• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    9 months ago

    The precise inclusion criteria are disputed, and there is no broadly accepted definition. Only shootings that have Wikipedia articles of their own are included in this list.

    Yeah, no. Not really. It’s useful, but it’s a much smaller subset. This is all notable mass shootings, not all mass shootings. As the article later goes on to describe, the definition is in contention. There are many different definitions that may include far fewer or far more events, just because of the nature of it it can’t be perfect.

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      9 months ago

      For me, I would define a mass shooting as four or more people shot, not counting the perpetrator, where the shooting itself was the objective.

      Not a robbery gone bad, not a drug crime, not a gang fight, or a bar fight.

      Someone went to a location with the sole intent of shooting as many people as possible.

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          9 months ago

          I’d wager most people hear “mass shooting” and think it’s some guy at a school or a mall with an AR-15 and that’s absolutely not what’s happening.

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              9 months ago

              Because someone out there is trying desperately to manipulate public opinion. I’m encouraging you to see what they’re doing here.

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                9 months ago

                I see you trying to downplay mass shootings in every fuckin thread about them I see on here and it’s gettin real tiring reading your dumbass comments.