FBI figures tweaked to show increase in mass shootings

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FBI figures tweaked to show increase in mass shootings

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Our friend John Lott is at it again:
Crime stats published by the FBI and relied upon by the media distort the gun violence and leave the public with the impression "mass shooting" incidents are a much bigger threat than they really are
John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said the latest statistics contain numbers that are misleading at best and deliberately fudged at worst. Lott believes the numbers may have been presented to overstate for political purposes the true risk of being a victim of random gun crimes.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/25/sh ... latestnews

I love his no nonsense approach to looking at the numbers and calling out people when something doesn't add up.
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All part of the grand Obama scheme to lead his sheeple.
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Thank God for the Internet. Think what kind of news we would only be allowed to see without it.
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DEB wrote:Thank God for the Internet. Think what kind of news we would only be allowed to see without it.
With the FCC takeover of the internet we may start to find out.
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