas most deadly mass shootings. Family dysfunction, sexual failure, grotesque narcissism sad delusions and dreams of martyrdom the chilling portrait of a killer. Emergency workers tended to a woman who had been rescued from utoya, the island where a gunman opened fire on a camp. On july 22, 2011, anders behring breivik detonated a bomb outside the norwegian. On 22 july 2011, he killed eight people by detonating a van bomb amid regjeringskvartalet in oslo, then shot dead 69.
The 2011 norway attacks, referred to in norway as 22 july norwegian. The story of anders breivik and the massacre in norway. One person was injured during the attack at the alnoor islamic centre in. Review this book is required reading for anyone interested in understanding mass killing events.
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