Guns, guns and more guns!

According to the Washington Post, below are the twelve (12) facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States:

1. Shooting sprees are not rare in the United States.
2. 15 of the 25 worst mass shootings in the last 50 years took place in the United States.
3. Lots of guns don’t necessarily mean lots of shootings, as you can see in Israel and Switzerland
4. Of the 11 deadliest shootings in the US, five have happened from 2007 onward.
5. America is an unusually violent country. But we’re not as violent as we used to be.
6. The South is the most violent region in the United States.
7. Gun ownership in the United States is declining overall.
8. More guns tend to mean more homicide
9. States with stricter gun control laws have fewer deaths from gun-related violence
10. Gun control, in general, has not been politically popular.
11. However, particular policies to control guns often are popular.
12. Shootings don’t tend to substantially affect views on gun control.