Faulty Data: CPRC Finds FBI Data Wildly Understates the Number of Active Shooters Stopped by Armed Citizens

Faulty Data: CPRC Finds FBI Data Wildly Understates the Number of Active Shooters Stopped by Armed Citizens

The FBI defines active shooter incidents as those in which an individual actively kills or attempts to kill people in a populated, public area. But it does not include shootings that are deemed related to other criminal activity, such as robbery or fighting over drug turf. Active shootings may involve just one shot being fired at just one target, even if the target isn’t hit. 

To compile its list, the FBI hired academics at the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University.

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