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False claims about trans people spread after Tumbler Ridge shooting

CBC News · 2 months ago
CBC News
CBC News
2 months ago

James Densley, deputy director at the Violence Prevention Project, which tracks mass shootings in the U.S., says there's no evidence of a pattern of violence perpetrated by trans people or that trans people are more likely to be violent. Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tumbler-ridge-shooting-trans-community-false-claims-9.7085078

Breakdown
  • No evidence supports claims linking transgender people to mass shootings 22s
  • Data shows transgender people are underrepresented among mass shooters 59s
  • False narratives often serve political purposes and divert from policy issues 1m 34s
  • 97.5% of mass shooters in the US are male, not transgender 2m 57s
  • Prevention should focus on online radicalization and firearm access 4m 33s
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