Tuesday, August 06, 2019

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.


5 comments:

Trailblazer said...

Mass shooting is almost a pastime in the USA.
The last two episodes are almost out of the media already and the public eagerly awaits for another episode to the carnage just as they wait for a car crash at NASCAR.

TB

The Mound of Sound said...


A cultural marker, I suppose. One that's now getting a firm foothold in Canada.

Toby said...

Canadians watch too much TV. Some must believe that Canada has a 2nd Amendment; they certainly act like it.

The Mound of Sound said...


Even among the law-abiding gun owners there is a large segment that are NRA all the way, Toby. I make a point of telling them I'm not on that page.

Trailblazer said...

Toby, Canadians watch too much trash TV.
Sometimes I relish the thought of Canadian content controls.

The concentration of a media, biased toward conservatism, cheer on the devolvement of Canada on numerous issues.

Perhaps it started with a controversial article designed purely to attract readers/listeners/viewers to the advertising of the day.
When it worked it became policy.
The policy was advertising driven ?

TB