Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-04-15 00:51:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 33CD18E8B33E288A1DD75E9EE879DBE9325F1729873AA25DDE2F2BE2F4D7174E
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Original Note:
The vast majority of mass shootings involve handguns (77-78%) https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/public-mass-shootings-database-amasses-details-half-century-us-mass-shootings https://www.statista.com/statistics/476409/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-weapon-types-used/ More people are killed by "Knives or cutting instruments", "Blunt objects (clubs, hammers, etc.)", and "Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.)" than EVERY TYPE of rifles combined (less 400 a yr). https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls
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