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Post by avordvet on Oct 14, 2014 4:34:40 GMT -5
h/t to SSI for link The FBI’s bogus report on mass shootingsBy John R. Lott Jr., October 12, 2014 5:27pm It’s disheartening to see the FBI used to promote a political agenda, but that’s what we got with the bureau’s release last month of a study claiming to show a sharp rise in mass shootings, a la Newtown, Conn. The FBI counted 160 “mass” or “active” shootings in public places from 2000 to 2013. Worse, it said these attacks rose from just one in 2000 to 17 in 2013. Media outlets worldwide gave the “news” extensive coverage. Too bad the study is remarkably shoddy — slicing the evidence to distort the results. In fact, mass public shootings have only risen ever so slightly over the last four decades. nypost.com/2014/10/12/the-fbis-bogus-report-on-mass-shootings/
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