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08-09-22 21:39 #265
Posts: 135Exactly, which is why I didn't respond to the ridiculously hyperbolic statements by RavensBreach. Funny how he demanded others do their research, and they did, proved him wrong, yet couldn't provide one credible source to back up his 99 percent statement.
Originally Posted by StreetTroller [View Original Post]
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07-29-22 21:45 #264
Posts: 964Unfortunately no amount of stats nor data will ever be enough for some people. Some just prefer to cling to their beliefs because it fits their narrative.
Originally Posted by SugarNuts [View Original Post]
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07-29-22 21:05 #263
Posts: 129RE: Mass Shooting Data
Originally Posted by RavensBreach [View Original Post]Originally Posted by RavensBreach [View Original Post]
I understand why us all don't get your point. It's because some of your information is incorrect.
Here's a list:
Originally Posted by RavensBreach [View Original Post]
A. If it were a US Government entity, their web address would end in (dot) gov not (dot) org (1).
B. It was created by a retired computer systems analyst when he read an article on the number of mass shootings per day mass shootings in Slate (yeah, absolutely no bias at Slate, also very little actual journalism) after Sandy Hook. He noticed that Slate had missed a lot of mass shootings (according to his definition, but I'll get to that later) and from that interaction, GVA was born. (2).
C. They are mainly funded by Michael Klein, a securities lawyer who made over $1 B after co-founding a company that does Information, Analytics and Marketing services for commercial real estate in North America and Europe mostly, Apartments.com is one of their holdings as well. None of the funding for GVA comes from the US Government (again, not a US government agency or project) (2,3,4).
Originally Posted by RavensBreach [View Original Post]
A. The DOJ (FBI) defines a mass shooting as 4 or more people killed in a single incident (5).
B. The GVA defines a mass shooting as 4 or more people injured or killed in a single incident, not including any shooter (6).
C. Even Everytown for Gun Safety defines a mass shooting as 4 or more people killed by a firearm, not including the perpetrator (7).
D. GVA uses over 7500 sources for their data, including CDC, FBI, Law Enforcement, media, Facebook, Twitter and other sources to collect data. Data collected is updated based on additional information received after the initial reporting. DOJ (FBI) data is compiled using law enforcement reports only. Could GVA be over reporting incidents due to there being small differences between media reports and law enforcement reports, I believe that's possible and that is why they state they correct information if more data is found subsequent to the initial report. GVA does not explain how they correlate statistics gathered from more than one source regarding a single incident (8).
E. GVA uses definitions and all gun violence reports in their tally, here's a direct quote "Our definition of gun violence is intended to be fully inclusionary of disparate elements of gun related incidents. In that, all types of shootings are included, whether OIS, accidental, children shooting themselves, murders, armed robberies, familicide, mass shootings, DGU, Home Invasions, drivebys and everything else. We derive our definitions from CDC, FBI, NIH, and other organizations who have established standards. " (8).
Personally, I think that every firearms death is a tragedy, including suicides, but to use an overly inflated number to call them "Mass shooting events" actually has the opposite effect and makes some dismiss all the info out of hand, because some of the methodology is flawed. GVA reports 374 mass shootings so far in 2022 while the FBI states there we 56 mass shooting event between 2009 - 2013. This is why some people will reject the stats from GVA, their definition is so out of whack with the DOJ (FBI) definition.
I feel for every family touched by gun violence, I know what it's like to lose a loved one. Unfortunately, to portray "Mass Shooting Events" as some out of control epidemic is counter productive.
Originally Posted by RavensBreach [View Original Post]
(1) https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/r.../mass-shooting URL is (dot) org not (dot) gov.
(2) https://www.thetrace.org/2021/06/mar...ata-interview/.
(3) https://sunlightfoundation.com/about/.
(4) https://www.costargroup.com/about-us/company.
(5) https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-li...mass-shootings.
(6) https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/explainer.
(7) https://maps.everytownresearch.org/w...ethodology.pdf Page 1.
(8) https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/methodology.
Originally Posted by StreetTroller [View Original Post]
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07-29-22 18:26 #262
Posts: 964You made the claim that 99% of all mass-shootings occur in gang-infested areas. I found data, and I continue to see the same in other data sources, that says most mass-shootings occurred in the workplace.
<shrugs .
Originally Posted by RavensBreach [View Original Post]
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07-29-22 14:10 #261
Posts: 121Originally Posted by StreetTroller [View Original Post]
What I'm talking about is what the US government specifically considers a mass shooting incident. Which is literally any incident in which case three or more people are injured in a single incident by firearms. That is what I'm referring to, that is the metric tracked below in the website I posted.
You guys keep bringing up these incidents where some crazy idiot goes and murders a bunch of innocent people, which are certainly numerous and horrible, but they are a drop of water in the swimming pool of what are the total annual mass shootings in the US. When I say those shootings consist of less than 1% of the total mass shootings in the us, they absolutely do. And again that's not that they don't exist or are few in number, it's more like y'all don't just seem to realize the sheer sheer sheer number of mass shootings that actually happen out here. The study, and every metric describe above, was based off of 171 incidents over a 40-year period. Meanwhile there are already over 500 mass shootings in the US in 2022 alone. And of those 500, five or six of them were crazy morons going into churches and synagogues and shopping malls and shooting people.
