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Jesus Malverde

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5. Not really correct.

Reply to CBGLuthier (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 06:51 AM

Dec 2015

The FBI defines an active-shooter incident as an individual or individuals “actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area.” The agency counted 160 such incidents from 2000 to 2013

However mass shootings are defined, the deaths they cause represent a small proportion of all homicides committed with firearms in the U.S., which have declined from a decade ago, as has the overall murder rate, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mass-shootings-have-become-more-common-in-the-u-s/

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How Many Mass Shootings Are There, Really? [View all] Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 OP

"Family disputes" are no longer even reported ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2015 #1

Who cares? Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2015 #2

It matters to those who decide which shootings will be tv extravaganzas HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #6

The FBI classifies mass shooting as four or more, so there IS a definition. CBGLuthier Dec 2015 #3

4 or more seems arbitrary, if 3 are killed they're just as dead. brush Dec 2015 #4

Not really correct. Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #5