Mass Shootings - Finally, a Consensus.

A Boy and His Toy

In 'Murica, the 2nd Amendment and mass shootings go hand in hand. It's right up there with 'mom's apple pie.'

There are enough mass shootings in the US, roughly 1.2 per day, that a consensus is emerging on what constitutes a 'mass shooting.'

Stanford University MSA Data Project: three or more shot in one incident, excluding the perpetrators, at one location, at roughly the same time, excluding organized crime, as well as gang-related and drug-related shootings. Mass Shooting Tracker: four or more shot in one incident, at one location, at roughly the same time. Gun Violence Archive/Vox: four or more shot in one incident, excluding the perpetrators, at one location, at roughly the same time. Mother Jones: three or more shot and killed in one incident, excluding the perpetrators, at a public place. The Washington Post: four or more shot and killed in one incident, excluding the perpetrators, at a public place. ABC News/FBI: four or more shot and killed in one incident, excluding the perpetrators, at one location, at roughly the same time.[10]Congressional Research Service: four or more shot and killed in one incident, excluding the perpetrators, at a public place, excluding gang-related killings and those done with a profit-motive. 

It sounds as though four or more shot and killed is becoming the consensus.

I don't want to be flippant and I apologize for the coarse language but this graphic really does seem to capture the moment in America, 2019.