I don't understand how y'all don't get my point here.
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07-29-22 00:56 #260
Posts: 964RE: Mass-Shooting Data
The National Institute of Justice did a study on public mass-shootings from 1966-2019. They found that.
- 52% of shooters were white followed by 21% black.
- 97% of shooters were male.
- 64% had a criminal background with 62% having a history of violence.
- 28% had served in the military.
- 31% of shootings, the largest amount, occurred in the workplace. Apparently the study recognized a steady decrease in employment-related violence since the 1970's. They've found that modern mass-shooters are more likely to be radicalized online.
- Handguns were used in 77% of shootings with 25% being rifles.
- 77% of shooters purchased their guns legally while 13% purchased them illegally or by other means (theft).
- 80% of shooters involved in school shootings used firearms taken from family members.
- 48% of mass-shooters leaked their plans to others.
- 31% of all shooters had experienced severe childhood trauma and over 80% were in crisis at time of shooting.
- more than half of all mass-shootings occurred after the year 2000.
The more you know, folks. It's not enough to just spout your beliefs, you have to go look shit up. I know we live in an age where we can just say, "I don't believe that", but facts don't care about your god beliefs.
Jesus, people.
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/...mass-shootings
[RavensBreach]99%+ of mass shootings are in poverty-stricken gang areas, and our crimes of opportunity and gang violence, with innocents being caught by stray bullets[ / quote].
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07-28-22 22:52 #259
Posts: 121Originally Posted by TheNovelist [View Original Post]
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/r.../mass-shooting
And do ya really think a relative or friend of a victim of a mass shooting has any better idea of the actual commonality and statistic of what constitutes a mass shooting in the US than anybody else? That has nothing to do with it.
The fact of the matter is, if you combine every single victim of a mass shooting that was involved in an incident where a shooter was purposefully targeting completely unknown to them, take for example literally every single example you pointed out, I. E a church / school / synagogue / movie theater / etc, those consist of less than 1% of the mass shootings in the us. That is the sad truth. That is the sheer number of how many specifically targeted mass shootings go on in the US.
And that is not downplaying how horrible a random shooting is. But they just almost never occur in comparison. Free to look up those stats in the link I provided and see if it supports your opinion whatsoever. Reality, it don't.
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07-28-22 20:19 #258
Posts: 135Originally Posted by RavensBreach [View Original Post]
I'm sure they'd like to correct you on those assumptions.
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07-14-22 20:10 #257
Posts: 11Short Info
I'll start with some info that's directly relevant to website account security & add some extra tips. I won't get in depth but feel free to ask me any direct questions.
Use a throwaway / alt email address. Many people use Proton Mail, but what many people don't know is only emails sent between Proton Mail users supports end to end encryption.
https://proton.me/support/password-protected-emails
Everyone needs a password manager. Bare minimum use the one in your browser but I prefer the cloud based ones for personal stuff. I use Keepass for more private stuff. Every account needs a unique password and password managers will generate it for you. They tend to look like this - "wx6 mPUs9 C0 acWRYFAuJj".
Usernames are almost passwords themselves. No need to create an online presence by directly connecting across multiple services with the same username.
Connect with a VPN. Most sites are HTTPS (Unfortunately the Sex Guide sites aren't). What that means is although those with access (ISPs, Net Admin, hackers, etc.) can see your traffic but the data itself is encrypted. A VPN will mask your data regardless & hide your true IP address.
If a service has two factor authentication, use it.
Any online device you use should have some form of encryption. If you have a dedicated device it should have Full Disk Encryption. PC, Mac, Android & iPhone have it. Look it up. You can also get a removable drive, encrypt it, and throw a portable browser install on it.
Your images have metadata embedded in it that has info like focal length, date taken, & GPS location. Look up how to remove EXIF data. Or be lazy and at least screenshot it then upload the screenshot.
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07-06-22 10:12 #256
Posts: 40Originally Posted by CrackedWheat [View Original Post]
Why does a user asking for search / filter features and a secure platform get such a reply from you?
Just because you know some html or doesn't mean you know what you are talking about either.
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07-06-22 01:18 #255
Posts: 221Originally Posted by KnoxNenters [View Original Post]
CW.
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07-05-22 22:44 #254
Posts: 84Sad
If I were tna, I would want to be friends with people in the tech community that can handle such things.
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07-05-22 14:56 #253
Posts: 1358Originally Posted by KnoxNenters [View Original Post]
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The Team".
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07-05-22 14:00 #252
Posts: 146TNA request line. How can I help you?
Originally Posted by Leroy69 [View Original Post]
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07-05-22 03:15 #251
Posts: 146Originally Posted by BillyKlub [View Original Post]