This is an older study from 2013 I thought had some interesting statistics relevant for today. You're right about agenda corraling research, I assume quantifying biases in any demographic probably can only yield subjective conclusions no matter the "explanatory variables, logistic regressions" considered. Most of the authors are from Australia and they never understand USA gun obsessions or whatever and anyway, the study found "paradoxical attitudes" among US whites so what are we really supposed to think? Thank you for your thoughtful response btw, was hoping for a discussion, this Vegas thing has me really distraught, to say the least, I can't make any sense of it. Maybe I'm searching for answers in all the wrong places...
There is an aftermath picture on Reddit that really hits home hard. You really do have to wonder what the motivation for this was, and sometimes, there is no sense to be made out of something like this. This guy planned it thoroughly. No manifesto's found, not social footprints to scour, no mental history. The only thing similar is the attack at the Resorts World Manila where a lone gunman killed 37 people there....he was a heavy gambler and heavily in debt and just snapped.
This is an older study from 2013 I thought had some interesting statistics relevant for today. You're right about agenda corraling research, I assume quantifying biases in any demographic probably can only yield subjective conclusions no matter the "explanatory variables, logistic regressions" considered. Most of the authors are from Australia and they never understand USA gun obsessions or whatever and anyway, the study found "paradoxical attitudes" among US whites so what are we really supposed to think? Thank you for your thoughtful response btw, was hoping for a discussion, this Vegas thing has me really distraught, to say the least, I can't make any sense of it. Maybe I'm searching for answers in all the wrong places...
There is an aftermath picture on Reddit that really hits home hard. You really do have to wonder what the motivation for this was, and sometimes, there is no sense to be made out of something like this. This guy planned it thoroughly. No manifesto's found, not social footprints to scour, no mental history. The only thing similar is the attack at the Resorts World Manila where a lone gunman killed 37 people there....he was a heavy gambler and heavily in debt and just snapped.
The Daily Beast is now reporting that this guy maybe initially planned to attack the Chance the Rapper/Lorde concert.