McDonald's 🦈🐬🐟🐧@lemmus.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoU.S. Faces Second-Worst Year On Record For Mass Shootings—Nearly 650 Incidentswww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up1555arrow-down129
arrow-up1526arrow-down1external-linkU.S. Faces Second-Worst Year On Record For Mass Shootings—Nearly 650 Incidentswww.forbes.comMcDonald's 🦈🐬🐟🐧@lemmus.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square191fedilink
minus-squareCornpop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down11·8 months agoYea, that is a much better representation. These big made up numbers they share are just designed to make people fearful, and underestimate how safe we actually are.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoFrom the Wikipedia article: Only shootings that have Wikipedia articles of their own are included in this list.
Yea, that is a much better representation. These big made up numbers they share are just designed to make people fearful, and underestimate how safe we actually are.
From the Wikipedia article: