Another mass shooting in America

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It's barely even news any more, is it. What an incredible state of affairs that something like this only just raises an eyebrow these days.
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^^ Exactly that. If America doesn't have a majority in its public or it's politicians to deal with gun ownership then live with the consequences.

Sorry if that sounds harsh but I can't keep giving sympathy to a people who won't help themselves.
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The last line of the article is the hardest one to digest

“According to US tracking website Gun Violence Archive, the incident is the 150th mass shooting in the US so far in 2019.”

America really is the country equivalent of spending 2 hours looking for your glasses and finding you’re already wearing them. It’s obvious something needs to be done about guns, but fuck it, we’ll pass a law that makes rape victims stick wire coat hangers up their vaginas so they don’t have to have their rapists baby, who they would probably give dual custody to aswell........
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jamcg wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:45 am The last line of the article is the hardest one to digest

“According to US tracking website Gun Violence Archive, the incident is the 150th mass shooting in the US so far in 2019.”
WTF :shock:

I thought there’d been about ten. As JL said, these things just obviously aren’t a massive deal anymore.

I’ve had the gun conversation many times with American colleagues. General consensus is that we are mental for A: not being allowed them and B: not wanting them.
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I thought the stats were about one a day now - I did wonder why some get reported over here and not others.
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The only thought I had when I saw it in the news was that at least it wasn't children this time.
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Sadly you probably won't need to wait too long for that either.
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You're probably right. They're mad.
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Another day another mass shooting. They only get reported here if it’s in schools or when we have a quiet news day. Remember before Brexit spiced up the shooting reports were continuous.
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As someone had already said, it’s harder and harder to have sympathy for a people who won’t help themselves.😕

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Mito Man wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:24 pm Another day another mass shooting. They only get reported here if it’s in schools or when we have a quiet news day. Remember before Brexit spiced up the shooting reports were continuous.
This was in a government building by a government worker, hence why this one gets a mention
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How many deaths do you need to constitute a "mass shooting"?
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More to the point mate, who needs to be involved in said mass for it to even make the news?!!
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JLv3.0 wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:52 am More to the point mate, who needs to be involved in said mass for it to even make the news?!!
The shooter needs to be well tanned for a start, guaranteed mejia coverage!
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'A bunch of caucasian heterosexual middle-aged men were killed today......nah fuck it, no-one will care. Got any stories about cats we can run instead?'
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unzippy wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:45 am How many deaths do you need to constitute a "mass shooting"?
No deaths actually. More than 4 getting shot, either wounded or killed constitutes a mass shooting according to the people who compiled that 150 figure
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jamcg wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:02 am
unzippy wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:45 am How many deaths do you need to constitute a "mass shooting"?
No deaths actually. More than 4 getting shot, either wounded or killed constitutes a mass shooting according to the people who compiled that 150 figure
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What about a Weapon of Mass Destruction - what's the threshold on that?
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unzippy wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:49 am
jamcg wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:02 am
unzippy wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:45 am How many deaths do you need to constitute a "mass shooting"?
No deaths actually. More than 4 getting shot, either wounded or killed constitutes a mass shooting according to the people who compiled that 150 figure
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Another two in the last 24 hours

El Paso, Texas in a Walmart- 20 dead, 26 injured, suspected shooter arrested, suspected hate crime against Hispanic people
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49221936

Dayton, Ohio outside a bar- 9 dead, 16 injured, shooter killed by police
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49224816
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