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The ignominious list:
·[FONT="]Littleton[/FONT][FONT="], Colorado, April 1999: Two teenage boys shoot and kill 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School before killing themselves.
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·[FONT="]Atlanta[/FONT][FONT="], Georgia[/FONT][FONT="], July 1999: A stock market day trader goes on a day-long shooting rampage, killing 12 people including his wife and two children before taking his own life.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Fort Worth[/FONT][FONT="], Texas[/FONT][FONT="], September 1999: A gunman opens fire at a prayer service, killing six people before committing suicide.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Washington[/FONT][FONT="], October 2002: A series of sniper-style shootings, some carried out from the boot of a car, claims 10 lives, mostly in the Washington area. Many of the attacks were carried out with a semi-automatic assault rifle.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Chicago[/FONT][FONT="], August 2003: A worker who was laid off shoots and kills six of his former co-workers with a semi-automatic pistol. The shooter had a lengthy arrest record, including for weapons offences.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Birchwood[/FONT][FONT="], Wisconsin[/FONT][FONT="], November 2004: A hunter opens fire with an SKS assault rifle, killing six other hunters and wounding two after an argument.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Brookfield[/FONT][FONT="], Wisconsin[/FONT][FONT="], March 2005: A man fires 22 rounds during a church service, killing seven people.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, October 2006: A truck driver armed with two rifles, a semi-automatic handgun and 600 rounds of ammunition kills five schoolgirls execution-style in an Amish schoolhouse, and seriously wounds six others before shooting himself.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Blacksburg[/FONT][FONT="], Virginia, April 2007: A student shoots 47 people at Virginia Tech, killing 32 before he commits suicide, in the deadliest mass shooting in the United States.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Omaha[/FONT][FONT="], Nebraska[/FONT][FONT="], December 2007: Nine people are killed and five others injured after a 20-year-old shooter armed with a military-style assault rifle attacks shoppers in a mall.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Carnation, Washington, December 2007: A woman and her boyfriend shoot dead six members of her family, including two children, ages three and six, on Christmas Eve, using large-caliber pistols.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Chicago[/FONT][FONT="], February 2008: Six women are tied-up and shot at a suburban clothing store. Five of the women die. The gunman has not been found.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]DeKalb[/FONT][FONT="], Illinois, February 2008: A man opens fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University, killing five students and wounding 16 before turning his weapon on himself.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Alger[/FONT][FONT="], Washington[/FONT][FONT="], September 2008: A mentally ill man who had been released from jail a month earlier shoots eight people, killing six.
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·[FONT="]Covina[/FONT][FONT="], California[/FONT][FONT="], December 2008: A man dressed in a Santa Claus suit opens fire at a family Christmas party at his ex-wife's home and then sets fire to the house. Nine people are killed in the home. The gunman later kills himself.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Geneva[/FONT][FONT="] County and Coffee County, Alabama, March 12 2009: In a shooting spree that tears through several towns, a 28-year-old out-of-work man kills 10 people, including his mother and a toddler.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]North Carolina[/FONT][FONT="], March 29, 2009: A heavily-armed gunman shoots dead eight people, many elderly and sick patients, in a North Carolina nursing home.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Santa Clara[/FONT][FONT="], California, March 30, 2009: Six people are shot dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a home in an upscale Silicon Valley neighbourhood.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Binghamton[/FONT][FONT="], New York, April 3, 2009: Up to 13 people are killed as a gunman goes on a rampage at a civic centre in the town of Binghamton.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Graham[/FONT][FONT="], Washington[/FONT][FONT="] State, April 5, 2009: James Harrison, 34, killed his five children (aged between seven and 16) inside his mobile home, then drove to a nearby casino and shot himself inside his car, police said.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Littleton[/FONT][FONT="], Colorado, April 1999: Two teenage boys shoot and kill 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School before killing themselves.
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·[FONT="]Atlanta[/FONT][FONT="], Georgia[/FONT][FONT="], July 1999: A stock market day trader goes on a day-long shooting rampage, killing 12 people including his wife and two children before taking his own life.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Fort Worth[/FONT][FONT="], Texas[/FONT][FONT="], September 1999: A gunman opens fire at a prayer service, killing six people before committing suicide.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Washington[/FONT][FONT="], October 2002: A series of sniper-style shootings, some carried out from the boot of a car, claims 10 lives, mostly in the Washington area. Many of the attacks were carried out with a semi-automatic assault rifle.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Chicago[/FONT][FONT="], August 2003: A worker who was laid off shoots and kills six of his former co-workers with a semi-automatic pistol. The shooter had a lengthy arrest record, including for weapons offences.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Birchwood[/FONT][FONT="], Wisconsin[/FONT][FONT="], November 2004: A hunter opens fire with an SKS assault rifle, killing six other hunters and wounding two after an argument.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Brookfield[/FONT][FONT="], Wisconsin[/FONT][FONT="], March 2005: A man fires 22 rounds during a church service, killing seven people.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, October 2006: A truck driver armed with two rifles, a semi-automatic handgun and 600 rounds of ammunition kills five schoolgirls execution-style in an Amish schoolhouse, and seriously wounds six others before shooting himself.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Blacksburg[/FONT][FONT="], Virginia, April 2007: A student shoots 47 people at Virginia Tech, killing 32 before he commits suicide, in the deadliest mass shooting in the United States.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Omaha[/FONT][FONT="], Nebraska[/FONT][FONT="], December 2007: Nine people are killed and five others injured after a 20-year-old shooter armed with a military-style assault rifle attacks shoppers in a mall.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Carnation, Washington, December 2007: A woman and her boyfriend shoot dead six members of her family, including two children, ages three and six, on Christmas Eve, using large-caliber pistols.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Chicago[/FONT][FONT="], February 2008: Six women are tied-up and shot at a suburban clothing store. Five of the women die. The gunman has not been found.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]DeKalb[/FONT][FONT="], Illinois, February 2008: A man opens fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University, killing five students and wounding 16 before turning his weapon on himself.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Alger[/FONT][FONT="], Washington[/FONT][FONT="], September 2008: A mentally ill man who had been released from jail a month earlier shoots eight people, killing six.
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·[FONT="]Covina[/FONT][FONT="], California[/FONT][FONT="], December 2008: A man dressed in a Santa Claus suit opens fire at a family Christmas party at his ex-wife's home and then sets fire to the house. Nine people are killed in the home. The gunman later kills himself.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Geneva[/FONT][FONT="] County and Coffee County, Alabama, March 12 2009: In a shooting spree that tears through several towns, a 28-year-old out-of-work man kills 10 people, including his mother and a toddler.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]North Carolina[/FONT][FONT="], March 29, 2009: A heavily-armed gunman shoots dead eight people, many elderly and sick patients, in a North Carolina nursing home.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Santa Clara[/FONT][FONT="], California, March 30, 2009: Six people are shot dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a home in an upscale Silicon Valley neighbourhood.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Binghamton[/FONT][FONT="], New York, April 3, 2009: Up to 13 people are killed as a gunman goes on a rampage at a civic centre in the town of Binghamton.[/FONT]
·[FONT="]Graham[/FONT][FONT="], Washington[/FONT][FONT="] State, April 5, 2009: James Harrison, 34, killed his five children (aged between seven and 16) inside his mobile home, then drove to a nearby casino and shot himself inside his car, police said.[/FONT]