Gang related incidents are something entirely different.
The definition should not obscure the two (but it would be politically inconvenient to separate them)
Just because we picture one thing when we hear a term doesn't change the agreed upon definition of the term.
If the definition of "mass shooting" were a single person, 600 is still way too many to have in a year.
Other developed countries have fewer than 600 gun-related deaths total per year. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/31/1209683...
The fact that upping the bar to 4 per incident and still gets us 600 is frankly shameful.
> it would be politically inconvenient to separate them
Why? No sane person in the United States "likes" gun violence. I don't think anyone would disagree with the statement "600 incidents of a firearm killing 4 or more people is too many incidents." The question that divides people is how we ought to control it.
We don't. What's happening in America with the gun violence is uniquely horrifying.
Every time. It's sad that it takes a satirical newspaper to point out the obvious truth.