{"id":8493,"date":"2012-12-18T05:55:20","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T09:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2017-09-20T22:31:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T02:31:47","slug":"multiple-victim-public-shootings-an-observation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2012\/12\/18\/multiple-victim-public-shootings-an-observation\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Victim Public Shootings: An Observation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1186 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/RugerBearcatRevolverGun-1.jpg\" alt=\"RugerBearcatRevolverGun\" width=\"200\" height=\"93\" \/>When was the last time you heard of somebody going on a shooting rampage at a gun show or a meeting of the NRA or a police station?<\/p>\n<p>Almost never.<\/p>\n<p>You always hear of these things happening at shopping malls, schools, political rallies, and movie theaters.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because the people who do this kind of thing <a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=272929\">don&#8217;t want to go where people might shoot back<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time you heard of somebody going on a shooting rampage at a gun show or a meeting of the NRA or a police station? 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