Firearms used

FIREARMS: Across all attacks, 49 firearms were used: 26 handguns (53%), 16 rifles (33%) and seven shotguns (14%).

SHOOTER RESOLUTIONS | FIREARMS Apprehended | 16 | Handgun | 26 10 7 16 Suicide Killed Rifle At Large | 1 | Shotgun | 7

In commerce incidents, most shooters used a single firearm. Handguns were used in eight of 14 attacks (one shooter used two handguns) and rifles were used exclusively in six incidents.

In at least three incidents, the shooter reloaded, including the Grand Sierra Resort shooter who experienced a handgun malfunction before initial shots were fired.

Handgun 9

Rifle 6

Firearm reload and malfunction data were not available for all incidents.

Handgun Rifle | 2 5

Two of the seven incidents involved the use of multiple firearms. In the North Carolina and Maine incidents, the shooters used both a handgun and a rifle during the attacks.

Shooters in both Washington, D.C. attacks reloaded their handguns; however, reload data for other open space incidents was unavailable.

Shotgun | 2

Half of the shooters in this category used multiple firearms.

The shooter at the Border Patrol Annex used two firearms (a rifle and a handgun), the shooter at the CDC used six firearms (three handguns, two rifles, and a shotgun), and the shooter at the SCSO used four firearms (two handguns, a shotgun, and a rifle).

However, the incidents at Jackson County Public Library, the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team Complex, and the ICE Field Office involved a single, shotgun, handgun, and rifle, respectively.

All shooters in this location category reloaded their firearms during the attacks, with the exception of Jackson County Public Library, where the shooter experienced a shotgun malfunction.

Handgun Rifle Shotgun | 3 5 7

Firearm malfunction data was only available for incidents at Jackson County Public Library in Indiana and Border Patrol Annex in Texas.

Most of the shooters in this category used a single firearm with the exception of the FSU shooter, who attempted to use a shotgun, but switched to a handgun after a malfunction. Notably, no rifles were used.

Three shooters reloaded their firearms. At Evergreen High School, the shooter reloaded five times. The FSU shooter fired multiple rounds from a handgun, reloading twice. It is believed the Brown University shooter reloaded his handgun multiple times and evidence indicated he experienced firearm malfunctions.

Handgun | 4 Shotgun | 1

All three church shootings involved rifles; however, the Annunciation Church shooter also used a handgun and shotgun.

Based on available data, he experienced at least one firearm malfunction and reloaded during the attack.

Handgun | 1

Rifle 3

Shotgun | 1

In most incidents involving civilian intervention, shooters used a single firearm. Three shooters used a handgun, two used a rifle, and one used a shotgun.

At the Border Patrol Annex incident, the shooter fired a rifle and a handgun.

Shooters) In the three incidents where security personnel intervened, shooters used a single firearm.

Rifles were used at Southern Hens Inc. and CrossPointe Community Church, while the shooter at Grand Sierra Resort used a handgun.

In two of the five incidents, multiple firearms were used.

The CDC shooter fired three handguns, two rifles, and a shotgun; the SCSO shooter used two handguns, a shotgun, and a rifle; and the Border Patrol Annex shooter fired both a rifle and a handgun.

At the Grand Sierra Resort attack, the shooter used a single handgun, and at the Canfield Mountain attack, the shooter used a single shotgun.

Thirty-four shooters used 49 firearms comprised of handguns, rifles, and shotguns.

A single firearm was used in 26 incidents: | Government | 35 Handgun (14 incidents) | Open Space | 28 Rifle (nine incidents) | Commerce | 30 Shotgun (three incidents) | Average Age: 30

Multiple firearms were used in eight incidents:

Two handguns (one incident);

A handgun and a rifle (three incidents); A handgun and a shotgun (one incident);

A handgun, a rifle, and a shotgun (one incident);

Two handguns, a rifle, and a shotgun (one incident);

Three handguns, two rifles, and a shotgun (one incident)

Shootings involving a single handgun averaged 4.4 casualties per incident, a single rifle averaged 5.0, and a single shotgun averaged 1.3.

Attacks using multiple firearms averaged 7.0 casualties per incident.

Handgun (14 incidents) | Rifle (9 incidents) | Shotgun (3 incidents)

Handgun | 26

Rifle | 16

This is a statistical representation of the types of firearms used in each incident, rather than an analysis of which specific firearm caused each type of casualty.

Shotgun 7

FIREARMS: Across all attacks, 276 firearms were used: 168 handguns (61%), 80 rifles (29%) and 18 shotguns (7%); 10 firearms were unknown (4%).

SHOOTER GENDERS | FIREARMS Handgun | 168 212 | 6 | 1 | Rifle | 80 Male | Female | Unknown | Shotgun | 18 Unknown | 10