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slavicturk t1_iulfgek wrote

Knew this was going to happen somewhere in American tonite

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Optimal_Carpenter690 t1_iulht1h wrote

It happened more than just one somewhere, guaranteed. It's just not in an area, or enough people, that would make national news

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Freexscsa t1_iumyr3b wrote

It happens about 320 times a day in the US.

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lesath_lestrange t1_iunosh5 wrote

53 times/day

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm

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[deleted] t1_iunvc9d wrote

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DarthVero t1_iuoe6lc wrote

I wouldn't even stretch the truth like this for someone I was deeply biased towards. This justification actually made me ill.

Although tbf it does sound a LOT better if you say think of how many PEOPLE there are, as opposed to how many numbers there are.

medicine dosage:

> plus or minus 7x your medicine dosage is the same right? It's fine! Think of how many numbers there are!

Vs. People focus

> We really arguing a diff of 300/320,000,000 ? (~USPop)

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drock4vu t1_iumkmm4 wrote

I’m 100% an advocate of increased controls on fire arms and mental health assistance for people prone to acts of violence, but your comment is a cold take disguised as a hot one. Of course, in a country of 332 million people on a holiday where adults tend to indulge in alcohol you can expect someone to do something stupid and someone end up dead. Guns could not exist and someone would have died needlessly last night.

Your sentiment is fair, but unfortunately comments like this one are used by the opposition to rile up their patrons by saying we’re over reactionary and “we didn’t make as big a deal when 20 or 30 people were shot in Chicago last week,” or whatever statistic they want to pull.

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Chippopotanuse t1_ium0svz wrote

20,000 firearm homicides per year in the US. That’s over FIFTY a day. So yeah - it happens all the damn time.

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ChickenInASuit t1_iulkc1x wrote

It happened at a private residence big enough to hold 70-100 people. Doesn’t sound like “the hood” to me.

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mandatory6 t1_iumcvge wrote

When is ALL of America going to acknowledge there’s a gun problem.

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NPD_wont_stop_ME t1_iume8td wrote

Republicans. You can just say Republicans.

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Trtmfm t1_iumhdrg wrote

No, no you can't. That thinking is part of the problem.

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Nova225 t1_iunft6q wrote

Yes, you can. The left has been constantly pushing for gun control.

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silver_sofa t1_iumo4ys wrote

Well actually you kind of can. See there is this vocal minority in the US that refuses to acknowledge that there even is a gun problem. And they tend to vote mostly Republican because Fox News and the NRA have convinced them that the government is evil. So now the carnage is routine and constant because…..both sides?

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