On Friday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) sent out the following tweet after the Virginia Beach shooting:
On Friday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) sent out the following tweet after the Virginia Beach shooting:
Beneath the senator’s tweet, author and journalist Emily Miller wrote:
Because there isn’t an official set of criteria that can be used across the board to define « mass shooting, » many organizations and academics use the FBI definition of « mass murder » as the standard by which « mass shooting » is determined.
In a report published by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in 2015, William J. Krouse and Daniel J. Richardson wrote:
Despite this somewhat standardized definition, other organizations have set different criteria for what constitutes a mass shooting.
Mother Jones, which has compiled a comprehensive list of mass shooting incidents dating back to 1982, defines a mass shooter as one who kills three or more, as opposed to four or more.
