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Offline Ghost

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The School Shootings That Weren't
« on: August 29, 2018, 01:10:40 PM »
This is a positive article from (believe it or not) National Public Radio.  NPR researchers found that a lot of the school shootings that are quoted as statistics never happened.  An interesting read.

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werentThe

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Offline Les

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Re: The School Shootings That Weren't
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2018, 07:16:46 AM »
Saw that, I can't believe they actually reported that.  Blows up some of their talking points.   :laugh:

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Re: The School Shootings That Weren't
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2018, 11:13:04 AM »
NPR posted that article on their FacistBook page and FacistBook promptly took it down.   :o

https://truepundit.com/facebook-takes-down-npr-report-questioning-the-accurate-number-of-school-shootings-from-2015-2016/

Executive Summary:  NPR called ALL 235 schools at which a report claimed were sites of school shootings.  Only ELEVEN confirmed, most denied the claims.

The Left is shooting its wounded and eating their young.

Better download that article from the NPR site before NPR looses their courage and self-censors.
« Last Edit: August 30, 2018, 11:18:20 AM by GreyGeek »

Offline Jito463

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Re: The School Shootings That Weren't
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2018, 12:25:20 PM »
Back in February, just after the Parkland shooting, I copied this data down after some "news" stations tried claiming there were 18 school shootings in 2018 (as of 2/15).
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Was there really 18 school shootings this year?  Not if you look at the facts, where they included far more than actual shootings (or even attempted shootings).
This broad definition places
•   two separate suicides,
•   a January 9 incident where a man shot a BB gun at a bus window resulting in no injuries;
•   a January 10 incident where a student in a criminal justice club accidentally shot a peace officer's real gun at a target on a classroom wall instead of a training gun resulting in no injuries;
•   a January 9 incident where gun shots were fired from somewhere outside of Cal State San Bernardino, which struck a building on campus without injuries;
They also included an incident at a nightclub on campus
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•   the murder of a Winston-Salem State University student at a nightclub on the Wake Forest University campus
Then finally, they listed two actual incidents of shootings apart from the Parkland incident.
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•   the January 22 shooting of a 15-year-old at a Dallas-area high school,
•   and Tuesday's Marshall County High School shooting which left 2 dead and 18 others injured.

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Re: The School Shootings That Weren't
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2018, 06:14:04 PM »
I see a whole lot of gun free zones in that list.
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