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Originally Posted by 2Stonedbirds
Slate should do a better job at fact checking.
October 2002, Monash University: 2 dead, 5 injured.
April 2011, Hectorville siege: 3 dead, 3 injured.
September 2014, Hunt murders: 5 dead.
December 2014, Sydney hostage crisis: 3 dead, 5 injured.
Sydney, Perth and Melbourne all have new special task forces to try and limit the amount of handgun crime committed by gangs in their cities.
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That Slate article was from 2012, meaning only Monash University and Hectorville had happened. With both of those there were less than 5 people that were killed.
While there is no hard and fast definition of a "massacre" it would be reasonable to state that it would be 5 or more people killed. Which would mean there has been one since Port Arthur.
For someone who's putting their eggs in the "check your facts" basket, c'mon man. Did you really think that this entire board would miss the print date of the Slate article? Obviously you didn't miss it, as the time the article was written is a pretty important fact when researching dates.