motherjones.com mass shooting analysis
Data Sources
Data & Analysis on mass shootings in the United States.
When adding new datafiles, include: Filename: Source: Info:
Filename: mj_1982-2016.csv Source: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data Info: Data based on FBI and corroborrated by Mother Jones.
Filename: govt_pop.csv Source: http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2015/index.html Info: Data based on "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico"
Filename: H.R.3355 - 103rd Congress (1993-1994) Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 _ Congress.gov _ Library of Congress Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3355 Info: A local copy of the government's webpage for the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
Filename: us_counties_2010.json Source: Info: A shapefile of US counties.
Filename: us_states_2010.json Source: Info: A shapefile of US states.
Filename: state_long_gun_laws.csv Source: compiled from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_by_state by Olivia Cheng. Info: Details about long gun laws in the US.
Filename: state_handgun_laws.csv Source: compiled from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_by_state by Olivia Cheng. Info: Details about handgun laws in the US.
Libraries Used
Pandas (and by extension, Numpy) Folium