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 Democratic Congressman Overstates Mass Shootings by Hundreds on House Floor
Posted By Stephen Gutowski On December 6, 2017 @ 4:53 pm In Issues | No Comments

Representative Jamie Raskin (D., Md.) claimed on the floor of the House of Representatives that there had been nearly 400 shootings where 4 or more people were killed in the United States in 2017, an estimate that was off by more than 350.

"Since January, we've had 397 gun massacres in America, defined as a slaying of 4 people or more," Raskin said during a debate over national gun-carry reciprocity legislation.
 

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