So, there was another one yesterday in Savannah, GA
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How many have to be shot to be qualified for a Mass Shooting? Would Stedman's have qualified as well?
I don't know where they draw the line, and then you have the difference between mass shooting and mass killing to factor in. I've always thought the line was drawn at 4 ... so Stedman's wouldn't have qualified since I think only 2 actually got shot.
It seems to be getting a little crazy. I'll just stick with my little town in the woods.
Its not about the number of shots you big dummy......just kidding. Its about the agenda.
There 4 in the car. That's the only reason I brought it up.
Oh, and Ted Kazinsky lived in a little town in the woods as well.
That was a shack ... not a town.
To clarify, I wasn't crazy about the overall tone of the article, I just saw it and it was the first/only one I saw about the shooting in Savannah. There is too much emphasis on minimizing these events on one side and too much emphasis on exaggerating them on the other. It makes it hard to have an honest and meaningful conversation about it.
A quick search turned up this:
An FBI crime classification report from 2005 identifies an individual as a mass murderer if he kills four or more people in a single incident (not including himself), typically in a single location.
I didn't either, until your question prompted me to look it up. And I wonder how or why they settled on 4 as the "magic" number and not some other figure.
It's a good round number. LOL, have no idea. I'm sure there were millions spent by someone in the Hoover building to determine the proper amount of personnel based on lengthy psychological studies on everything under the sun. Or someone threw a dart. 4 it is and 4 it shall be.