<Dd> See also Assault with a deadly weapon </Dd> <P> Considering mass shooting alone (four people shot dead in a public place), nearly all were male . About 47% were white, 12% black, and 6% Asian (1982 - 2016). However, this definition of "mass shooting" is contested by some . The mass shootings have represented 1% of all deaths using gun between 1980 and 2008 . </P> <P> In 2015, Arizona State University researcher Sherry Towers said "National news media attention is like a' vector' that reaches people who are vulnerable ." She stated that disaffected people can become infected by the attention given other disturbed people who have become mass killers . </P> <P> African Americans were 55% of the victims of gun homicide in 2010, but 13% of the population . Non-Hispanic whites were 25% of victims but 65% of the population in 2010 . Hispanics were 17% of victims and 16% of the population in 2010 . </P>

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