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Posteritatis

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13. I found sixteen on the first page of a google search

Reply to Logical (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 04:57 PM

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That site's definition is "multiple targets, chosen indiscriminately" - between the definition and the fact that some of the more 'irrelevant' ones (e.g., gang hits or the like) are probably slipping between the reportage cracks, I can totally believe that there've been twenty-five multiple shootings this year in the US that averaged out to six casualties per incident (which is different from "25 shootings of at least 6 people&quot

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Prediction: in the next few years we will see a mass murder epidemic... [View all] Flabbergasted Dec 2012 OP

Kick. Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #1

I think Obama regrets not doing enough on the gun issue in first term. julian09 Dec 2012 #2

That is a paranoid prediction Taitertots Dec 2012 #3

Call it a hunch. In the last couple of weeks we have seen the Oregon, ct and today ny. All rifle Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #5

What, specifically, do you see as causing this significant shift in trend? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #4

and a longer trend Jim Warren Dec 2012 #8

Lets look at it in a couple of different ways... Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #14

Thank you for the detailed response! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #15

There's a mass murder every two weeks already _Liann_ Dec 2012 #6

So you are saying mass shootings of at least 6 people happened 25 times this year? Logical Dec 2012 #7

I found sixteen on the first page of a google search Posteritatis Dec 2012 #13

+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - Well put and definitely coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #11

Proof of this? Because I don't think it is true. Logical Dec 2012 #12

I don't see this terrible situation unfolding under an 8-year Obama Presidency. Zax2me Dec 2012 #9

We already have a mass murder epidemic, a true public health crisis, and coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #10

I hope you are wrong, but if you are right, the pressure will mount to do something. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #16