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Grinberg, Emanuela. "Something Went 'Incredibly Wrong' with Las Vegas Gunman, Brother Says." CNN, Cable News Network, 5 Oct. 2017, http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-attack-stephen-paddock-trnd/index.html


"James Holmes (Mass Murderer.)" Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 7 Nov. 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holmes_(mass_murderer)

Sanchez, Ray. "FBI Docs Paint Disturbing Portrait of Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza." CNN, Cable News Network, 25 Oct. 2017, http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/us/sandy-hook-adam-lanza-unsealed-docs/index.html

Terry, Don. "Portrait of Texas Killer: Impatient and Troubled." The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 Oct. 1991, http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/18/us/portrait-of-texas-killer-impatient-and-troubled.html?pagewanted=all 





Photo Sources 


Gun Protest Photo: http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1248841.1359257896!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/march27n-1-copy.jpg 


Mass Shootings Map: : https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpMNYabEoBW4EcBijInPmTtkWBc9TbAHw33TnVKhnyK0DdQnrebdmyiFHQH54AYmIhgY-KnKJZPM0bEpIlnvecv_MeBeH1OaCmvLxXB2B6USOtVy4Z1mbNww-NjUtuxxfRTeuFPLwhKru/s1600/massshootings.jpg


Illegal Weapons Graph: http://assets.motherjones.com/interactives/projects/2012/12/updated-mass-shootings/final_illegal2.png

Shooter Ethnicity Graph: https://www.statista.com/graphic/1/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race.jpg

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