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To: TChad
New John R. Lott article at The Federalist

Parts of that article, from John R. Lott's blog at http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/:

Of the 82 mass public shootings from January 1998 to May 2021, 9 percent have known or alleged ties to white supremacists, neo-Nazis, or anti-immigrant views. And many of the anti-immigrant attackers, such as the Buffalo murderer, hold decidedly environmentalist views that are more in line with the Democrat agenda.

Other groups commit mass public shootings disproportionately more than whites do. While non-Middle Eastern whites make up about 64% of the population, they make up 58% of the mass public shooters. Another nine percent are carried out by people of middle eastern origin, who make up only 0.4% of the country’s population. That makes middle easterners the most likely ethnic/racial group to carry out mass public shootings. Blacks, Asians, and American Indians commit these attacks at a slightly higher rate than their share of the population. Hispanics commit them at much lower rates (11% lower) than their share of the population.

Seventy-one percent of mass public shooters have no identifiable political views.

But you would never know this from watching TV police dramas or listening to Biden’s constant claim that white supremacists pose the biggest threat of domestic terrorism.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed in testimony in April that white supremacy is the top terrorism-related threat to the homeland. But when pressed, Mayorkas couldn’t name a single white supremacy case that his department referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution.

White supremacists with guns are not the threat that our government would have us believe. It’s not just that white supremacy is rare – so too are gun crimes. The number of gun crimes has been falling dramatically, and they now make up less than 8% of violent crimes in America.


15 posted on 05/30/2022 6:20:37 PM PDT by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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To: TChad
Re: "Hispanics commit mass public shootings at much lower rates (11% lower) than their share of the population."

A statement like that has become almost impossible to verify.

When people are arrested in the USA, they are allowed to decide what racial or ethnic groups they belong to.

More and more Hispanics identify as white.

For instance - in Uvalde, TX - the Census Bureau states that 88% of residents are "White alone."

Five lines further down the page, the Census Bureau clarifies:

Hispanic or Latino - 82%

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino - 15%

When the FBI compiles nation wide race and ethnic crime statistics, it is simply not possible to judge their accuracy.

For instance, I have yet to read or see a MSM news report that identifies the Uvalde shooter as Hispanic.

And, I have yet to see a news report that identifies the race of each murdered child.

Compare and contrast that to what would happen if the Uvalde shooter had been a white European.

22 posted on 05/30/2022 7:14:45 PM PDT by zeestephen
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