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vague_diss t1_jdcgos4 wrote

Reply to comment by buddy0813 in Active shooter in Monmouth University, stay safe you guys by Redplushie

Asking the wrong question- why do we live in a country so heavily armed, with so few mental health resources, that we have to worry about anything gun shaped? Why do we have to have lock down drills and shelter in place plans to begin with?

How do you mistake a curling iron for a gun? Could it be we’ve already had over 100 mass shootings this year? Could it be a generation of kids trained monthly to “run, hide, fight” are rightfully suspicious and scared for their lives?

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weylandyutanicmc t1_jdcyrch wrote

Because we have a gang problem. That's where you get almost all your mass shootings from, and the news pushes that like it'll happen to you.

If you don't hang out with gangs, you aren't going to get shot.

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Sudovoodoo80 t1_jddfoc4 wrote

No dude. It's the guns. You just don't want to see it for what it is.

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weylandyutanicmc t1_jddkmb9 wrote

Glad to hear that Patterson and Camden are finally fixed

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Sudovoodoo80 t1_jddll9o wrote

Guess they just need some more guns. That should solve it.

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Sudovoodoo80 t1_jdep8x0 wrote

That is what the US has been doing for the last 20 years, making it easier for the law abiding to get and carry guns. Has gun crime decreased in any way? Or has it increased? Maybe if we want a different outcome, we need a different approach. Maybe more guns isn't the answer to preventing gun deaths.

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Motivator9931 t1_jddcy5k wrote

So all the kids that get murdered in elementary schools or people killed while attending churches are part of gangs??? What the hell are you talking about?

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weylandyutanicmc t1_jddhfes wrote

Very rare.

The vast majority of "mass shootings" are inner city shootouts, in gun control paradise. That's not debatable.

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Motivator9931 t1_jddjilg wrote

Clearly it's not rare because almost every day there's another mass shooting in a grocery store, church, school, mall, or whatever else. This is a US problem and one that exists because of guns.

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weylandyutanicmc t1_jddjoio wrote

Oh cool, which one was today? And yesterday?

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my_fake_acct_ t1_jddqpmm wrote

Here's yesterday's https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/03/22/us/colorado-denver-school-shooting/index.html

Here's the attempted one the day before https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/heroic-security-guards-stop-armed-man-devil-mask/story?id=98026971

Here's Monday https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2023/03/20/suspect-in-custody-after-shooting-at-lamar-high-school-in-arlington-injures-2/?outputType=amp

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weylandyutanicmc t1_jddvdv7 wrote

You've got two murders and a maybe, none of those even qualify as mass shootings due to the highly targeted nature. None are indiscriminate, and at least one of the two was almost certainly gang related, proving my point.

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nicklor t1_jddm3tp wrote

Exactly it is a problem but it's more like monthly than when weekly

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