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Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by MisterBastahrd on Thursday June 22, 2023 @11:12PM (#36442353)
Most of the people getting shot in mass shootings aren't doing something stupid on purpose.
Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by midoridensha on Friday June 23, 2023 @12:20AM (#36442749)
I think part of it is what society has deemed an "acceptable loss".

So most developed societies, for instance, are OK with people dying in mangled steel cages on roads because most people in those places think car-based societies are worth the cost in lives.

US society in particular is OK with people dying in mass shootings, because American people think having access to guns is so important.

But if a bunch of people die in an aircraft crash due to negligence, suddenly it's different because that's not an acceptable loss: it was preventable. Mass shootings aren't preventable in the US because most people there value "gun rights" over these deaths, just like the US and many other places value car culture over the deaths caused by cars.

Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by s1artibartfast on Friday June 23, 2023 @12:51AM (#36442926)
Most of the people shot in Mass shootings (by the definition) are doing something stupid,specifically drug dealing and gang warfare. Very boring stuff
Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by hodgesrm on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:39AM (#36443214)
Citation please? I don't recall a lot of drug-dealing at Uvalde last year.

[0] https://www.texastribune.org/series/uvalde-texas-school-shoo...

Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by CrampusDestrus on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:54AM (#36443297)
You seem to conflate mass shootings with school shootings
Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by Wistar on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:28AM (#36443531)
Was the 2017 Las Vegas shooting a mass shooting or a music festival shooting?