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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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1. In the report, "mass shooting" was defined as...

Reply to NYC_SKP (Original post)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 01:46 AM

Sep 2014

3 or more killed in a single incident. Didn't the FBI use 4 or more as the standard for a mass murder? Did that change, or am I mistaken about the criterium?

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"US Active-Shooter Cases Spike at a 'Troubling' Rate" [View all] NYC_SKP Sep 2014 OP

In the report, "mass shooting" was defined as... Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #1

You are right Duckhunter935 Sep 2014 #3

They're good at changing the rules to further an agenda. ileus Sep 2014 #4

In my perusal of media proclaiming a rise in... Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #5

I took our "active shooter" class. ileus Sep 2014 #2

I should think a loaded syringe would be preferable. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #6

Would one of those pens with 4 different ink colors Lurks Often Sep 2014 #8

ETA, there's an FBI "study" out there, but none of the stories link to it. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #7