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> I think the fact these attacks are happening regularly all over the world normalizes this already. I think you overestimate how common this style of mass sho
by estebank 8y ago
> I think the fact these attacks are happening regularly all over the world normalizes this already.
I think you overestimate how common this style of mass shooting are outside of war zones. Even in places where gun violence is high mass shootings are incredibly rare[2].
Between 1966 and 2012 there were 18 mass shootings in the country with the second most count[1].
[1]: https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/americas/us-gun-statistics/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/americas/us-gun-statistics/in...
[2]: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/theres-a-new-global-ranking-of-gun-deaths-heres-where-the-u-s-stands https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/theres-a-new-global-rank...