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HereSince1628

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6. It matters to those who decide which shootings will be tv extravaganzas

Reply to Donald Ian Rankin (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 08:25 AM

Dec 2015

And that really matters because it directly influences American awareness and attitudes and thereby calls for political action

It also matters to the purpose of your counting. If you want large numbers you want a broad definition that is more inclusive, it you want to know about specific types of attacks then you want the counting to be done by tighter definitions. Large numbers have great statistical power and also greater political influence.

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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