There have been more mass shootings than days in 2019

[tulc]

There have been more mass shootings than days in 2019

The number of mass shootings across the U.S. so far in 2019 has outpaced the number of days this year, according to a gun violence research group. This puts 2019 on pace to be the first year since 2016 with an average of more than one mass shooting a day.

As of Sunday, which was the 216th day of the year, there have been 251 mass shootings in the U.S., according to data from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, which tracks every mass shooting in the country. The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as any incident in which at least four people were shot, excluding the shooter.

tulc( )

 

[civilwarbuff]

Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm-related violence. The precise inclusion criteria are disputed, and there is no broadly accepted definition.[2][3][4] One definition is an act of public firearm violence—excluding gang killings, domestic violence, or terrorist acts sponsored by an organization—in which a shooter kills at least four victims. Using this definition, one study found that nearly one-third of the world's public mass shootings between 1966 and 2012 (90 of 292 incidents) occurred in the United States.[5][6] Using a similar definition, The Washington Post records 163 mass shootings in the United States between 1967 and June 2019.[7] wikihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States#cite_note-50years-7

Hmmmmm, someone ain't telling the truth.....

 

[tulc]

Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm-related violence. The precise inclusion criteria are disputed, and there is no broadly accepted definition.[2][3][4] One definition is an act of public firearm violence—excluding gang killings, domestic violence, or terrorist acts sponsored by an organization—in which a shooter kills at least four victims. Using this definition, one study found that nearly one-third of the world's public mass shootings between 1966 and 2012 (90 of 292 incidents) occurred in the United States.[5][6] Using a similar definition, The Washington Post records 163 mass shootings in the United States between 1967 and June 2019.[7] wiki

Hmmmmm, someone ain't telling the truth.....

or you could read the link and see why they say what the OP says.
tulc(kind of thought someone was going to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic over this)

 

[tulc]

I did notice this was in the link you provided:

Gun Violence Archive, frequently cited by the press, defines a mass shooting as firearm violence resulting in at least four people being shot at roughly the same time and location, excluding the perpetrator.[8][9] Using this definition, there have been 2,128 mass shootings since 2013, roughly one per day.[8][10]

which kind of means your link shows an even more appalling fact then the OP.
tulc(does appreciate civilwarbuff's contribution)

 

[dogs4thewin]

I saw that the problem is that most of those mass shootings really should not be qualified as such.

 

[civilwarbuff]

or you could read the link and see why they say what the OP says.
tulc(kind of thought someone was going to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic over this)

I did read....what definition did they use to define 'mass shooting'?
C'mon tulc, you should have caught that right away......

 

[Go Braves]

I did notice this was in the link you provided:

which kind of means your link shows an even more appalling fact then the OP.
tulc(does appreciate civilwarbuff's contribution)

What stood out to me the most from that fellow's source is the sentence at the end of that section he was quoting from:
The United States has had more mass shootings than any other country.[11][5][12][13][14]

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.