Atheist mass shooters

The FBI has some done preliminary research on the psychology of 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 crave 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 are often very unhappy people (see: Atheism and happiness and Atheism and depression).

9. Mass shooters are often active on the internet and frequently it is found that they have posted disturbing things on social media and/or other websites (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
• Irreligious prison population
• Religion and crime reduction