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[deleted] t1_j5il8mz wrote

Isn't this almost 40 shootings this year?

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earhere t1_j5j3ere wrote

There's multiple shootings every day in America. It's gotta be a lot higher than that.

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jschubart t1_j5ilycw wrote

Just shootings? I am sure it is a lot more than that. We have had 33 mass shootings.

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[deleted] t1_j5im8wv wrote

Mass is the part I wasn't really focused on my bad. Yeah probably a lot more. Actually 2 nights ago down my street there was a double homicide. And that shit never happens here.

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Sekhen t1_j5ilope wrote

It's been a full 23 days.

We're heading for some kind of record.

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[deleted] t1_j5ilrhy wrote

And we'll get there as long as the FBI sits on it's hands.

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PedroEglasias t1_j5iquy5 wrote

oh yeah definitely the FBIs fault, not the abundance of automatic weapons

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Morgrid t1_j5jwbt0 wrote

Semi-Automatic ≠ Automatic

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Alicorn213 t1_j5kkqm8 wrote

Terminology gets weird there. Sometimes the term automatic is used to refer to any selfloading firearm, including semiautomatics. Things get even weirder once you start throwing L.A.W.S. and revolvers into it.

Automatic = A firearm that loads itself after each shot, selfloading usually being the preferable term.

Semi Automatic = A firearm that shoots once per pull of the trigger

Fully Automatic = A firearm that shoots repeatedly while the trigger is held. Often referred to as just automatic today resulting in lots of confusion.

As to which one the comment above is referring to, your guess is as good as mine.

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[deleted] t1_j5irij4 wrote

It doesn't help that almost everytime this happens they come out with their "he was on our radar" bs. They have a job to do.

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JayR_97 t1_j5jr24h wrote

And yet any serious attempt at proper gun control is unanimously rejected by both sides. America is so fucked.

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Charlie_Mouse t1_j5jyrl5 wrote

I find myself questioning whether it’s worthwhile even engaging in gun control threads any more. If the horrors of Sandy Hook and Uvalde didn’t change peoples minds nothing anyone can say is going to change opinions.

We all know the script - the pro gun people will turn up in the thread with tedious inevitability with all the usual talking points and strawmen to knock down, upvoting each other and downvoting anyone who disagrees.

And nothing changes. And then tomorrow or next week there’s another dead or injured kid or another mass shooting and the ‘debate’ begins anew …

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thefriendlycouple t1_j5mqmzz wrote

Both sides?

No. The GOP rejects gun control and the Supreme Court does logic pretzels to support them.

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kdvfan22 t1_j5jeobo wrote

The boy who lived 🧙‍♀️

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