US is NOT world leader in mass shootings

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US is NOT world leader in mass shootings

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An argument often made in support of severe gun control is that we lead the world in mass shootings despite having a small share of the world's population. That claim is based on an academic study, the study perhaps having been designed to yield a predetermined result. A new study by John Lott shows that we have fewer mass shootings than our percentage of world population would predict.

https://nypost.com/2018/08/30/america-d ... shootings/

Who'll make book on when ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/MSNBC/etc will report this?
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KLB wrote: Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:35 am An argument often made in support of severe gun control is that we lead the world in mass shootings despite having a small share of the world's population. That claim is based on an academic study, the study perhaps having been designed to yield a predetermined result. A new study by John Lott shows that we have fewer mass shootings than our percentage of world population would predict.

https://nypost.com/2018/08/30/america-d ... shootings/

Who'll make book on when ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/MSNBC/etc will report this?
Alex, I'll take Never for $1000
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Re: US is NOT world leader in mass shootings

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Mass killings vs mass shootings.

America in most places allows almost free ownership of guns, most of the world does not.

Thus, just from the title, it is biased.
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