Eeyore
Regular Member
FUQ from USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/04/report-mass-public-shootings-rise/31071301/
"Mass public shootings have increased in frequency from 1.1 a year to 4.5 a year since the 1970s, according to a new report by the Congressional Research Service.
The report, sent to members of Congress on Friday, found that in the 1970s, mass public shootings killed roughly six people a year and injured two. From 2010 to 2013, there were an average of 33 deaths in mass shootings each year, with 28 additional people injured."
In the past, antis have massaged the statistics to try to give this impression, and statisticians like John Lott can blow them out of the water. His review is at http://crimepreventionresearchcente...t-this-increase-is-statistically-significant/, and he seems to be quibbling on this one. Looking at Figure 3 at Lott's website bolsters his assertion that the change is statistically insignificant, but looking at Fig. 9 it'd be hard to argue there isn't an upward trend in mass-murder rate
"Mass public shootings have increased in frequency from 1.1 a year to 4.5 a year since the 1970s, according to a new report by the Congressional Research Service.
The report, sent to members of Congress on Friday, found that in the 1970s, mass public shootings killed roughly six people a year and injured two. From 2010 to 2013, there were an average of 33 deaths in mass shootings each year, with 28 additional people injured."
In the past, antis have massaged the statistics to try to give this impression, and statisticians like John Lott can blow them out of the water. His review is at http://crimepreventionresearchcente...t-this-increase-is-statistically-significant/, and he seems to be quibbling on this one. Looking at Figure 3 at Lott's website bolsters his assertion that the change is statistically insignificant, but looking at Fig. 9 it'd be hard to argue there isn't an upward trend in mass-murder rate
