Atheist mass shooters

The FBI has done preliminary research on mass shooters: FBI on psychology of mass shooters.

There have been a significant amount of atheists who have been mass shooters (see: List of atheist shooters and serial killers).

Atheists and psychological factors related to mass shooters

1. Mass shooters are often sociopaths or psychopaths (see: Atheism and sociopathy and Atheism and psychopathy).

2. Mass shooters tend to be proud, narcissists who craving attention (see: Atheism and arrogance and Atheism and narcissism).

3. Many mass shooters are loners (see: Atheism and loneliness and Atheism and social outcasts and Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence and Atheism and marriage).

4. Many mass shooters have mental illness (see: Atheism and mental illness).

5. Mass shooters often kill themselves or do "death by cop" (see: Atheism and suicide).

6. Mass shooters often tend to shoot out of revenge/bitterness/unforgiveness/anger (see: Atheism and bitterness and Atheism and forgiveness and Atheism and anger and Atheism and love).

7. Mass shooters often have poor emotional control (see: Atheism and negative emotions/thoughts).

8. Mass shooters often are very active on the internet (see: Atheism and the internet).

See also

• Atheism and violence
• Irreligion, psychopathy, crime, violence and antisocial behavior
• Atheism and its anti-civilizational effects
• Atheism and mass murder
• Atheism and morality
• Atheism and alcoholism
• Atheism and drug addiction
• Atheism and depression
• Irreligious prison population
• Religion and crime reduction