The imam is sadly ignorant about shootings in the USA.  There are not 500 mass shootings in a year. It is more like 10 or less. Most USA killing by firearms, are committed by African Americans,  but these are one on one shootings or in commission of a crime. You don't know statistics, imam.,(reply>), how can black men commit all the gun crimes? black people collectively can't even manufacture a bicycle, nevermind something sophisticated like a firearm? that makes no sense!!,(reply>), @Muhammad Zubair Javed I agree.  I will apologize.,(reply>), There is no commonly agreed-upon term to define a mass shooting, only “mass killing,” which Congress defines as three or more people killed in a single incident, not including the perpetrator. The Gun Violence Archive builds on that definition to define a mass shooting as “four or more people are shot or killed in a single incident, not including the shooter.”<br><br>Although all mass shootings are criminal acts, there are multiple kinds of shootings, which account for the different numbers reported.<br><br>The Gun Violence Archive does not exclude any shooting incident, as long as it meets the total number shot or killed. The circumstances in which they were shot, therefore, does not matter. As a result, their numbers tend to be higher than other lists, which is also true because they include victims and not just fatalities.<br><br>According to Guns &amp; America, “The FBI does not use ‘mass shooting’ but rather tracks active shooter incidents. They exclude drug or gang violence and ‘accidental discharges of a gun.’ It says an ‘active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.’”,(reply>), There is no commonly agreed-upon term to define a mass shooting, only “mass killing,” which Congress defines as three or more people killed in a single incident, not including the perpetrator. The Gun Violence Archive builds on that definition to define a mass shooting as “four or more people are shot or killed in a single incident, not including the shooter.”<br><br>Although all mass shootings are criminal acts, there are multiple kinds of shootings, which account for the different numbers reported.<br><br>The Gun Violence Archive does not exclude any shooting incident, as long as it meets the total number shot or killed. The circumstances in which they were shot, therefore, does not matter. As a result, their numbers tend to be higher than other lists, which is also true because they include victims and not just fatalities.<br><br>According to Guns &amp; America, “The FBI does not use ‘mass shooting’ but rather tracks active shooter incidents. They exclude drug or gang violence and ‘accidental discharges of a gun.’ It says an ‘active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.’”,(reply>), @Chris Schene than you can't blame the Imam for quoting that number just bcoz you rely on a different source &amp; difinition.