New Mass Shooting in USA...Watch it leave news cycle..in a hurry

Originally posted by DanMachine: ↑

>Wrong. The posted graphic proves the opposite.
Missed this one.

Your graphic shows 137 total mass shootings over 40 years.

That's not even 20% of what GVA reports for just 2022. You just proved that cherry picking data sets can sometimes give you the result you want.

And again, you're trying to make an argument based on a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of actual gun violence.
Change the laws and there will be an average of 3.5 less mass shootings per year.

Based on statistas methodology, https://www.statista.com/statistics/811504/mass-shooting-victims-in-the-united-states-by-fatalities-and-injuries/
there were 1095 mass shooting victims over the last 40 years. So, let's just make the entirely inaccurate assumption that all of these people were killed with "Military style assault rifles".

Let's also be super fair to the data set and only consider the last 10 years. 635 deaths, an average of 63.5 per year..

Even if we totally stop "mass shootings" by "banning ARs", that is only 0.36% of all firearms deaths.
In 2022 the number of mass shooting deaths was 74, so, 0.4% of all firearms deaths.

You're going to have to do better than that. Mass shootings are bad, yes, but you don't make laws that will affect at least 40% of the US population - (and frankly, will increase gun violence see : Mexico ) based on 0.4% of incidents.

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"You just proved that cherry picking data sets can sometimes give you the result you want. "

Actually, no.

You previously conceded that there is no standard definition of a mass shooting or central registry.

I posted what my link said; mass shootings since 1982.

You posted what your link said (cherry picking much ?). Data on your GVA site only goes back to 2013.

Some questions for you on comments made by GVA (their questions asked & answered by them):

"Why are GVA Mass Shooting numbers higher than some other sources?
Why doesn't GVA use the FBI definition of Mass Shooting?
Why do some GVA numbers change over time?
How does GVA define School Shootings?
Total Shot or Killed doesn't add up to Total Incident count
Why GVA numbers differ from FBI and CDC."
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/methodology

Summary:

Mass shooters like AR15s
Why would a "serious hunter" want a rapid rate of fire weapon ? Would that not decimate the target (unless they are a poor shot)? Doesn't do much for meat quality, does it.
The "NZ shooters AR jammed" - after killing 51 and injuring 40. How many deaths likely if he just had a few handguns ?

"Change the laws and there will be an average of 3.5 less mass shootings per year"

Isn't that an improvement ? 3.5 less shootings at how many deaths each time ?

What's your acceptable kill rate ?