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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by MisterBastahrd on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:59AM (#31514777)
Yet they aren't a cultural focus.

How many mass shootings have taken place in the US this year?

10? 20?

Try 213.

243 deaths, 922 injuries.

This month? 44 mass shootings. 61 deaths, 219 injured.

These things don't happen everywhere. They happen here because guns make them easy. People hate facts and so they pretend that everyone has the same problems.

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by colechristensen on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:22AM (#31514918)
That really depends on your definition of mass shooting, and you seem to be quoting a statistic which uses a very broad definition.

The kind of thing that happened in Texas has not happened 44 times this month.

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by colechristensen on Thursday May 26, 2022 @10:20AM (#31518638)
A disturbed person going into public and randomly killing strangers is a different problem than gang warfare, domestic violence, organized crime, or organized terrorism.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by MisterBastahrd on Thursday May 26, 2022 @11:13AM (#31519333)
People deserve the right to safety regardless of where they are.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by hunterb123 on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:40PM (#31520481)
Exactly, which is why I carry and support the 2A.
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