07-15-2016, 12:52 AM
(07-14-2016, 12:47 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You are just cherry picking a definition.
I'm not cherry picking a damn thing counselor. As my post clearly stated the definition I was using for mass shooting was taken straight from left leaning sources, in this case https://www.massshootingtracker.org/about. In their own words;
Quote:We define a mass shooting to be an incident of violence in which 4 or more people are shot. We do not consider the motive of the shooter, or whether he or she shot up a school, workplace or street corner. Our mission is to record all incidents of mass gun violence. We include the shooter's death because suicide matters and means matter. Ignoring the shooter's death is not logically consistent with research that tracks the death toll of firearm suicides in our society.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Use http://www.shootingtracker.com/Main_Page if you prefer. Blame Vice not me.
Quote:"Mass shooting" usually includes victims who are "selected indiscriminately" in public places, and this excludes gang related, criminal related, and family related killings. When you use this definition white people commit about two-thirds (64%) of the killings.
Ahh, I see. Use one set of date when it fits your purpose, as in, "There have been X mass shootings in the last five years", and another set of data for, "Most mass shootings are committed by white people". Unintentionally bad things happen when you try and skew data eh?
