Major study claiming U.S. has most mass shootings is completely BOGUS: Report

(National Sentinel)Â Fiction: A major paper released in 2016 and often cited by the gun-hating Left claiming that the United States hasÂ the highest rate of mass shootings is completely bogus, according to a new report that examined the data and methodology.

The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), founded by noted criminologist John Lott, Jr., said that the paper, written by Adam Lankford, got massive national and international coverage when it was first published. Even former President Obama referenced Lankford’s claims to justify calls for ‘sensible gun control.’

In his paper,Â Lankford claimed that between 1966 and 2012, nearly one-third of the worldâ€™s mass public shootings â€” 31 percent â€” occurred in the United States, a ‘fact’ Lankford attributed to Americans’ constitutional right to own firearms.

But as it turns out, the conclusions Lankford reached wereÂ completely wrongÂ because the methodology he used to arrive at themÂ were wrong.

Lott writes:



