But how many of those 294 mass shootings were criminal vendettas or some such? Something where there were four particular people that were targeted, or three that were targeted and one who was collateral damage.<p>The shootings that disturb us so -- school shootings and the like -- do not disturb because there are four or more people killed, but because those people had nothing to do with anything. They just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, falling victim to someone who just wanted to kill as many people as possible. There have probably not been 294 four of those this year.