What’s the Definition of a Mass Shooting? Anti-Gun Groups Play Loose With the Numbers

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When it comes to reporting news on shootings and gun deaths, the numbers don’t lie…or do they? It’s hard to say when the numbers and measurements don’t even match and groups with an agenda twist the definitions of “mass shooting” to help inflate the numbers. There were 648 mass shootings in 2020, according to the … Read more

Fun With Data: More ‘Research’ Blames Mass Shootings On Those Who Didn’t Do It

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It’s time to play “spot the lousy gun research” again! There’s yet a new “study” out that purports to link high rates of firearm ownership to higher rates of mass shootings. It’s economically entitled Comparing the Impact of Household Gun Ownership and Concealed Carry Legislation on the Frequency of Mass Shootings and Firearms Homicide, by … Read more

Perspective: Mass Shootings Are Neither More Frequent or More Deadly in America

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By Miguel A. Faria, Jr., M.D. Mass shootings are a heinous crime, and for the victims and the rest of the population, a tragedy. That should not detract from the fact that many, if not most, of the culprits are deranged malcontents, who in many ways are aberrant products of the times in which we live. Nor … Read more

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