Maybe there have been some drive bys, but as you said, that is several, not loads. The reason you hear so much about these shootings is because it is so uncommon.

"Contrary to public perception, the overall level of gun crime in this country is relatively low â?? less than half of 1 percent of all crime recorded by the police â?? and in the year ending 31 March 2004, there was:

a 15 per cent reduction in homicides involving firearms
a 13 per cent reduction in robberies involving firearms"


This is from the US:

"According to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) in 2003, 449,150 victims of violent crimes stated that they faced an offender with a firearm.


Incidents involving a firearm represented 7% of the 4.9 million violent crimes of rape and sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated and simple assault.


The FBI's Crime in the United States estimated that 67% of the 16,503 murders in 2003 were committed with firearms."