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John Stossel destroys mass shooting myth
Posted on 12/17/18 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 12/17/18 at 6:08 pm
A University of Alabama ( 
) professor authored a study a while back that claimed the United States of America was far and away the mass shooter capital of the world. Despite never citing his sources or explaining how he did research, the media ran with this study and trumpeted as gospel. John Stossel proves them wrong.
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) professor authored a study a while back that claimed the United States of America was far and away the mass shooter capital of the world. Despite never citing his sources or explaining how he did research, the media ran with this study and trumpeted as gospel. John Stossel proves them wrong. YouTube
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Posted on 12/17/18 at 6:10 pm to RollTide1987
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A University of Alabama professor
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never citing his sources or explaining how he did research
Sounds legit.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 6:48 pm to RollTide1987
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University of Alabama
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never citing his sources or explaining how he did research
He’s probably also in charge of the SEC replay committee.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 6:54 pm to RollTide1987
I think I’ve figured out who tutored Ruben Foster
Posted on 12/17/18 at 8:45 pm to RollTide1987
Great work by Stossel... well done and worth the 5 minute watch. Thanks for posting RT87.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:11 pm to RollTide1987
Lott's study has been posted and commented on here before.
I don't know about Langford's study, but the study that Lott did is obviously totally bogus. He's an out-and-out liar.
A significant number of the incidents reported in Lott's data occurred in areas where longstanding political and social struggles have been and are occurring. For example, 38 of the 451 pages of Lott's data were incidents involving Taliban attacks in Afghanistan. 25 pages of Lott's data were reporting incidents involving the Armed Islamic Group (AIG) and other rebel extremist groups in Algeria.
Lott saying that he used the same parameters as Langford is just a lie.
It's also obvious that either Stossel didn't look at Lott's data, or is too thick to figure out how Lott deliberately distorted his data.
I don't know about Langford's study, but the study that Lott did is obviously totally bogus. He's an out-and-out liar.
A significant number of the incidents reported in Lott's data occurred in areas where longstanding political and social struggles have been and are occurring. For example, 38 of the 451 pages of Lott's data were incidents involving Taliban attacks in Afghanistan. 25 pages of Lott's data were reporting incidents involving the Armed Islamic Group (AIG) and other rebel extremist groups in Algeria.
Lott saying that he used the same parameters as Langford is just a lie.
It's also obvious that either Stossel didn't look at Lott's data, or is too thick to figure out how Lott deliberately distorted his data.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:22 pm to texridder
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A significant number of the incidents reported in Lott's data occurred in areas where longstanding political and social struggles have been and are occurring. For example, 38 of the 451 pages of Lott's data were incidents involving Taliban attacks in Afghanistan. 25 pages of Lott's data were reporting incidents involving the Armed Islamic Group (AIG) and other rebel extremist groups in Algeria.
Lott saying that he used the same parameters as Langford is just a lie.
It's also obvious that either Stossel didn't look at Lott's data, or is too thick to figure out how Lott deliberately distorted his data.
You are literally the dumbest poster on TD. Lott actually relesed his data set and Lankford still hasn't released his. Of course Lott's data includes Taliban attacks, he used the University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database, which still qualify as mass shootings to anyone not a complete moron like you...
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:31 pm to Clames
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You are literally the dumbest poster on TD. Lott actually relesed his data set and Lankford still hasn't released his. Of course Lott's data includes Taliban attacks, he used the University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database, which still qualify as mass shootings to anyone not a complete moron like you...
Langford defined what he considered as a mass shooting. And that definition didn't include Taliban attacked in Afghanistan.
You think it's apples-to-apples to compare the number of mass shooting in the U.S. to the number of mass shootings in Afghanistan?
I would say you can't be that stupid, but obviously you are.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:34 pm to texridder
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You think it's apples-to-apples to compare the number of mass shooting in the U.S. to the number of mass shootings in Afghanistan?
Didnt Langford do just that by claiming the US is the mass shooting capitol of the world? Or does the world not include middle eastern countries?
This post was edited on 12/17/18 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:36 pm to texridder
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what he considered as a mass shooting
Not how it works
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:42 pm to texridder
Sounds like you are cherry picking to me.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:43 pm to RollTide1987
University of Alabama :rotflmao: :rotflmao: 
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:47 pm to civiltiger07
The entire premise of mass shootings is designed to push gun control. They don't even cause a blip when viewed as a percentage of total murders.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:50 pm to Choctaw
quote:I don't know what Langford did as far as data, but I do know that Lott's study using Afghanistan mass shootings in comparison to U.S. shootings was complete bullshite.
Didnt Langford do just that by claiming the US is the mass shooting capitol of the world? Or does the world not include middle eastern countries?
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:51 pm to texridder
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Langford defined what he considered as a mass shooting. And that definition didn't include Taliban attacked in Afghanistan.
Ok. Remove the Taliban incidents completely. Where do we rank after they're removed?
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:51 pm to texridder
A mass shooting is a mass shooting.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:51 pm to texridder
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:55 pm to texridder
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I don't know what Langford did as far as data
That’s the point.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:57 pm to Vacherie Saint
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what he considered as a mass shooting
Not how it works
You just write dumb-arse stuff like that without having any idea what your talking about.
Langford did his study and delineated what he was considering a mass shooting for the purposes of his study. You think it's against the rules to do that?
Do you think it's apples-to-apples to compare mass shootings in the U.S. to mass shootings in Afghanistan?
That's a yes or no question, in case you didn't know.
Posted on 12/17/18 at 9:59 pm to civiltiger07
quote:Sounds like you're afraid to say what you think I was cherry-picking about.
Sounds like you are cherry picking to me.
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