According to the Post, most of the victims are chosen not for what they’ve done, but because of where they were. These shootings account for a small fraction of the country’s gun deaths, — nearly 11,800 in 2019, not including suicides — but they are particularly terrifying because they occur without warning in the most mundane places. We’ve seen them happen with greater frequency over the last 20 years — at malls, festivals, schools, nightclubs, places of worship, movie theaters and grocery stores.