# Were most of the Shooters Virgins?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-most-of-the-shooters-virgins/733424>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 3, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-most-of-the-shooters-virgins/733424 "2015-10-03T22:05:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![IndianStones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ebca7d/32.png) [@IndianStones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IndianStones)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-most-of-the-shooters-virgins/733424/1 "2015-10-03T22:05:14Z")

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I think they were

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**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-most-of-the-shooters-virgins/733424/2 "2015-10-03T22:10:18Z")

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Belongs in In My Humble Opinion.

Reported.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-most-of-the-shooters-virgins/733424/3 "2015-10-03T22:14:36Z")

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We cannot know.  
**They** are dead.  
And few women would boast of sexing-up a monster.

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**Author:** ![IndianStones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ebca7d/32.png) [@IndianStones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IndianStones)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-most-of-the-shooters-virgins/733424/4 "2015-10-03T22:15:32Z")

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It’s more likely they were in fact virgins

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**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-most-of-the-shooters-virgins/733424/5 "2015-10-03T22:16:03Z")

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The charleston shooter is in custody. We could ask him, if it mattered. OP, do you think it matters? If so, why?

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-most-of-the-shooters-virgins/733424/6 "2015-10-03T22:17:28Z")

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The OP is suspended for trolling while we discuss his posting privileges.