It's not so much TEH CRAZIES that are a problem, that's not to say I would like a certifiably insane person to have a gun. The problem is violent people.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/mass...ental-illness/
A rather depressing graphic:
https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-shootings.png
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Originally Posted by Mass Shooting Tracker
The most obscene incidents of gun violence usually do not make the mainstream news at all. Why? Because their definition is incorrect. The mainstream news meaning of "Mass Shooting" should more accurately be described as "Mass Murder".
The old FBI definition of Mass Murder (not even the most recent one) is four or more people murdered in one event. It is only logical that a Mass Shooting is four or more people shot in one event.
Here at the Mass Shooting Tracker, we count the number of people shot rather than the number people killed because, "shooting" means "people shot".
For instance, in 2012 Travis Steed and others shot 18 people total. Miraculously, he only killed one. Under the incorrect definition of mass shooting, that event would not be considered a mass shooting! Arguing that 18 people shot during one event is not a mass shooting is absurd.
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