Re: Americans grossly misinformed about firearm-related deaths, per survey
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:19 am
24 hour news media feeds the gun-grabbing hysteria, "if it bleeds it leads". In their world conflict sells, more informational stories don't and CNN and others mix Hollywood drama with real news. I have a problem with data sources that also advocate for a particular side or appear biased.
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44126.pdf
The media isn't blameless in mass shootings, it feeds it.Mass shootings still represent just one-half of 1% of the more than 14,000 firearm-caused homicides per year in the United States, but while the number of homicides overall has declined in recent years, the number of mass shootings continues to surge.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2 ... d-increaseStudies estimate that in the aftermath of their attacks, mass killers receive approximately $75 million in free media coverage, a level professional athletes and Hollywood actors would envy. For men who feel angry, alienated and anonymous, the incentives to perform are appealing. And bigger body counts mean bigger headlines. One recently thwarted shooter posted that, “A good 100 kills would be nice,” and another wanted to “break a world record.”
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44126.pdf