ABC actually tells some truth about "mass shootings"

[Slobray]

Mass shootings aren't more frequent _ but they are deadlier

It can sometimes seem as though mass shootings are occurring more frequently. Researchers who have been studying such crimes for decades say they aren't,...

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While mass shootings happen with regularity, they still remain so rare* that there isn't enough information to draw conclusions with any certainty.

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"Some years are worse than others, and bad years tend to be followed by not-so-bad years," Fox said. While two of the deadliest took place this year, "you can't take the actions of one or two people and call it a new phenomenon. That's abberational. You can't make any pattern or trend based on that."

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In half of the deadliest mass shootings, the perpetrator used at least one AR-style firearm. In one, the massacre at a McDonald's in San Ysidro, California, in 1984, the shooter used an Uzi submachine gun. The others were carried out with handguns, the weapon used in the majority of mass shootings.*

"Contrary to what some folks may think, the incidence of mass public shootings has not increased since Sandy Hook or even the five years before that,*" Duwe said.

*Emphasis mine

While the story is still slanted to cast doubt against "the wide availability of firearms" in America, the "much-maligned "assault weapon" with its military style" and the infamous "AR-style firearm"........... they were at least more honest than usual when it comes to anything involving firearms.



Ray

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[Dungannon]

... they were at least more honest than usual when it comes to anything involving firearms.

True, but sad none-the-less. It's newsworthy when habitual liars slip up and tell the truth.

Given their history on the subject, one naturally wonders whether this is just a minor course correction to adjust their anti-2a message along a slightly different trajectory.

 

[Slobray]

True, but sad none-the-less. It's newsworthy when habitual liars slip up and tell the truth.

Given their history on the subject, one naturally wonders whether this is just a minor course correction to adjust their anti-2a message along a slightly different trajectory.

Or maybe they didn't actually read the story and only checked to see if enough of the anti-gun catch phrases were in the story:

Mass shooting-check
Sandy Hook mentioned numerous times-check
Dead Children-check
Pulse night club body count-check
Vegas body count-check
The word "deadly","deadlier" even more scary-check
Availability of/to guns-check
AR-check
"Assault Weapon"-check
"Military"-check
bump stocks-check
Automatic weapons-check

While I agree with you, it's also a good possibility that this one slipped through the cracks.


Ray