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Bait and Switch: Public Health Survey Claims 18 million American Adults Present at Mass Shootings and 5.6 million Injured. The Definition of Mass Shootings the Survey Starts with is Less than 2% of the Number they claim, and that is Likely an Overestimate.

Bait and Switch: Public Health Survey Claims 18 million American Adults Present at Mass Shootings and 5.6 million Injured. The Definition of Mass Shootings the Survey Starts with is Less than 2% of the Number they claim, and that is Likely an Overestimate.

A new survey titled "Exposure to Mass Shootings in the United States: A National Survey" and published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (SPPE) claims that approximately 6.95% of U.S. adults reported having been present at the scene of a mass...

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Here is a recording of one of the three different talks that Dr. John Lott's presented at the 2025 NRA meetings in Atlanta. Also provided below is a copy of his PowerPoint and the video that he showed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_xc09q9vo...

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