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this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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Americans so numb to mass shootings they think four people being injured or killed by guns in the same incident shouldn't count as a "mass shooting." Sane people reading this are horrified though.
America's horrible relationship to guns isn't new though I'll give you that.
It's about being honest in reporting. People involved in selling heroin on the corner getting shot is fundamentally different than people in a church/school/bar/mall getting shot.
It would be like calling every car accident involving more than one pedestrian or more than 2 cars, a mass ramming incident. There's not an epidemic of people using cars to kill a bunch of people, but there's enough drunk drivers and people texting to make it look that way if you try.
What's with the obsession with "mass shootings?"
People don't like getting shot I think. And this doesn't happen in other developed countries to nearly this extent so it's clearly preventable. I agree though, we should also be concerned with the overwhelming amount of gun violence that doesn't involve four or more people too.