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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by bruce511 on Thursday May 26, 2022 @02:41AM (#31515391)
It's an issue of volume. It's hard for an 18 year old to kill 20 people with their bard hands, or even knives, without being subdued.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by rjbwork on Thursday May 26, 2022 @05:26AM (#31516316)
20? Yeah, maybe. A bunch though? Not particularly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_attacks_in_China

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by refurb on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:00AM (#31517781)
No, not really that hard. Guy killed 11 woman with a car only 4 years ago in Toronto.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_van_attack

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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by slothtrop on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:10AM (#31517879)
Notice this was vehicular homicide and not murder of children in their schools. That's what bothers people most.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by zbobet2012 on Thursday May 26, 2022 @11:02AM (#31519189)
No, it's not. Arson is the historically most common method of mass murder and is actually deadlier.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by slothtrop on Thursday May 26, 2022 @10:42AM (#31518921)
Volume, AND cowardice. These murderers find guns empowering for a reason. Most would not try to use their own strength to overwhelm other people.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by LoveGracePeace on Sunday May 29, 2022 @11:37AM (#31549968)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
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