Depending on how you define "mass shooting" the U.S. has had 121 from Aug. 1st 1966 til now, the total number of deaths from all these events is 794.
Here's an article with nice graphics to go along - 50 Years of Mass Shootings in America(WashPo)
Since January 1st until August 9th, 2015 the numbers of deaths at the hand of a police officer were already up to 1,083.
Here's another fancy page for that - Michael Brown Anniversary(Vice)
Catching up with the present. Since Jan. 1st of 2015 till Dec. 3rd, that toll is now 1,096.
All this contained in 1,087 separate events. I'm hoping that number is accurate, I counted each cell in the spread sheet below.
-Killed By Police
It only took 1 year for police to match, and then surpass the number of deaths caused by active shooters within the last 50.
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juicyloops ago
Irrelevant comparison. The only way these numbers could be compared is if you did mass shootings vs mass shootings BY cops. If you want to use people shot by Cops you would just need to compare against people shot by anyone else.
Reclaimer69 ago
How about I ask a question from this then, "If mass shootings and 'lack' of gun control is such a huge problem, why in the last single year alone were more civilians killed by cops than by active shooters over the last 50?"
Based on these numbers who do you think is more likely to kill you?
juicyloops ago
Once again, irrelevant comparison. You would have to include all homicides. When a cop shoots someone it's a homicide. When someone shoots their wife, it's a homicide. You're far more likely to be shot by someone else than a cop. (I do NOT support gun control and I'm terrified of cops. These comparisons are just pointless)