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US mass killings hit new high in 2019, most were shootings
- zepto 7y ago‘“You can’t just always assume you’re safe. In that moment, as soon as the El Paso shooting happened, I was on edge,” Munoz said.‘ Based on 210 deaths per year. This is damaging journalism which harms people’s mental health. Compare this to the approximately 17,000 murders in the US. This is a scare story and nothing more.
- ksaj 7y agoIt seems a little obvious that most mass killings would be shootings. It would be somewhat harder to pull off a mass strangling.
- masonic 7y agoThe mass homicides with the highest death toll are via arson, not gunfire.