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What's even stranger to me is how "normal" mass shootings have become

wyldfire 7y ago
Apparently this marks US Mass shooting #250 for 2019 (this was the 215th day of the year). [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/03/el-paso-walmart-shooting-250th-mass-shooting-this-year/1913486001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/03/el-pas...
- javagram 7y ago
  Worth considering the varying definitions of mass shooting can inflate the count beyond what people may think of when they read “mass shooting”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/12/03/obamas-inconsistent-claim-on-the-frequency-of-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-compared-to-other-countries/?utm_term=.60ada5099c1b https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/12/... The US is a large company and there are more guns than people. There’s a lot of opportunity for people to snap and go on a rampage, unfortunately.
  - wyldfire 7y ago
    Even if they consider "3" to be "mass" it's a bit alarming.
    - darawk 7y ago
      The problem though is that numbers aren't really the salient characteristic here. If some gang kills 5 members of another gang, that's not really a "mass killing" in the sense that this El Paso thing was.
      - Barrin92 7y ago
        Not ideologically, but very much in the sense that the state has lost control of ensuring the safety of its citizens, which is what it boils down to at the end of the day. There are very straight-forward steps to be taken to reduce both gang violence and the fanatic mass shootings, and they're not being pursued.
        darawk 7y ago
        Ya sorry. They are definitely in certain senses the same thing. But in others they're not. I think when thinking about causes the random killings are important to consider as a group though.
      - watwut 7y ago
        Afaik, most of those are domestic situations.
  - peteretep 7y ago
    > The US is a large company increasingly
- mkl 7y ago
  From the numbers in the article, that sounds like a stretch. Either "mass" means just two or more dead, or they're counting injuries.
  - woah 7y ago
    I think it’s both
TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
https://www.theonion.com/search?isNetwork=true&q=%22No%20Way%20To%20Prevent%20This%22 https://www.theonion.com/search?isNetwork=true&q=%22No%20Way...
rblatz 7y ago
There has been another mass shooting since this link was posted. In Dayton Oh, in the Oregon District. Near my home town, still waiting to hear from family and friends that they are ok.
- deleted 7y ago
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nairboon 7y ago
They do occur on a regular basis https://www.dayssincethelastmassshooting.com/history/ https://www.dayssincethelastmassshooting.com/history/

Apparently this marks US Mass shooting #250 for 2019 (this was the 215th day of the year). [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/03/el-paso-walmart-shooting-250th-mass-shooting-this-year/1913486001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/03/el-pas...

javagram 7y ago
Worth considering the varying definitions of mass shooting can inflate the count beyond what people may think of when they read “mass shooting”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/12/03/obamas-inconsistent-claim-on-the-frequency-of-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-compared-to-other-countries/?utm_term=.60ada5099c1b https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/12/... The US is a large company and there are more guns than people. There’s a lot of opportunity for people to snap and go on a rampage, unfortunately.
- wyldfire 7y ago
  Even if they consider "3" to be "mass" it's a bit alarming.
  - darawk 7y ago
    The problem though is that numbers aren't really the salient characteristic here. If some gang kills 5 members of another gang, that's not really a "mass killing" in the sense that this El Paso thing was.
    - Barrin92 7y ago
      Not ideologically, but very much in the sense that the state has lost control of ensuring the safety of its citizens, which is what it boils down to at the end of the day. There are very straight-forward steps to be taken to reduce both gang violence and the fanatic mass shootings, and they're not being pursued.
      - darawk 7y ago
        Ya sorry. They are definitely in certain senses the same thing. But in others they're not. I think when thinking about causes the random killings are important to consider as a group though.
    - watwut 7y ago
      Afaik, most of those are domestic situations.
- peteretep 7y ago
  > The US is a large company increasingly
mkl 7y ago
From the numbers in the article, that sounds like a stretch. Either "mass" means just two or more dead, or they're counting injuries.
- woah 7y ago
  I think it’s both

TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago

https://www.theonion.com/search?isNetwork=true&q=%22No%20Way%20To%20Prevent%20This%22 https://www.theonion.com/search?isNetwork=true&q=%22No%20Way...

rblatz 7y ago

There has been another mass shooting since this link was posted. In Dayton Oh, in the Oregon District. Near my home town, still waiting to hear from family and friends that they are ok.

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nairboon 7y ago

They do occur on a regular basis https://www.dayssincethelastmassshooting.com/history/ https://www.dayssincethelastmassshooting.com/history/