You know that Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety is lying when even the anti-gun leaning Atlanta Journal Constitution rates their claims as – Mostly False. Everytown recently made this statement, “Georgia has had 12 school shootings in the two years since the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than any other state.”
After looking at the data the AJC concluded that only one of these incidents met the commonly held definition of a school shooting and in that case no one was injured. Everytown states they define school shootings as, “Incidents were classified as school shootings when a firearm was discharged inside a school building or on school or campus grounds, as documented by the press or confirmed through further inquiries with law enforcement.” The group also induced incidents on college campuses one of which was a suicide attempt in a parking deck. The AJC noted that many of these incidents involve people who know each other and are involved in ongoing disputes, drug deals or the consumption of alcohol.
Anyway, I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that they continue to ignore the facts in support of their agenda. Sadly I wonder how many people hear and remember the initial announcement, but never see the follow up and debunking of their claims.
http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2014/dec/19/everytown-gun-safety/deeper-look-claim-georgia-leads-nation-school-shoo/
After looking at the data the AJC concluded that only one of these incidents met the commonly held definition of a school shooting and in that case no one was injured. Everytown states they define school shootings as, “Incidents were classified as school shootings when a firearm was discharged inside a school building or on school or campus grounds, as documented by the press or confirmed through further inquiries with law enforcement.” The group also induced incidents on college campuses one of which was a suicide attempt in a parking deck. The AJC noted that many of these incidents involve people who know each other and are involved in ongoing disputes, drug deals or the consumption of alcohol.
Anyway, I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that they continue to ignore the facts in support of their agenda. Sadly I wonder how many people hear and remember the initial announcement, but never see the follow up and debunking of their claims.
http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2014/dec/19/everytown-gun-safety/deeper-look-claim-georgia-leads-nation-school-shoo/