MST Mass Shooting Tracker

[RicInOR]

How Left-Wing Media Overstates Number Of 'Mass Shootings' By Factor Of 10

"The website "Mass Shooting Tracker" (MST) has been regularly used by news outlets, like The Washington Post and PBS, to claim "mass shootings" occur much more frequently than they actually do. MST uses an alternative definition of "mass shooting" that greatly overstates their frequency relative to the commonly-accepted definition used by law enforcement and academics."

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[Baseacegoku]

How Left-Wing Media Overstates Number Of 'Mass Shootings' By Factor Of 10

"The website "Mass Shooting Tracker" (MST) has been regularly used by news outlets, like The Washington Post and PBS, to claim "mass shootings" occur much more frequently than they actually do. MST uses an alternative definition of "mass shooting" that greatly overstates their frequency relative to the commonly-accepted definition used by law enforcement and academics."

I should point out that the MST used by the media is a site that was created and is run by a group of anti-gunners. It stems from the anti-gun sub-reddit /r/gunsarecool on the popular website Reddit.com. It has also been debunked pretty handily by anyone willing to look at the actual cases they use on the site.