In a year of pain, one silver lining: fewer mass shootings

NEW YORK — If there’s one silver lining within the tumultuous 12 months of 2020, it’s this: The variety of mass shootings that occurred in public was the bottom in additional than a decade.

Consultants who analysis mass killings say there are two key causes for the sharp drop-off. 

For one, most individuals averted going out in public through the coronavirus pandemic. 

That meant there have been fewer alternatives for slayings in workplaces or colleges. 

For one more, Individuals have been so centered on different tragedies that would-be gunmen have been much less more likely to think about finishing up assaults. 

A database compiled by information organizations reveals simply two public mass shootings this 12 months.

Each occurred earlier than lockdowns took maintain.