"At Mother Jones, where I work as an editor, we have compiled an in-depth, open-source database covering more than three decades of public mass shootings. By our measure, there have been four 'mass shootings' this year, including the one in San Bernardino, and at least 73 such attacks since 1982.
"What explains the vastly different count? The answer is that there is no official definition for 'mass shooting.'"
Mark Follman in The New York Times calls for allowing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study gun violence once again.
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