The United States , Has Already Experienced , 198 Mass Shootings in 2022.<br />NPR reports ten people lost their <br />lives in the recent racially charged <br />attack in Buffalo, New York, .<br />making it the deadliest mass shooting <br />of 2022 in the United States.<br />With just over 19 weeks into the new year, <br />the country has already experienced <br />198 mass shooting events.<br />That equates to around ten <br />mass shootings per week.<br />Mass shootings have become increasingly common in the United States.<br />In 2021, the country saw 693 mass shootings. In 2020, that number was 611 and <br />2019 saw 417 such events.<br />Experts say such deadly massacres <br />aren't happening at random.<br />This is planned violence. , Mark Follman, author of 'Trigger Points,' mass shooting researcher, via NPR.<br />There is, in every one of these cases, always a trail of ... behavioral warning signs. , Mark Follman, author of 'Trigger Points,' mass shooting researcher, via NPR.<br />Experts say the role of mental health in such devastating events are often misunderstood.<br />The general public views mass shooters as people who are totally crazy, insane. It fits with the idea of snapping, as if these people are totally detached from reality. , Mark Follman, author of 'Trigger Points,' mass shooting researcher, via NPR.<br />Instead, experts believe "a very rational thought process" occurs in planning and initiating a mass shooting
