According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, terrorism is defined as “the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal.” There are two types of terrorism, international and domestic terrorism. International terrorism is terrorist activities that are foreign-based and/or sponsored by organizations or groups outside the United States. Domestic terrorism is terrorist activities that focus on facilities or populations without foreign direction (“HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE: PROTECTING THE REGION AGAINST ALL HAZARDS”). Since 9/11 as of June 2015, Islamic terrorists throughout the world have killed a total of 28 Americans (Pennacchia) this number climbs up to 30 when you add in these 4
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As of December 1st 2015, there have been 335 days in the year and 351 mass shootings in the United States, just in 2015 alone (Ingraham). Trying to find the actual amount of Americans killed in mass shootings is tricky, because “Mass Shooting Tracker” defines a mass shooting as “four or more people are shot in a spree setting, likely without a cooling off period”, which is different than the FBI’s definition (“Mass Shooting Tracker”). According to the Mass Shooting Tracker, if using the FBI’s definition of a mass killing, there have roughly been 196 Americans killed. If using the Mass Shooting Tracker definition there have roughly been 481 Americans killed in a Mass Shooting just in 2015, which this number will continue to climb. Whichever definition you use, this number is high and extremely scary (“Mass Shooting Tracker”). These sources are creditable sources, like noted before, it is very hard to get exact numbers on number of murdered in a mass shooting because people define it differently and also mass shootings are starting to happen more and more frequently, therefore making it harder to verify the number of people actually killed by mass shootings. These sources also give light to number to people actually killed in 2015 just because of mass shootings and how common these shootings are
As of December 1st 2015, there have been 335 days in the year and 351 mass shootings in the United States, just in 2015 alone (Ingraham). Trying to find the actual amount of Americans killed in mass shootings is tricky, because “Mass Shooting Tracker” defines a mass shooting as “four or more people are shot in a spree setting, likely without a cooling off period”, which is different than the FBI’s definition (“Mass Shooting Tracker”). According to the Mass Shooting Tracker, if using the FBI’s definition of a mass killing, there have roughly been 196 Americans killed. If using the Mass Shooting Tracker definition there have roughly been 481 Americans killed in a Mass Shooting just in 2015, which this number will continue to climb. Whichever definition you use, this number is high and extremely scary (“Mass Shooting Tracker”). These sources are creditable sources, like noted before, it is very hard to get exact numbers on number of murdered in a mass shooting because people define it differently and also mass shootings are starting to happen more and more frequently, therefore making it harder to verify the number of people actually killed by mass shootings. These sources also give light to number to people actually killed in 2015 just because of mass shootings and how common these shootings are