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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the first time ever, a Florida Senate committee is delving into the causes of mass violence.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing began with testimony from FSU researchers.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-54323 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/mass-violence00000013\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" 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\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cAnd the years with the most mass shootings are 1980, 1992, 1993, and 2016,\u201d said Dr. Jillian Turanovic with the FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice.<\/p>\n<p>While mass violence is not increasing dramatically, despite public opinion to the contrary, hate crimes are exploding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe internet can act as an echo chamber where they just hear louder and hateful versions of their own hateful viewpoints,\u201d said Dr. Brendon Lantz.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-54323 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