A database of mass shootings compiled by Mother Jones going back to 1982 counts 123 such incidents in which at least three people were killed, not including the gunman. In that time, 952 people have been killed and 1,315 wounded.  The big story in the news is how to get rid of AR 15 rifles. Last year 19,600 people were murdered most of them in gang violence in big cities and AR 15 rifles were rarely if ever involved. That is not what is called going to the root of the problem.