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FBI Finally Responds to the Real Clear Investigations Research that Shows the FBI Secretly Changed 2022 Crime Data from a Drop to an Increase. Kansas City Star: “Judging from the ridiculous answer the FBI sent me, the right-wing media reports are true.”

FBI Finally Responds to the Real Clear Investigations Research that Shows the FBI Secretly Changed 2022 Crime Data from a Drop to an Increase. Kansas City Star: “Judging from the ridiculous answer the FBI sent me, the right-wing media reports are true.”

A writer at the Kansas City Star, David Mastio, received a response from the FBI (we never did). Mastio's bottom line is: "Here’s what I’ve learned in decades of covering Washington: When bad news is false, agency press people go out of their way to make it crystal...

Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2023 regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4%, the correct number is at least 35%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 51.5%.

Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2023 regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4%, the correct number is at least 35%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 51.5%.

Data: For convenience, the Excel file is available here, as well as a webpage with the list and links to the underlying news stories. We also show cases that the FBI missed of both armed and unarmed civilians stopping active shooting attacks. FBI Active Shooting...

At Townhall: The FBI’s Crime Data Have Real Problems

At Townhall: The FBI’s Crime Data Have Real Problems

Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at Townhall that continues our investigation into the problems with the FBI crime data. The news media relies almost exclusively on FBI data to report on changes in crime rates. But there is strong evidence that FBI data...

Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2022 regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4.6%, the correct number is at least 35.7%. In 2022, it is at least 41.3%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 63.5%.

Massive errors in FBI’s Active Shooting Reports from 2014-2022 regarding cases where civilians stop attacks: Instead of 4.6%, the correct number is at least 35.7%. In 2022, it is at least 41.3%. Excluding gun-free zones, it averaged over 63.5%.

Data: For convenience, a PDF of the Excel file is also available here and a webpage with the list and links to the underlying news stories. FBI Active Shooting reports are available here (2000-2013), here (2014-2015), here (2016-2017), here (2018), here (2019), here...

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