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> Every time there's a mass shooting [...] If this is a valid premise, then you know you are doing something wrong as a society. Mass shootings are common plac
by ruph123 4y ago
> Every time there's a mass shooting [...]
If this is a valid premise, then you know you are doing something wrong as a society. Mass shootings are common place in the US (with currently 177 mass shootings this year so far). This is not normal.
- dmoy 4y agoIt depends entirely on the definition of mass shooting. If you use the FBI's active shooting definition, there's closer to 15-20 per year on a 20 year average. https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/active-shooter-incidents-20-year-review-2000-2019-060121.pdf/view https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/active-shooter-incidents... If you use the GVA definition, which includes a whole lot of other things, then yes. But the GVA's dataset is somewhat suspect. For example this qualifies as a mass shooting in the GVA: https://www.atlantapd.org/Home/Components/News/News/4031/631 https://www.atlantapd.org/Home/Components/News/News/4031/631
- txsoftwaredev 4y agoUS isn't even close to the top of the list for mass shootings in the world and it is not "common place". Most "mass" shootings, which could be just three individuals, are gang related and added to the data for mass shootings.
- dmoy 4y agoNot even three. GVA includes a lot of incidents with just two individuals being shot, so long as at least two other people are present for the incident.