“As for crime, it’s: 'Good news is no news.' ... mass shootings by the Gun Violence Archive definition (4+ shot, dead or survive) are down 48% so far this year," Fox wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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"I call it Newton's Law of Crime Statistics: What goes up, must come down. Just like the homicide rate more generally, spikes in mass shootings tend to be followed by corrective declines," Fox told The Center Square in an email.
"There really is no epidemic of mass shootings; the epidemic in the level of fear that is way out of proportion with the risk," he said.
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