Originally Posted by Dan02
Uhh something didn't look right with the data so I went and took a look. And they have selectively excluded (ignored?) massive chunk of the data.
If you go to their site they only have 4 mass shootings listed resulting in 37 deaths in 2015.
June 17, 2015 South Carolina Charleston 9 killed
July 16, 2015 Tennessee Chattanooga 6 killed
October 1, 2015 Oregon Roseburg 10 killed
December 2, 2015 California San Bernardino 16 killed
Here is the complete list or as complete list i could find, for only 2015, I apoligize for the lack of formatting.
January 9, 2015 California San Francisco 4 killed
February 22, 2015 Texas Killeen 4 killed
February 26, 2015 Missouri Tyrone 8 killed
March 24, 2015 Indiana Indianapolis 4 killed
April 16, 2015 Arizona Phoenix 5 killed
May 3, 2015 Wisconsin Menasha 4 killed
May 12, 2015 Arizona Tucson 5 killed
May 17, 2015 Texas Waco 9 killed
June 7, 2015 Montana Deer Lodge 5 killed
June 13, 2015 Ohio Columbus 4 killed
June 17, 2015 South Carolina Charleston 9 killed
July 15, 2015 South Carolina Holly Hill 4 killed
July 16, 2015 Tennessee Chattanooga 6 killed
July 22, 2015 Georgia Suwanee 5 killed
August 7, 2015 Vermont Barre (Berlin) 4 killed
August 8, 2015 Texas Houston 8 killed
September 10, 2015 Minnesota Excelsior (Greenwood) 5 killed
September 17, 2015 South Dakota Platte 6 killed
October 1, 2015 Oregon Roseburg 10 killed
November 2, 2015 South Carolina Pendleton 4 killed
November 13, 2015 Florida Jacksonville 4 killed
November 15, 2015 Texas Tennessee Colony 5 killed
December 2, 2015 California San Bernardino 16 killed
138 people killed over 23 incidents rather then 37 over 4. I guess when you ignore 75% of the American deaths the numbers don't look that bad for the US.
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