Current Events > There Have Been 251 Mass Shootings in the U.S. in 216 Days in 2019.

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Lebronwon
08/04/19 6:07:25 PM
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/gun-violence-2019-251-mass-shootings.html

Damn.
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Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7
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J03can
08/04/19 6:20:58 PM
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Nice job America!

You should all be ashamed.
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r25
08/04/19 6:21:16 PM
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What counts as mass shooting
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r25
08/04/19 7:01:41 PM
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Outer_space posted...
r25 posted...
What counts as mass shooting

I think multiple people being targeted or injured.

So drive-by?
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KamenRiderBlade
08/04/19 7:04:36 PM
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The Department of Justice defines a mass killing as any episode in which there are three or more killings in a single episode.

I trust the DoJ's definition over Slate's own arbitrary defintion.
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GATTJT
08/04/19 7:09:17 PM
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KamenRiderBlade posted...
The Department of Justice defines a mass killing as any episode in which there are three or more killings in a single episode.

I trust the DoJ's definition over Slate's own arbitrary defintion.
mass killing =/= mass shooting

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Solid Sonic
08/04/19 7:09:39 PM
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J03can posted...
Nice job America!

You should all be ashamed.
How am I responsible for this?

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Tired-Insomniac
08/04/19 7:10:55 PM
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r25 posted...
What counts as mass shooting


At least four people shot per incident. Don't have to be killed, just shot.
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markconigliaro
08/04/19 7:13:00 PM
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From the link, the 251 number comes from the number of mass shootings:

The nonprofit organization counts as a mass shooting any incident in which four or more people were shot or killed, without including the shooter.


Also from the link, the DoJ definition of a mass killing brings the number to 32:

The Department of Justice defines a mass killing as any episode in which there are three or more killings in a single episode. Using that definition, the violence in Dayton Sunday morning marked the 32nd mass killing of the year, reports the New York Times.

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k debonair
08/04/19 7:15:12 PM
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I always had a problem with this classification, because it lumps gangs having a turf war, a guy who shoots his wife and her lovers then commits suicide, and a crazed lunatic who shoots up a mall, in the same bucket.
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Solid Sonic
08/04/19 7:18:23 PM
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k debonair posted...
I always had a problem with this classification, because it lumps gangs having a turf war, a guy who shoots his wife and her lovers then commits suicide, and a crazed lunatic who shoots up a mall, in the same bucket.
Shouldn't the US be ashamed of that anyway?

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J03can
08/04/19 7:35:52 PM
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Solid Sonic posted...
k debonair posted...
I always had a problem with this classification, because it lumps gangs having a turf war, a guy who shoots his wife and her lovers then commits suicide, and a crazed lunatic who shoots up a mall, in the same bucket.
Shouldn't the US be ashamed of that anyway?

As long as people can qualify it by "who cares, it wont happen to me" who cares, right?
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Roxborough4Ever
08/04/19 7:37:18 PM
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r25 posted...
What counts as mass shooting


whatever the opposition says,
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BloodMountain
08/04/19 8:33:58 PM
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This is sad but not surprising
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Kazi1212
08/04/19 8:35:22 PM
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Damn. Are deaths by gun violence overall on the rise as well?
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PatrickMahomes
08/05/19 11:16:39 AM
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Numbers aside, the fact that people have to debate the definition of a "mass shooting" is literally the problem
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Caution998
08/05/19 11:25:55 AM
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PatrickMahomes posted...
Numbers aside, the fact that people have to debate the definition of a "mass shooting" is literally the problem


it should be obvious, but some people with an agenda will inflate numbers by categorizing other incidents that really nobody would agree is a "mass shooting".
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hockeybub89
08/05/19 11:26:20 AM
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