HoneyBadger
10-13-2014, 15:23
“CPRC showed that the 86% claim rests on Everytown’s “inclusion of attacks in private homes” and “numerous errors in identifying whether citizens can defend themselves.”For example, Everytown “[ignores] rules that prevent general citizens from carrying guns [for self-defense]” in certain cities (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304163604579527221929272560.html?m od=fox_australian), and they fail to recognize that “allowing police to carry guns is not the same thing as letting civilians defend themselves.”
So Everytown might count an attack in a public area (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/513016/how-wireless-carriers-are-monetizing-your-movements) in Los Angeles as a mass shooting where guns are allowed because certain guns are allowed in the city (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304163604579527221929272560.html?m od=fox_australian) with a permit. However, they miss the fact that L.A. County issues a minuscule number of concealed carry permits, and many of the ones that are issued are granted only “to wealthy [political] donors.”
Using the same numerical standard that Everytown used–four or more people killed–but taking all rules and regulations (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304163604579527221929272560.html?m od=fox_australian) against firearm possession into account, CPRC showed that only 8% of mass public shootings occurred in places where citizens could have guns for self defense.”
http://buzzpo.com/busted-bloomberg-group-says-14-mass-shootings-occur-gun-free-zones/
So Everytown might count an attack in a public area (http://www.technologyreview.com/news/513016/how-wireless-carriers-are-monetizing-your-movements) in Los Angeles as a mass shooting where guns are allowed because certain guns are allowed in the city (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304163604579527221929272560.html?m od=fox_australian) with a permit. However, they miss the fact that L.A. County issues a minuscule number of concealed carry permits, and many of the ones that are issued are granted only “to wealthy [political] donors.”
Using the same numerical standard that Everytown used–four or more people killed–but taking all rules and regulations (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304163604579527221929272560.html?m od=fox_australian) against firearm possession into account, CPRC showed that only 8% of mass public shootings occurred in places where citizens could have guns for self defense.”
http://buzzpo.com/busted-bloomberg-group-says-14-mass-shootings-occur-gun-free-zones/