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[[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>
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*[[Chris Harper Mercer]], Umpqua Community College gunman (October 2015)<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>
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*[[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>
 
*[[Craig Stephen Hicks]], perpretator of the Chapel Hill Shootings (February 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/02/chapel-hill-shooting-white-male-atheist-murders-three-muslim-students|title=The Chapel Hill shooting: White male atheist murders three Muslim students|publisher=[[New Statesman]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017}}</ref>
 
*[[Craig Stephen Hicks]], perpretator of the Chapel Hill Shootings (February 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/02/chapel-hill-shooting-white-male-atheist-murders-three-muslim-students|title=The Chapel Hill shooting: White male atheist murders three Muslim students|publisher=[[New Statesman]]|accessdate=October 7, 2017}}</ref>
 
*[[Jared Lee Loughner]], perpetrator of the Tuscon Shootings (January 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-is-jared-loughner-friends-reveal-alienation/|title=Who is Jared Loughner? Friends Reveal Alienation|date=January 10, 2011|publisher=[[CBS News]]|accessdate=7 October 2017|quote=An ardent atheist, he began to characterize people as sheep whose free will was being sapped by the government and the monotony of modern life.}}</ref>
 
*[[Jared Lee Loughner]], perpetrator of the Tuscon Shootings (January 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-is-jared-loughner-friends-reveal-alienation/|title=Who is Jared Loughner? Friends Reveal Alienation|date=January 10, 2011|publisher=[[CBS News]]|accessdate=7 October 2017|quote=An ardent atheist, he began to characterize people as sheep whose free will was being sapped by the government and the monotony of modern life.}}</ref>

Revision as of 05:11, October 7, 2017

The following list is a comprehensive list of atheist shooters. Atheists have a long record of being mass shooters and militant atheism in general has a causal association with mass murder.

United States

Jared Loughner's mugshot, released January 10, 2011

Canada

  • Kimveer Gill, perpetrator of the Dawson College Shooting (September 2006)[8]

Norway

Anders Breivik stated that "Religion is a crutch for many weak people", echoing the quote of atheistic communist philosopher Karl Marx[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hayes, Christal (October 6, 2017). Fox News: Las Vegas Shooter May Have Targeted Christian Country Fans Because He Was Atheist. Newsweek. Retrieved on October 7, 2017. “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.””
  2. ↑ Katie Zavadski (October 2, 2015). Umpqua Gunman Chris Harper Mercer Hated Religion Online. The Daily Beast. Retrieved on October 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ Eli Saslow, Sarah Kaplan and Joseph Hoyt (October 2, 2015). Oregon shooter said to have singled out Christians for killing in ‘horrific act of cowardice’. The Washington Post. Retrieved on October 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ The Chapel Hill shooting: White male atheist murders three Muslim students. New Statesman. Retrieved on October 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ Who is Jared Loughner? Friends Reveal Alienation. CBS News (January 10, 2011). Retrieved on 7 October 2017. “An ardent atheist, he began to characterize people as sheep whose free will was being sapped by the government and the monotony of modern life.”
  6. ↑ Keane, Brett (August 16, 2017). Atheists List of Killers and Criminals. GodTVRadio News. Retrieved on October 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ Wolcott, Martin Gilman (2004). The Evil 100. Kensington Publishing Corporation. ISBN 9780806525556. Retrieved on October 7, 2017. 
  8. ↑ Langton, Jerry (January 12, 2010). Rage: The True Story of a Sibling Murder. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470739969. Retrieved on 7 October 2017. “I hate this world, I hate the people in it, I hate the way people live, I hate God, I hate the deceivers, I hate betrayers, I hate religious zealots...” 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Anders Breivik Manifesto: Shooter/Bomber Downplayed Religion, Secular Influence Key. International Business Times (July 25, 2011). Retrieved on October 7, 2017.

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