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The dumbest solution that I have seen proposed is more guns. I mean we literally have more guns than people. We have more guns than ever before. We also have more gun violence. We tried that solution already. Turns out, its actually a problem instead of a solution.

Is there any other problem that we try that solution for? Like does anyone think the solution to fetanyl/opiod deaths is more fetanyl/opiods? Fetanyl/opiods aren't the issue. They are inanimate objects. They aren't bad. What we need to solve the crisis is more of the object that is the common denominator of the crisis!
 
fishonjazz said:
The dumbest solution that I have seen proposed is more guns. I mean we literally have more guns than people. We have more guns than ever before. We also have more gun violence. We tried that solution already. Turns out, its actually a problem instead of a solution.

Is there any other problem that we try that solution for? Like does anyone think the solution to fetanyl/opiod deaths is more fetanyl/opiods? Fetanyl/opiods aren't the issue. They are inanimate objects. They aren't bad. What we need to solve the crisis is more of the object that is the common denominator of the crisis!
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We also tried an assault weapons ban.

How about we stop bullying and calling other cultist and threats to society just to troll? You think that would help? Telling people that they are murders for not taking a vaccine like your bff? Wishing others to literally starve to death? Calling people transphobes? I think this hate and discontent towards one another is a huge proponent to what's going on. And it's not just one side or entity. I've admitted my wrong doing and have made a concentrated effort to tone it down though I'm still guilty.
 
I didn't realize that this shooting in texas was only 1 of three that happened yesterday. There are just too many for them all to be big news.

Saturday's mass shooting was the nation's third of the day, following others in Chico, California, and Columbus, Ohio.

James Alan Fox, a professor of Criminology, Law & Public Policy at Northeastern who has studied mass killings for 40 years, says 2023 has been the worst year in terms of mass killings "since at least 2006 and probably ever."

"I've not seen anything like this," Fox said. "We have more guns in the hands of Americans. Gun sales have skyrocketed since COVID. There's a lot of divisiveness in this country, and people suffering emotionally and economically since the pandemic."

Mass killings are happening with staggering frequency in the United States this year: an average of about one a week, according to an analysis of the Associated Press/USA TODAY/Northeastern University mass killing database. So far there have been 22 mass killings in the U.S. in 2023.

The Gun Violence Archive says the Texas mass shooting is the 200th in the nation this year and the 12th in May. Mass shootings, defined as four or more people shot, differ from mass killings, defined as four or more people killed.


I dont understand that last part. One sentence says we have had 22 mass killings in the U.S. in 2023. Then the very next sentence says we have had 200 mass shootings and 12 in may. Which is correct?

 
What a shock. One of Donald’s “very fine people.”


ALLEN, Tex. — The 33-year-old gunman who opened fire on an outlet mall in a Dallas suburb Saturday, killing at least eight people, had an apparent fascination with white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs that are now being examined by investigators as a possible motive for the attack, people familiar with the investigation said Sunday…
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Authorities have not released a motive, but a patch on his chest said “RWDS,” an acronym that stands for Right Wing Death Squad, according to people familiar with the investigation. The phrase is popular among right wing extremists, neo-Nazis and white supremacists, they said, and while there is still a great deal of evidence to analyze and authorities have not reached any conclusions yet, investigators are approaching the shooting as a possible hate crime.
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Can’t wait for former classmates and neighbors to describe him as a quiet loner. Antisocial and angry. Bet all of his friends online knew something was up. Probably has a manifesto too. Someone who should’ve never had ease of access to guns but Murika gives him the means to destroy so many lives in seconds.
 
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fishonjazz said:
I didn't realize that this shooting in texas was only 1 of three that happened yesterday. There are just too many for them all to be big news.

Saturday's mass shooting was the nation's third of the day, following others in Chico, California, and Columbus, Ohio.

James Alan Fox, a professor of Criminology, Law & Public Policy at Northeastern who has studied mass killings for 40 years, says 2023 has been the worst year in terms of mass killings "since at least 2006 and probably ever."

"I've not seen anything like this," Fox said. "We have more guns in the hands of Americans. Gun sales have skyrocketed since COVID. There's a lot of divisiveness in this country, and people suffering emotionally and economically since the pandemic."

Mass killings are happening with staggering frequency in the United States this year: an average of about one a week, according to an analysis of the Associated Press/USA TODAY/Northeastern University mass killing database. So far there have been 22 mass killings in the U.S. in 2023.

The Gun Violence Archive says the Texas mass shooting is the 200th in the nation this year and the 12th in May. Mass shootings, defined as four or more people shot, differ from mass killings, defined as four or more people killed.


I dont understand that last part. One sentence says we have had 22 mass killings in the U.S. in 2023. Then the very next sentence says we have had 200 mass shootings and 12 in may. Which is correct?

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It's how it's defined. Mass shootings are when 4 or more are shot in one incident, but they don't all necessarily die. Mass killings are when 4 or more people are actually killed, not just shot. So 200 mass shootings ended up in 22 mass killings.

All mass killings are also mass shootings, but not all mass shootings end up as mass killings.
 
LogGrad98 said:
It's how it's defined. Mass shootings are when 4 or more are shot in one incident, but they don't all necessarily die. Mass killings are when 4 or more people are actually killed, not just shot. So 200 mass shootings ended up in 22 mass killings.

All mass killings are also mass shootings, but not all mass shootings end up as mass killings.
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Ah, makes sense. thanks.
 
fishonjazz said:
The dumbest solution that I have seen proposed is more guns. I mean we literally have more guns than people. We have more guns than ever before. We also have more gun violence. We tried that solution already. Turns out, its actually a problem instead of a solution.

Is there any other problem that we try that solution for? Like does anyone think the solution to fetanyl/opiod deaths is more fetanyl/opiods? Fetanyl/opiods aren't the issue. They are inanimate objects. They aren't bad. What we need to solve the crisis is more of the object that is the common denominator of the crisis!
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This is a few years old, but still valid:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuS-e-5oOiU
 
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had a co worker today telling me that a knife is no different from a gun. They are both tools that can be used for killing. I asked him "so you use a knife for your home protection and carry a knife in your belt holster then right?" He was like no, a knife wouldn't work well enough for protection. I said, exactly. A knife and a gun isn't the same. ya they are both tools that can kill but one is specifically made for killing and much more effective. A screwdriver and a hammer are both tools but one is better than the other for hammering nails.
 
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