A frequently cited statistic about school shootings is so egregiously misleading that even the generally left-leaning Washington Post has been forced to call out the “flat wrong” claim.
After the horrific mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school on Wednesday, which was carried out by a 19-year-old former student with a history of psychological and behavioral problems, several headlines and social media posts have included the claim that there have been “18 school shootings in 2018.” But as The Daily Wire reported Wednesday, a closer look at the numbers showed that was simply untrue. The phony statistic comes from anti-gun group “Everytown for Gun Safety,” which has a habit of conflating accidental gun discharges, suicides, and mass shootings to inflate numbers as a means to promote their gun control agenda.
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