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Anyone know why there isn’t a governmental database of mass shootings?
That’s right.
Republicans blocked the CDC from starting one because they deemed gun violence to not be a public health issue despite it being the leading cause of death in several demographic groups.
That's not exactly true. The Dickey amendment was introduced to prohibit the CDC from conducting gun control advocacy. In practice, it prevented research as well.
Fortunately, in the past few years it came under close review, and in 2018 it was finally clarified, and since then the CDC has actually been able to do gun violence research.
No they did not...the director at the CDC at that time stated they were going to make any numbers they came up with a biased for gun control. That's not what the CDC is for, it's supposed to report accurate facts and statistics. They have done plenty of gun research during this time, it just doesn't jive with the antigun crowd says it should so it hardly is ever used.
The GVA is also a terrible place to get info as it will catalog things that never happened.
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werent
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/12/no-there-were-not-355-mass-shootings-this-year/
When motherjones and NPR call you out, you're info should be taken with a grain of salt.
No they did not...the director at the CDC at that time stated they were going to make any numbers they came up with a biased for gun control. That's not what the CDC is for, it's supposed to report accurate facts and statistics. They have done plenty of gun research during this time, it just doesn't jive with the antigun crowd says it should so it hardly is ever used.
The GVA is also a terrible place to get info as it will catalog things that never happened.
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werent
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/12/no-there-were-not-355-mass-shootings-this-year/
When motherjones and NPR call you out, you're info should be taken with a grain of salt.
That's why I was thinking.
"What makes this one news?"
So...
What makes this one news?
Someone decided to report on it.