This particular post was prompted via a discussion in which I was involved recently regarding a Washington Post article, “What do many mass shooters have in common? A history of domestic violence.”
Though I have no particular problem with the claim that many mass shooters have a history of domestic violence. I could have saved Everytown for Gun Safety the time, effort, and capital involved, and simply told them that those individuals that commit mass public shootings are more likely to have a history of domestic violence.
It’s common sense, and one doesn’t need “research” to back it up.
I put the word research in quotes because Everytown’s analysis: “Mass Shootings in the United States: 2009-2016, is not research by any scholarly definition of the word; a bit of digging reveals that Eveytown’s “study” is a prime example of politically motivated, dishonest demagoguery.
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