re: Are there really 300 mass shootings per year in the US?

As many have stated the number of victims needs to be 3 or more in order to qualify as a "mass shooting". If you use that definition then maybe. It is like the definition of serial killers. According to the FBI, a serial killer is someone who commits at least three murders over more than a month with an emotional cooling off period in between. Makes you feel like serial killers/mass shootings aren't "as bad".

I just read an article that states we have had 18 school shootings this year. The number sounds high and maybe the definition is "gun gets fired with the intent to do harm", bur does it matter what the definition is? I know I would be destroyed if it was my child who was injured/killed in a shooting incident.

You're not serious.

From the bureau of justice statistics:

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Of the nearly 3.7 million violent victimizations committed
against white victims during 2012-15, a total of 57% were
committed by white offenders, 15% by black offenders, and
11% by Hispanic offenders. Similarly, the majority of the
850,720 violent victimizations committed against black
victims involved black offenders (63%), followed by white
(11%) and Hispanic (7%) offenders. Forty percent of violent
victimizations committed against Hispanic victims were
committed by Hispanic offenders, while white and black
offenders each committed 20% of victimizations against
Hispanic victims.

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Violent victimization includes rape or sexual assault, robbery,
aggravated assault, and simple assault.