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Topic	Feels like the US is on the brink of something catastrophic
brestugo 05/09/19 5:30:11 PM #35:	justaguy3492 posted... Fuparulez posted... Emma Fridels research has uncovered that school shootings have been declining since the 1990s. https://www.npr.org/2018/03/15/593831564/the-disconnect-between-perceived-danger-in-u-s-schools-and-reality Despite Heightened Fear Of School Shootings, It's Not A Growing Epidemic The way they define school shootings is a little flimsy. They're studying "multiple victim shootings" which they define as 4 or more victims and at least 2 deaths by firearms, excluding the assailant. So by that standard the Colorado shooting wasn't actually a school shooting. Which I would hope you disagree with. The other thing is that school shootings weren't really a thing before the '90's. After an explosion (a rapid expnasion), of course all the measurable statistics appear to go down. But the fact that the measurable statistic - the rapid expansion of school shootings - even exists, is itself a problem. --- It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. <cite>brestugo posted [p:921682648] in Feels like... [t:77703830]...</cite> <quote><cite>justaguy3492 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Fuparulez posted...</cite> <quote>Emma Fridels research has uncovered that school shootings have been declining since the 1990s. https://www.npr.org/2018/03/15/593831564/the-disconnect-between-perceived-danger-in-u-s-schools-and-reality Despite Heightened Fear Of School Shootings, It's Not A Growing Epidemic</quote> The way they define school shootings is a little flimsy. They're studying "multiple victim shootings" which they define as 4 or more victims and at least 2 deaths by firearms, excluding the assailant. So by that standard the Colorado shooting wasn't actually a school shooting. Which I would hope you disagree with.</quote> The other thing is that school shootings weren't really a thing before the '90's. After an explosion (a rapid expnasion), of course all the measurable statistics appear to go down. But the fact that the measurable statistic - the rapid expansion of school shootings - even exists, is itself a problem. --- It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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