Chicago Mass Shooting

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

1 a week this year apparently in the states

Families out on a 4th July Parade

Wtf !

[JamesWales]

Re: Chicago Mass Shooting

Another shocking day. And on the back of Copenhagen too.

A 22 year old rapper called Robert Crimo "Awake the Rapper" is being sought. Some pretty disturbing videos on twitter of some of his stuff.

[Canton Kev]

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Way more than 1 a week. 337 “mass shootings” in the USA between Jan 1st and June 30th.

[Wash DC Blue]

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It's unbearable.

Seeing posts this morning on Facebook about guns being central to celebrating independence day.
It's a mental disease the love of the things.
My Mrs was in Highland Park two weeks ago, her cousins live there.
Then you have the rest of Chicago which is just like a live shooting range.

I still don't have a gun.

[William Treseder]

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I can never see gun laws changing in the States. They’ve owned and used them freely since day one.

[Doucas]

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Another trump supporting mass shooter.

[Lither_1927]

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Way more than 1 a week. 337 “mass shootings” in the USA between Jan 1st and June 30th.

Do you know how the criteria for a "mass shooting" in that context?

Doucas, Why mention Trump? Terrible oppotunism.

[lardy]

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Way more than 1 a week. 337 “mass shootings” in the USA between Jan 1st and June 30th.

1 a week this year apparently in the states

Families out on a 4th July Parade

Wtf !

I've seen the number 337 a few times so thought I'd look into it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2022

Adding up the monthly figures, there have been 337 shootings and it looks to me like this figure counts four or more people injured or killed.

Digging a bit further on the list, there are 24 where four or more people died (sometimes including the perpetrator and my hand count so could have an error) and this is week 27 of the year, so I guess the 1 a week stat is deliberate mass killings of 4+ people.


Interesting, perhaps, is that when I was searching for 337 mass shootings, this was also the annual figure for 2018 in the US. So in pretty much half a year, they have reached the 2018 total which suggests it's getting worse.

[Doucas]

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Do you know how the criteria for a "mass shooting" in that context?

Doucas, Why mention Trump? Terrible oppotunism.

Because right wing shootings from 80 iq hicks who can buy guns alongside their multipack of poptarts from their nearest Walmart are a huge problem.

[Trigger]

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Having laws similar to here obviously never happening or not in a few lifetimes but you would think most americans would be against the sale of the automatic, high magazine, high powered type weapons.

They don't account for every mass shooting I'm sure but I see no reason why they should ever be in the hands of the public, particularly a democraticly run country.

But they don't.

I'd roll it back to the days of the declaration if you want a weapon it's only single shot and to operate it you have to wear the clothing of the time.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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You have to ask the question

Wtf is a 20 year old kid doing with a high powered assault rifle in his possession?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Chicago Mass Shooting

Do you know how the criteria for a "mass shooting" in that context?

Doucas, Why mention Trump? Terrible oppotunism.

Trump and his feckwit followers are the very people supporting gun ownership to the max

Who made a speech at the recent NRA rally , sickeningly following another gun related massacre ?

Joe Biden ?

[Hilts]

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News this morning said its the 308th mass shooting.

Awful and its just until the next time.

Unless the US change its gun laws and the crazy right to arms then it will continue.

[Doucas]

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You have to ask the question

Wtf is a 20 year old kid doing with a high powered assault rifle in his possession?

Do you not believe in 'freedom'?

(This is sarcasm just in case this goes over people's heads)

[blue matt]

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Because right wing shootings from 80 iq hicks who can buy guns alongside their multipack of poptarts from their nearest Walmart are a huge problem.

Them same people have been around decades before trump was president

Them same 80 IQ Hicks are the same people who farmed the land that fed the US, the same who worked in the factories of the US

though I guess a bit of generalization goes a long way