California Gov. Gavin Newsom Claims More Than 400 ‘Mass Shootings’ in U.S. This Year

Breitbart ^ | 07/24/2023 | AWR HAWKINS

[ChicagoConservative27]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) claimed Sunday that there have been over 400 “mass shootings” in the United States thus far in 2023.

His claim was based on Gun Violence Archive’s misleading “mass shooting” data, as reported by ABC News. (Breitbart News pointed out that Forbes used the same misleading data, claiming over 400 “mass shootings” in the United States at this point in 2023 as well.)

Newsom tweeted:

This weekend marked the 400th mass shooting in the US this year.

Absolutely insane.

Everyone deserves the Right to Safety.

Time for a Constitutional amendment to end these tragedies. https://t.co/9MQlm24XBZ

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 24, 2023

[ChicagoConservative27]

Just like California has a budget surplus... (S)

[AnthonySoprano]

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How many were people that don’t work and tested positive for drugs, and the kind Cali legalized?

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[Red Badger]

How many if you subtract the ones done by Democrats?.............

[FlingWingFlyer]

It was never like that until the RATS took over and defunded and cut down on the number of LEOs. Legalizing everything or making everything a “petty misdemeanor” and letting all the criminals back out onto the streets didn’t help much either. I wonder what the RATS thought was going to happen. Gruesome Newsome can only blame himself. He’s an idiot.

[Seaplaner]

His claim was based on Gun Violence Archive’s misleading “mass shooting” data, as reported by ABC News. (Breitbart News pointed out that Forbes used the same misleading data, claiming over 400 “mass shootings” in the United States at this point in 2023 as well)

Deceit.

It's the Dems (and Forbes) middle name.

As an aside, I was in LA recently (against my wishes to not be), and found the place to be the unfriendly, icky/sticky petri dish that I recall from the last time I was in LA (against my wishes to not be.)

I did not feel safe until the airplane took off and headed toward a better state.

[NorthMountain]

There were two mass shootings (three or more shot in the same event) in Chicongo this past weekend.

[rktman]

Well if its libtards shooting off their mouths, then the number is way higher....... Hey, grabem......🖕 and your freedom hating pals.

[gundog]

You never know when one of them might be on the plane.

[bgill]

I missed hearing a thing about 350

Wow, Gavin, I missed 350+ of them. Tell me about them. Waiting. Tapping fingers. Still waiting...

[Sooth2222]

The data foundational to Newsom’s “mass shooting” claims, and those of ABC News as well, are drawn from the Gun Violence Archive (GVA). The GVA’s threshold for a “mass shooting” departs from the standard definition, broadening the category to include numerous other shootings not previously counted as “mass shootings.”

Therefore, while GVA figures communicate over 400 “mass shootings” at this point in 2023, the database maintained by the Associated Press / Northeastern University / USA Today–a database which still relies on the standard “mass shooting” definition–reported only 29 firearm-based mass killings through July 4 of this year.

Wikipedia: Media outlets such as CNN and some crime violence research groups such as the Gun Violence Archive define mass shootings as involving "four or more shot (injured or killed) in a single incident, at the same general time and location, not including the shooter".

(Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, Newark, Philadelphia and every Democrat city every weekend.)

[JimRed]

Every weekend in Chicago is a mass shooting.

[ridesthemiles]

MATH IS VERY HARD FOR SOME FOLKS.

[Taxman]

For FReepers Information:

“GVA defines mass shootings as incidents in which bullets hit four or more people, regardless of whether any of them die. That differs from the FBI’s definition of mass murder, which only counts incidents that lead to four or more people being killed, by guns or any other means.”

Excerpted FRom https://www.thetrace.org/2021/06/mark-bryant-gun-violence-archive-shooting-data-interview/