What part of that invalidates the numbers? Did they not follow the stated methods (using FBI definition of "mass")? Did the "guns included might mean owned, not used" skew the type of gun stats?
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 12:32 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Until this quote at the bottom pretty much invalidates all the numbers > > NOTE: Mother Jones mass data contain both mass and spree shootings of more > than four people. The FBI defines mass murder as the murder of four or more > people during an event with no cooling-off period between the murders, and > a spree killer is someone who kills victims in a short time in multiple > locations. "Guns used" may include firearms belonging to the shooter that > were not used at the crime scene but later recovered elsewhere by > investigators. SOURCE: Mother Jones â A Guide to Mass Shootings in America > < > http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data > >, > and news reports. > On Jun 12, 2014 12:27 PM, "Jerry Milo Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://newsillustrator.tumblr.com/post/87434489316/id-like-to-say-this-one-was-quick-but-it-would-be > > > > It shows the "legal vs illegal", and the "long gun vs hand gun" questions > > pretty clearly. > > > > Jerry Milo Johnson > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370860 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
