dogsledonice t1_jecbr7v wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:43 PM

Reply to comment by DrJawn in We’re Washington Post journalists who spent the past months investigating how the AR-15 became a symbol of the gun control debate, political identity and mass shootings. Ask us anything. by washingtonpost

And, miraculously, gun deaths went down, until they were unbanned.

telionn t1_jeclgd6 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Kind of? It wasn't until COVID that gun deaths actually went back up to the 1993 level. Adjusting for population I think it is still lower than before.

dogsledonice t1_jecmlex wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:03 AM

To be more accurate, *mass shootings* went down, then back up.

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/03/did-assault-weapon-ban-correspond-with-drop-in-mass-shootings-what-the-data-shows.html

DrJawn t1_jecrz9r wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:45 AM

Does it count as a mass shooting if the shooter and victims are all black and poor?

Or are we only protecting white kids?

dogsledonice t1_jed58ek wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:34 AM

???

You have a point of some sort?

DrJawn t1_jeelgrw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:30 PM

I want to know where the outrage is when kids are killing kids in poor neighborhoods in Detroit, Philly, St Louis, Chicago etc

No one cares because it doesnt fit on a bumper sticker and it's not suburban

dogsledonice t1_jeelpyy wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:32 PM

I agree. And common-sense gun reform would float all boats.