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About those “more mass shootings than days” narrative for 2015(any number with 4+)
hotair.com ^ | 12/3/2015 | Taylor Millard

Posted on 12/03/2015 9:41:32 AM PST by rktman

The Left and their media allies are pushing a new narrative regarding mass shootings. The Washington Post and Boston Globe had massive headlines yesterday claiming there have been 355 mass shootings in 336 days this year, while Vox included it as part of their “fancy stats” on gun violence. It’s enough to make people squeamish about ever owning a gun, let alone hanging out with a gun owner. The problem is the definition of “mass shooting.” All three websites are using the data supplied by crowd-sourcing website shootingtracker.com, which has a really broad definition of what a “mass shooting” actually is (emphasis mine).

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: banglist; definitions; massshooting; shootingtracker
Cumulative chi town shooting numbers----------------Meh!
1 posted on 12/03/2015 9:41:32 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

Kind of hard getting all that “Workplace Violence” with the unemployment numbers so high.


2 posted on 12/03/2015 9:43:05 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
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Shooting tracker includes some incidents where kids shot each other with BB guns.


3 posted on 12/03/2015 10:23:31 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Looking at the assclowns resume ‘splains a lot.


4 posted on 12/03/2015 10:24:52 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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When my local tv station started their nightly news report, the first thing they talked about rather than the types who committed the crimes was Obama talking about gun control.I wanted to throw a brick through the tv screen, but I'd have smashed over one hundred tvs if I threw one every time I got enraged.

Yes, let's not talk about the crime and the motives of the shooters....let's get on that gun-grabbing agenda immediately.

5 posted on 12/03/2015 3:55:28 PM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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