Comparing the Global Rate of Mass Public Shootings to the U.S.’s and Changes Over time

Social Science Research Network ^ | November 22, 2018 | John R Lott Jr

[rktman]

More gun laws =more shootings? I suggest we fall back to the 2nd as written and forego the parts where it says you must have “authorization” to carry.

[CGVet58]

bttt

[familyop]

Norway is big on gun control, and crazy Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 and injured 319.

[familyop]

The annual rate of homicides involving firearms in the U.S. is less than 1 per 29,000 people (320,000,000 / 11,000), and many of those homicides occurred in no-go neighborhoods.

[familyop]

Numbers from here (re. 11,000).

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[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Thanks for the reply. I think the term “public mass shooting” injects confusion into the conversation. There is no guarantee that family or gang shootings will not occur in public. Furthermore, some violent crimes may have unknown or multiple motives.

[tx_eggman]

Humble, this thread has been harsh to you ... deleted by the Mod and then narses goes and calls you boring.

You're slipping

[Svartalfiar]

There is no guarantee that family or gang shootings will not occur in public.

Correct, but the main differentiator is the target. Family/gang shootings are primarily targeted at certain family members, or members of a rival gang. If you're not the target, you'll be an incidental casualty. The gunman won't be aiming for you. The mass public shooting is one where the gunman is shooting at just about anything he sees moving - being in the vicinity makes you a target. So your odds of getting shot at are much higher.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

The mass public shooting is one where the gunman is shooting at just about anything he sees moving

But why does the word "public" belong in a phrase that defines mass shootings that are neither family nor gang shootings? Wouldn't "targeting random victims" be more accurate than "public?"

[Svartalfiar]

But why does the word "public" belong in a phrase that defines mass shootings that are neither family nor gang shootings? Wouldn't "targeting random victims" be more accurate than "public?"

It kind of would, but remember, this wording came out back when you didn;t have liberals twisting 1/3 of the vocabulary to mean something different. By 'mass public shooting', they mean a shooting that targets the public at large. A gunman who isn't aiming for anyone specific, but just whomever shows up on his radar.

[Eleutheria5]

Oh. Thought you were with Humble.