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Discussion :

Mass killings are atrocious enough on their own, to imagine having the ability to slaughter people for mere enjoyment or empowerment is truly sickening. As human beings we are all born differently and that is what makes every individual special from birth. The problem with this miracle is that many people are born with the mental ability to seek destruction as a solution to certain events or problems.

Mass killings are considered to be the act of murdering a number of people usually in a certain time frame within a geographical location (Morelli & Rohner. 2015).

Mass shootings can involve the means of profit, loyalty, revenge, terror, or power. All of which seem to point in the direction of personal gain regardless of what back story there is to such acts.

When it comes to mass shootings for profit it can be an atrocious and horrifying especially in the case where Albinism was a means for murder and theft of organs and bones. People with the genetic disorder, which is characterized by an absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes, have long suffered from discrimination in Malawi, where superstition about the condition runs deep.

More than 60 related cases have been recorded. These range from murders to the theft of bones from the graves of people with albinism. Attacks are driven by the belief that albino body parts can be used in witchcraft to bring wealth and cure disease (Economist, 2016).

Mass Shootings when it comes to loyalty and revenge could be connected to gang members conducting initiations to prove themselves as worthy members who deserve to join the family. They may need to conduct killings in the name of loyalty and revenge for any bad connections that their gang family may have. The terrorist group of Islamic State of Iraq rose to power through the use of mass shootings and massacre's by using terror and by using their power to terrorize innocent families across the middle east.

Resources:

Economist. (2016, June 11). Murder for profit.

Morelli, M., & Rohner, D. (2015). Strategic mass killings. Journal of Political Economy, 123(5), 1087-1132.