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.
