Quit abusing 'active shooter' term

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Another media lie, surprisingly, dispelled...and in USA Today of all places: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2 ... r/7316373/

In sharp contrast to the "active shooter panic" is that mass shootings, instances in which four or more are killed by gunfire, are not on the rise. Over the past three-plus decades, according to official homicide data reported annually by law enforcement agencies nationwide, there have been on average about 20 mass shootings a year, with neither an upward or downward trajectory. The only increase has been in publicity and dread.

The reason why the rampant misimpression about a raging epidemic in active shooters matters so greatly is in how it drives public opinion and public policy on guns, mental health and security. Excessive alarm, fueled by misleading news reports, leads to knee-jerk responses that are not necessarily for the best

Some honesty here, in spite of the fact that the last paragraph of the article is tinged with anti-gun sentiment.