No, there haven’t been 18 school shootings in 2018.

[hanger4]

Let's put this talking point to rest; .............. *It is a horrifying statistic. And it is wrong.Everytown has long inflated its total by including incidents of gunfire that are not really school shootings. Take, for example, what it counted as the year’s first: On the afternoon of Jan. 3, a 31-year-old man who had parked outside a Michigan elementary school called police to say he was armed and suicidal. Several hours later, he killed himself. The school, however, had been closed for seven months. There were no teachers. There were no students.Also listed on the organization’s site is an incident from Jan. 20, when at 1 a.m. a man was shot at a sorority event on the campus of Wake Forest University. A week later, as a basketball game was being played at a Michigan high school, someone fired several rounds from a gun in the parking lot. No one was injured, and it was past 8 p.m., well after classes had ended for the day, but Everytown still labeled it a school shooting.* ................. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/no-there-havent-been-18-school-shooting-in-2018-that-number-is-flat-wrong/2018/02/15/65b6cf72-1264-11e8-8ea1-c1d91fcec3fe_story.html?utm_term=.27cb9072b578

[Mister D]

Yeah, Crepitus tried to push a similar fraud with "mass shootings". His "data" included obvious gang activity.

[MMC]

Yep....you know its bad for the leftness when WAPO tells them they are wrong.

[Safety]

So, if we don't want to include "gang data" in the stats for mass shootings, why do we include gang data when talking about police shootings?

Speaking of using gang data to deflect from an event....http://thepoliticalforums.com/threads/94603-58-Shot-42-Wounded-and-16-Killed-so-far-in-Feb-2018

[Mister D]

So, if we don't want to include "gang data" in the stats for mass shootings, why do we include gang data when talking about police shootings?

Speaking of using gang data to deflect from an event....http://thepoliticalforums.com/threads/94603-58-Shot-42-Wounded-and-16-Killed-so-far-in-Feb-2018

No one really cares about gang members killing each other. That's why no one talks about gun violence until some white kids get smoked. :wink:

As for your tangent, take it up with whoever you have a grievance with.

[Safety]

No one really cares about gang members killing each other. That's why no one talks about gun violence until some white kids get smoked. :wink:

As for your tangent, take it up with whoever you have a grievance with.

Actually, you are absolutely correct, nobody cares about gang members killing each other, except evidently when it is needed to be used to deflect or derail a topic.

[Mister D]

Actually, you are absolutely correct, nobody cares about gang members killing each other, except evidently when it is needed to be used to deflect or derail a topic.
The topic is the bogus data Crepitus presented earlier. I just mentioned that he has a history of posting bogus data.

[Mister D]

And I'm always absolutely correct. :cool2:

[Crepitus]

Let's put this talking point to rest; .............. *It is a horrifying statistic. And it is wrong.Everytown has long inflated its total by including incidents of gunfire that are not really school shootings. Take, for example, what it counted as the year’s first: On the afternoon of Jan. 3, a 31-year-old man who had parked outside a Michigan elementary school called police to say he was armed and suicidal. Several hours later, he killed himself. The school, however, had been closed for seven months. There were no teachers. There were no students.Also listed on the organization’s site is an incident from Jan. 20, when at 1 a.m. a man was shot at a sorority event on the campus of Wake Forest University. A week later, as a basketball game was being played at a Michigan high school, someone fired several rounds from a gun in the parking lot. No one was injured, and it was past 8 p.m., well after classes had ended for the day, but Everytown still labeled it a school shooting.* ................. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/no-there-havent-been-18-school-shooting-in-2018-that-number-is-flat-wrong/2018/02/15/65b6cf72-1264-11e8-8ea1-c1d91fcec3fe_story.html?utm_term=.27cb9072b578

So how many have there been?

Whether the number is 1 or 28 or somewhere in between its too many.

[hanger4]

So how many have there been? Whether the number is 1 or 28 or somewhere in between its too many.I agree one is one to many, but spreading bogus numbers isn't helpful for any agenda.

[MMC]

I agree one is one to many, but spreading bogus numbers isn't helpful for any agenda.

Get rid of the leftness, and that becomes less of a problem. Just sayin. :wink:

[Crepitus]

I agree one is one to many, but spreading bogus numbers isn't helpful for any agenda.

I ask again, so how many have their been?

[Mister D]

I ask again, so how many have their been?
Why should he do your homework? Lame, Crepitus. Even for you.

[Mister D]

Crepitus spreads bogus numbers and instead of admitting he was duped he attacks.

[hanger4]

I ask again, so how many have their been?I'm a bettin if you read the link !!

[ripmeister]

I am so glad that there haven't been 18. That would just be totally outrageous. :rollseyes:

[Bob the Slob]

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/15/586171960/a-look-at-all-18-shootings-that-have-taken-place-in-2018-on-school-property

Here's a list

[midcan5]

No one dead this time, how nice is that. You apologists for stupidity are un-real, is there any wonder we have a fool as president when this is the deep thinking of right wing ideologues? Stupid needs a qualifier for way more stupid. No one dead this time, how great is that. Wonderful wonderful go on with your life this time....

https://qz.com/1207816/school-shooting-statistics-show-floridas-parkland-attack-is-part-of-a-steady-trend/

[Mister D]

Apologist. lol

[Ravens Fan]

I agree one is one to many, but spreading bogus numbers isn't helpful for any agenda.
Unless your agenda is taking away rights.

[hanger4]

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/15/586171960/a-look-at-all-18-shootings-that-have-taken-place-in-2018-on-school-propertyHere's a listWaPo already shot down the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. Read the OP's link.