Active Shooter In Jersey City; 2 Gunmen Shooting At Cops, 1 Officer Down

[.455_Hunter]

Since being "adopted", the term "active shooter" is now misapplied and overused, in my opinion, especially in the first discriptions of an event.

Every shooting incident, whether it's c-store robbery with shots fired and hostages or a guy roaming a mall killing people en masse in now an "active shooter".

It's like headlining "Stock Market Crashes!" every time the index drops a hundred points.

You are free to disagree.