32% of Mass Shooters Are Veterans. 0% of Media Outlets Will Say So. - World BEYOND War

32% of Mass Shooters Are Veterans. 0% of Media Outlets Will Say So.

Two U.S. military veterans allegedly shot and killed at least three people each this past weekend, Thomas Jacob Sanford in Michigan, and Nigel Max Edge in North Carolina. So, it is a safe bet that they will both be added (with, almost certainly, no mention of their status as veterans) to the database maintained by Mother Jones that I have for years been using as a starting point to track statistics on mass shootings. It’s been almost two years s…

32% of Mass Shooters Are Veterans. 0% of Media Outlets Will Say So. - World BEYOND War

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, September 29, 2025 Two U.S. military veterans allegedly shot and killed at least three people each this past weekend, Thomas Jacob Sanford in Michigan, and Nigel Max Edge in North Carolina. So, it is a safe bet that they will both be added (with, almost certainly, no mention of their status as veterans) to the database maintained by Mother Jones that I have for years been using as a starting point to track sta…