LaCom said that the U.S needs to look at reliable data about who commits mass shootings, which points to the mass shooter being a male. “Mass shootings are gendered, both in terms of victims but also in terms, clearly, of perpetrators,” LaCom said. LaCom said her point was that mass shootings are gendered. “When people like Trump are talking about how we have to keep Muslims about, what you need to know is that most mass shootings are perpetuated by white men who are U.S citizens in this country,” LaCom said. LaCom gave a statistic from the F.B.I which stated that 98 percent of mass shooters are male and of the 98 percent, 90 percent were white. LaCom spoke about the shooting from a perspective on masculinity, and began by giving statistics on mass shootings, saying they are a United States phenomenon. The panel started with a video from Democracy Now! to remind those in attendance of the event and the feelings that were felt at the time. The panelists discussed the multiple perspectives on the events, such as how different communities experienced it, as well as perspectives on why events like the Pulse shooting happen. The featured panelists were LaCom, psychology professor Jennifer McGraw, psychology professor Catherine Massey, RockOut President and SRU student Morgan Scott and philosophy professor Andrew Winter. It was co-sponsored by various organizations, including the psychology department, gender studies (advocacy), the President’s Commission on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation (GISO), Department of Housing and Residence Life, the philosophy department, the Center for Public Humanities, RockOUT and the Pride Center. The panel was organized by Emily Keener, psychology professor, and Cindy LaCom, gender studies professor. 19, but due to the faculty strike, it was moved. The event was originally scheduled for Oct. The panel, called “The Pulse Nightclub Mass Shooting: Unpacking the Intersecting Issues”, was held in Vincent Science Center and started at 7:30 p.m. A panel of professors and a student held a discussion Wednesday night on the after-effects of the shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub in June, where 49 people were killed and 53 were wounded.