A new report released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) shows that assault weapons and high-capacity magazines played a large and deadly role in mass shootings over the last four years. According to the report, 20 percent of mass shootings since 2009 either involved a high-capacity magazine or an assult weapon. The FBI defines a âmass shootingâ as any incident where at least four people were murdered with a gun. The comprehensive analysis, which went through FBI data and media reports to include every mass shooting between January 2009 and January 2013, determined that 43 mass shootings â nearly one per month â occurred in 25 different states. In addition, 9 percent of those mass shooting occurred in schools. The report indicated assault weapons or high-capacity magazines were used in 12 of the 43 mass shootings that have occured in the last four years, resulting in an average of 15.6 people shot per shooting â 123 percent more than in other incidents. In addition, shootings involving assault weapons or high-capacity magazines resulted in 54 percent more deaths than in other shootings. http://thecontributor.com/assault-weapons-or-high-capacity-magazines-used-28-mass-shootings-2009
So, more efficient weapons allow an individual to kill more people per unit time? Never would have guessed! ; )
Yet another brainless, feel good, give the socialist a warm fuzzy feeling, looks good for the life-wing media, anti-gun policy. It takes about 1 second to change a magazine.
Once again you demonstrate a common affliction so common amongst socialists. You miss the point entirely.
Other facts: Mass shooting victims are mostly white. Big push now to find ways to limit singular incidents of mass shootings...ie protect white people. Handguns deaths are 72% of all shooting deaths, most are minorities. Very little effort being made to deal with this problem. If only we had a Black president who understands and cares about the violence affecting the minority communities.