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[[File:Jeffrey Dahmer Milwaukee Police 1991 mugshot.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The [[serial killer]] Jeffrey Dahmer engaged in [[cannibalism]]. He was an [[atheism|atheist]] while he committed these acts.<ref name="PhillipsDahmer1994"/>]]

[[File:Jeffrey Dahmer Milwaukee Police 1991 mugshot.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|As an [[atheism|atheist]], the [[serial killer]] [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] engaged in [[cannibalism]].<ref name="PhillipsDahmer1994"/>]]

The following list is a comprehensive '''list of atheist shooters and serial killers'''. [[Atheist]]s have a long record of being mass shooters and [[militant atheism]] in general has a causal association [[Atheism and Mass Murder|with mass murder]].  

The following list is a comprehensive '''list of atheist shooters and serial killers'''. [[Atheist]]s have a long record of being mass shooters and [[militant atheism]] in general has a causal association [[Atheism and Mass Murder|with mass murder]].  

== United States ==

== United States ==

[[File:Loughner173005--300x300.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Jared Loughner's mugshot, released January 10, 2011]]

[[File:Loughner173005--300x300.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Jared Loughner]]'s mugshot, released January 10, 2011]]

*[[Stephen Paddock]], perpetrator of the largest mass shooting in U.S. history (October 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-las-vegas-shooter-may-have-targeted-christians-because-he-was-atheist-679697|title=Fox News: Las Vegas Shooter May Have Targeted Christian Country Fans Because He Was Atheist|last=Hayes|first=Christal|date=October 6, 2017|publisher=[[Newsweek]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017|quote=Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt told viewers that gunman Stephen Paddock may have “had a problem” with the faith of God-loving country music fans and used that as a deciding factor for the location for his rampage, which killed 58 innocents and injured hundreds of others. “His brother said he didn’t believe in God, or didn’t have a god or didn’t have faith in his life, so maybe – this is all speculation—but that possible could be the reason,” she said. “He knows country musicians or country music fans are normally pro-God and go to church on Sundays. Maybe he has a problem with that, or had a problem with that.”}}</ref>

*[[Stephen Paddock]], perpetrator of the largest mass shooting in U.S. history (October 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-las-vegas-shooter-may-have-targeted-christians-because-he-was-atheist-679697|title=Fox News: Las Vegas Shooter May Have Targeted Christian Country Fans Because He Was Atheist|last=Hayes|first=Christal|date=October 6, 2017|publisher=[[Newsweek]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017|quote=Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt told viewers that gunman Stephen Paddock may have “had a problem” with the faith of God-loving country music fans and used that as a deciding factor for the location for his rampage, which killed 58 innocents and injured hundreds of others. “His brother said he didn’t believe in God, or didn’t have a god or didn’t have faith in his life, so maybe – this is all speculation—but that possible could be the reason,” she said. “He knows country musicians or country music fans are normally pro-God and go to church on Sundays. Maybe he has a problem with that, or had a problem with that.”}}</ref>

*[[Chris Harper Mercer]], Umpqua Community College gunman (October 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/umpqua-gunman-chris-harper-mercer-hated-religion-online|title=Umpqua Gunman Chris Harper Mercer Hated Religion Online|date=October 2, 2015|publisher=[[The Daily Beast]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017|author=Katie Zavadski}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/02/oregon-shooter-said-to-have-singled-out-christians-for-killing-in-horrific-act-of-cowardice/?utm_term=.38c6d31660e9|title=Oregon shooter said to have singled out Christians for killing in ‘horrific act of cowardice’|date=October 2, 2015|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017|author=Eli Saslow, Sarah Kaplan and Joseph Hoyt}}</ref>

*[[Chris Harper Mercer]], Umpqua Community College gunman (October 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/umpqua-gunman-chris-harper-mercer-hated-religion-online|title=Umpqua Gunman Chris Harper Mercer Hated Religion Online|date=October 2, 2015|publisher=[[The Daily Beast]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017|author=Katie Zavadski}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/02/oregon-shooter-said-to-have-singled-out-christians-for-killing-in-horrific-act-of-cowardice/?utm_term=.38c6d31660e9|title=Oregon shooter said to have singled out Christians for killing in ‘horrific act of cowardice’|date=October 2, 2015|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017|author=Eli Saslow, Sarah Kaplan and Joseph Hoyt}}</ref>