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Mass shooting deaths YTD at end of March 2023: ~200. Gun violence deaths YTD at end of March 2023: ~10,000. Question asked: "How many peole in the u.s. die in
by powerbroker 4y ago
Mass shooting deaths YTD at end of March 2023: ~200.
Gun violence deaths YTD at end of March 2023: ~10,000.
Question asked: "How many peole in the u.s. die in mass shootings compared to how many people die in gun violence?"
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- __pache__ 4y ago[flagged]
- JoeyJoJoJr 4y agoI hope your comment is being sarcastic, because if not, it really highlights how completely and utterly bonkers the discourse on school shootings has become in the USA. Your numbers do not take into account the thousands of students at each school (and surrounding schools), and their parents, that experience horrific trauma from shootings, which is simply not comparable to an accidental pool or car death.
- __pache__ 4y agoNope being serious. I'm living with a disabled father from a car accident. Decades to go caring for a completely disabled person. Many thousands of people every year are in pain from car accidents. Or medical malpractice which takes like a quarter million lives yearly. No need to go on about extremely rare insane people that are almost all medicated. They would drive a truck through a crowd if not gun them down. The numbers don't make sense, 200 vs millions impacted by other real problems
- JoeyJoJoJr 4y agoWith the lack of unified empathy surrounding school shootings, it’s not surprising that millions of people are impacted by things like shitty healthcare, dangerous driving, relentless marketing for unhealthy lifestyles, etc. The shootings and its highly toxic discourse are symptoms of something very rotten. School shootings in the USA absolutely eclipse every other first world nation combined. Also, 200 deaths equates to potentially hundreds of thousands of traumatised kids. With such fear permeating it’s not surprising that the system produces mentally unstable people that can’t access treatment.
- __pache__ 4y ago[flagged]
- watwut 4y agoFYI, teachers are disarmed and that is a good thing. This argument just show how manipulative andnutterly lacking brain pro-mass shooting side of debate became.
- __pache__ 4y agoInsanity
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- JoeyJoJoJr 4y agoA society/group that entertains the idea that teachers should carry deadly weapons, to combat students carrying deadly weapons, is very warped, and an indication that something has gone very wrong for so many people to consider that as a viable solution. It is the “necessity” to carry weapons which is the problem in the first place. I am sorry that one of your loved ones was involved in an accident and I am sure that is extremely painful to experience.
- __pache__ 4y ago[flagged]
- JoeyJoJoJr 4y agoIf the chances are so low, why is a gunless teacher considered defenceless? Why carry a gun unless you think there is a distinct chance that it will be need to be used? Probably because of the real possibility that there are students walking around with guns? I went to a school with a bunch of psycho kids who carried knives. No one ever got stabbed, but it creates an emotionally unsafe environment the isn’t conducive of learning, or just being a kid. A feeling of violence and aggression permeates and grants the worst students an unreasonable level of power over everyone else. Do you think in this instance giving the teachers knives would actually make anyone feel at ease?
- watwut 4y agoIt is perfectly valid for people to be angry about mass shootings, even if people die more from something else. It even actually rationally does not make sense to act like it is a gotcha. Moreover, actually in USA deaths on roads went up Moreover, there is large overlap between those who see mass shooting as issue and those who want walkable streets and the kind of zoning that promotes less driving.
- __pache__ 4y agoIt's also perfectly valid to be realistic: the reality is they are exceedingly rare. That's it. You don't need to check all the Halloween candy.