Saturday, May 28, 2022

The Usual Lies--and Liars--on "Mass Shoots"

John Lott is the leading expert on gun crimes.  Period.  Here's a 2017 interview on Mass Shootings.

Q:  Last year, President Barack Obama claimed, “We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees this kind of mass violence erupt with this kind of frequency.” ...

 Lott:  It is completely false. And Obama repeated this claim many times. For example, last year he flatly claimed: “It doesn’t happen in other advanced countries. It’s not even close.” ...

...in just 2015, France—a country with one-fifth the population of the United States—had more casualties from mass public shootings than the U.S. had during the entire eight years of the Obama presidency (532 versus 527)...

 ...Mass public shootings are defined as four or more people killed in a public place, and not in the course of committing another crime, and not involving struggles over sovereignty. Using the traditional FBI definition, the EU and the U.S. each experienced 25 mass shootings during the first seven years of Obama’s presidency (January 2009 to December 2015). ...

...If you compare the U.S. to individual countries in Europe over the same period, the U.S. had the 11th highest fatality rate. Because of Anders Breivik’s 2011 attack at a summer camp, Norway had the top spot—1.9 per million people per year. This rate was 21 times higher than that of the U.S. But other advanced countries such as France, Switzerland, Finland, Belgium and the Czech Republic also came in above the U.S

Looking only at the frequency of attacks—as Obama seems wont to do—while still adjusting for population, the U.S. came in 12th, with 0.078 per million people. ...

...In Russia and elsewhere, struggles over sovereignty have led to a large number of devastating attacks. For instance, the 2004 Beslan school siege—carried out in the name of Chechen independence—claimed 385 lives.    Since 1970, all but one of the 20 worst mass public shootings and 45 of the worst 50 cases occurred outside the United States....

Africa is also a hotspot for mass shootings, mostly religious:  Muslims kill Christians.

You really don't need updated figures on all this because Certified Professional Liars like Obama will continue to make ridiculous dishonest claims.  Forever.

Lying.  It's what they do!

2 comments:

Mar said...

Don't forget the attacks with cars and knives add to the EU mass casualty incidents.

Dad29 said...

So I'll re-quote the meaningful stat here, Mar:

Since 1970, all but one of the 20 worst mass public shootings and 45 of the worst 50 cases occurred outside the United States.