Half of mass attackers in the U.S. were retaliating for personal, domestic or workplace\u002Drelated grievances, and many used guns that were legal
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About 93% of the attackers studied experienced at least one significant life stressor within five years of the incident, according to the findings. Most of them – 77% – experienced the stressors, which ranged from demotion at work to homelessness and divorce, within a year. Lori Ann Post, who studies mass killings as a public health issue at Northwestern University, said mass shooters ages 26 and older tend to be acting in retaliation for a perceived loss or failure. “The older ones seem to have left home, they’ve separated from their parents, but then they self-implode and destroy their life,” she said. “They want revenge, they’re disgruntled, they want payback.”
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