Gun Control & RKBA

1965Comet

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12. Further looking into things

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 02:50 PM

Dec 2016

turned up this from a redditor:

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/3o9adl/auditing_the_mass_shooting_tracker/

He details how he read "every single source" on Mass Shooting Tracker (from 2013 to 2015) and found problems with 10% of their listings. That means that, if this percentage holds, we can assume that only 423 of the 470 listings for 2016 are accurate. I don't know about you, but that still seems like a lot.

Now of course their definition is "4 people injured or killed" in a shooting, but still that is a lot of mass gun violence.

Furthermore, no one is arguing that guns are not lethal weapons, and thus the distinction between "mass shootings (including injuries)" and "mass killings" really doesn't have any meaning. I mean, a mass shooting where 4 people are injured could pretty easily have turned into a mass killing.

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They're not known for thinking ahead even one step...nt HAB911 Dec 2016 #1

Submitted for reference HAB911 Dec 2016 #2

Deserves, no, demands an OP of it's own. nt flamin lib Dec 2016 #4

Fake study. Kang Colby Dec 2016 #20

Not known for thinking at all. flamin lib Dec 2016 #10

I suggest that this is less of a... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #3

All throughout President Obama's term sarisataka Dec 2016 #5

Huh? 1965Comet Dec 2016 #6

I misunderstood your sarisataka Dec 2016 #7

No worries, we are on the same side here. 1965Comet Dec 2016 #8

your website isn't a valid source gejohnston Dec 2016 #9

My source 1965Comet Dec 2016 #11

the FBI excludes gang related gejohnston Dec 2016 #13

I don't understand why we need to differentiate... 1965Comet Dec 2016 #14

because gejohnston Dec 2016 #17

more 1965Comet Dec 2016 #25

It is my belief that rights are innate in humans. They cannot be "taken away". discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #27

Ok 1965Comet Dec 2016 #28

re: "...the right to self-defense has nothing to do specifically with hand guns..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #29

One could say the same thing about the gun in the hand of the criminal. 1965Comet Dec 2016 #34

re: "...we already do not allow certain weapon systems...the right is not absolute." discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #38

just a few things gejohnston Dec 2016 #32

Further looking into things 1965Comet Dec 2016 #12

their definition includes gejohnston Dec 2016 #15

more 1965Comet Dec 2016 #16

even more gejohnston Dec 2016 #19

MORE more 1965Comet Dec 2016 #21

"... if we were to just ban handguns..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #23

That is all nice, 1965Comet Dec 2016 #24

Name anything... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #26

I agree that pistols are excellent for self defense 1965Comet Dec 2016 #30

Point by point discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #37

Since the #1 priority of the gun control lobby is outlawing the most popular *rifles*, benEzra Jan 2017 #43

no. gejohnston Dec 2016 #31

mass shooting tracker is an admitted propagandist pushing an ideology. 1965Comet Dec 2016 #33

he inflates the numbers gejohnston Dec 2016 #35

The definition 1965Comet Dec 2016 #36

"Confirmed: Heat-seeking Missile Flies up Gun-controllers' Own Arse." Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #18

Uh, this was a right-wing attempt to smear the President, 1965Comet Dec 2016 #22

Oh, I am aware of the RW posting; they don't miss many opportunities, Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #39

I haven't seen this... 1965Comet Dec 2016 #40

I don't really care whether anyone wants to use the new Mass Shooting measure... Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #41

" writing in Yahoo, Nov. 10, 1915." oneshooter Dec 2016 #42