Fewer mass shootings occur in states with more background checks: report

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8. 2 big problems: "FBI's definition of mass shooting" being the first.

The FBI defined until recently Mass Murder as four or more in one setting (not including the killer). As such, there have been just over two (2)/year, not 133 over 6+ years. Even anti-gun Mother Jones admits to the 2+/year number. Now, the number of deaths have been reduced to three. And there is now some new definition of "mass shooting," but this is Not "at least four (OR three) people are murdered..."

The other problem is with "background checks." EVERY state has a b.g. check through the NICS system. If this Guardian "article" is to have credibility, then it needs to be accurate, OR specify if the "background check" is state-generated or not. As it stands, the is another gross lack of clarity.