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BamaD -> RE: 'Trainwreck' shooting in Louisiana (7/24/2015 9:51:52 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Marini
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ORIGINAL: Kirata
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ORIGINAL: Marini
According to the Washington Post there have been 204 mass shootings === and 204 days , in 2015 so far.
WHAT THE FUCK???
Calling these "mass shootings" is an abuse of language. If you held a protest in Times Square and only half a dozen people turned up, the headlines would not be shouting "Mass Protest in Times Square!" Moreover, most of the "mass shootings" that make splashy national news that gets cycled for days are only remarkable because the shooter was white. In Chicago alone there have been 227 people shot and killed and an additional 1,285 shot and wounded to date. But 65.6% of the killers were black, with another 18.8% hispanic. National news coverage? Zip.
So yeah, what the fuck?
K.
I admit maybe the Post exaggerated a bit.
But, isn't almost everything these days over-exaggerated or under-exaggerated?
I have NEVER said taking everyone's guns away was the answer.
I would hate to think only cops and criminals had guns.
{we aren't going to talk about the fine line between SOME cops and the criminals}
So what the fuckety fuck, K.
Sorry, I see were it could have easily sounded like that was directed toward you, it was meant as a general comment concerning several of out posters. I do not recall you making a statement like that.
Yes some cops are criminals, they need to be dealt with harshly and you are right, if I understood you, that doesn't mean that cops in general should be condemned.
It looks like the Post took a crowd sourced site, didn't research and took it as a legitimate source.
The 34 sounds more plausible and I would still like to see what they are counting since they don't include Garland.
I know of a few more cases where the only person killed was the shooter because someone there had a firearm. These are harder to keep track of as the press doesn't cover them as much, they don't fit the narrative.
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