Great article explaining just how ridiculous this is from earlier this year:http://freebeacon.com/issues/media-push-gun-control-activists-misleading-school-shooting-count-includes-window-broken-bb-gun/ …
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You would think a tragic school shooting would be the time for publications to crack down and really focus on facts to inform readers… NOPE
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Santa Fe High School is the 22nd school shooting in America in 2018. 1. Winston Salem, NC 2. Italy, TX 3. Benton, KY 4. Philly, PA 5. LA, CA 6. Oxon Hill, MD 7. Nashville, TN 8. Parkland, FL 9. Savannah, GA 10. Itta Bena, MS 11. Norfolk, VA 12. Mount Pleasant, MI
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13. Jackson, MS 14. Birmingham, AL 15. Mobile, AL 16. Seaside, CA 17. Lexington Park, MD 18. Gloversville, NY 19. Raytown, MO 20. Ocala, FL 21. Palmdale, CA 22. Santa Fe, TX Now which one is the BB gun shooting?
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#16 was an accidental discharge during a training class. A student WAS injured, but no one attempted to SHOOT anyone, so calling it a "shooting" is pretty fake news.
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"Someone being shot with a gun is not a shooting..." Good grief, man...
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So accidental discharge means ban all guns? Ok
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I never called for banning all guns. Try again.
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so what's the real number? i wanna see you, Dana, and the NRA, say it. what's the real number, and when it gets to 22, is it a problem you're willing to acknowledge and support legislation to stop this from happening?
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If you exclude the bb gun shooting and the one in which the teacher screwed up, there were 20 intentional shootings so far this year, Caleb. Twenty. Is that number somehow more acceptable than 22?
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So. Kids not dead enough for you?
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You would think a tragic school shooting would have Caleb more concerned about the victims than if facts and figures are correct. What a relief for the parents. I mean these kids bodies are 5 hours dead. It’s important today.
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Does it really matter? people are actually dead! You are what is wrong with this country!
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One is too many , then why lie about it.
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Is any number acceptable?
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No number is acceptable, but spreading these falsehoods is doing nothing but trying to further a political agenda by fear. They need to be honest, they’re lying to get their way.
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The information is not false.
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It is misleading. An accidental discharge during a safety class that injures nobody =\= just like Columbine
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I believe the 22 statistic excludes shootings with no injuries, but still includes suicides, domestic violence, gang incidents, and accidental discharges.
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Here's the list that is (in my opinion revoltingly) being disputed: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/02/us/school-shootings-2018-list-trnd/index.html … Please tell me which you feel should not be counted as a school shooting.
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From your list I would start with these: April 9: New York, A student shot another student with a BB gun in Gloversville Middle School. March 13: California, A teacher accidentally discharged a gun during a public safety class at Seaside High School, injuring a student.
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Start with? Any others or is your list down to 20? Would the words "shooting at a school" be more acceptable to you?
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