:usa is avg more than 1 mass shooting every day

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Aug. 26 is the 238th day of the year. And with the fatal shooting in Virginia today — in which a gunman shot himself after killing two reporters and wounding one more person — plus the shooting of four during a Minneapolis home invasion, the number of mass shooting incidents has risen to 247 for the year.

These numbers are compiled by the moderators of the GunsAreCool subreddit, a sarcastically named community that tracks gun violence in America. They define "mass shooting" as any single incident in which at least four people are shot, including the gunman. The tracker comes in for some criticism because its definition is broader than the FBI's definition, which requires three or more people to be killed by gunfire. But the broader definition is nonetheless a useful one, because it captures many high-profile instances of violence — like the recent Lafayette theater shootings — that don't meet the FBI's criteria.

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Some gun rights advocates — like John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center — object that the broader definition includes a lot of gang killings and domestic disputes that the average person wouldn't necessarily consider a "mass shooting." But there's an uncomfortable assumption here that some crime victims' lives should be valued differently — or are less worthy of attention — than others.

A more expansive definition of "mass shooting" underscores the extent to which firearms make it relatively easy to hurt large numbers of people in a very short time. With a gun, you're able to inflict bodily harm on a person once they're in your line of sight. With something like a knife or your hands, you need to get right up close to a person.

There's no easy fix to gun violence in this country. As gun rights proponents are quick to point out, municipalities with strict gun laws, like Chicago and D.C., see more than their fair share of gun crime. But it's nevertheless a fact that the level of gun violence we see in the U.S. is like nothing seen in other wealthy Western nations.



Discussificate.

[Muck FcDisney]

Bush did it!

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Bush did it!

:thought

[sooners4life98]

Aug. 26 is the 238th day of the year. And with the fatal shooting in Virginia today — in which a gunman shot himself after killing two reporters and wounding one more person — plus the shooting of four during a Minneapolis home invasion, the number of mass shooting incidents has risen to 247 for the year.

These numbers are compiled by the moderators of the GunsAreCool subreddit, a sarcastically named community that tracks gun violence in America. They define "mass shooting" as any single incident in which at least four people are shot, including the gunman. The tracker comes in for some criticism because its definition is broader than the FBI's definition, which requires three or more people to be killed by gunfire. But the broader definition is nonetheless a useful one, because it captures many high-profile instances of violence — like the recent Lafayette theater shootings — that don't meet the FBI's criteria.

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Some gun rights advocates — like John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center — object that the broader definition includes a lot of gang killings and domestic disputes that the average person wouldn't necessarily consider a "mass shooting." But there's an uncomfortable assumption here that some crime victims' lives should be valued differently — or are less worthy of attention — than others.

A more expansive definition of "mass shooting" underscores the extent to which firearms make it relatively easy to hurt large numbers of people in a very short time. With a gun, you're able to inflict bodily harm on a person once they're in your line of sight. With something like a knife or your hands, you need to get right up close to a person.

There's no easy fix to gun violence in this country. As gun rights proponents are quick to point out, municipalities with strict gun laws, like Chicago and D.C., see more than their fair share of gun crime. But it's nevertheless a fact that the level of gun violence we see in the U.S. is like nothing seen in other wealthy Western nations.



Discussificate.

We mad in the US? :lol:

[JdPat04]

How many come from Chicago, and places like that?


I also think the shooter shouldn't be counted, fuck them

[Muck FcDisney]

How many come from Chicago, and places like that?

Waisis!! :hammer

[JdPat04]

How many come from Chicago, and places like that?

Waisis!! :hammer

Troofis

[FSUKW]

Bush did it!

:nuhuh

SEC did it.

[Muck FcDisney]

Bush did it!

:nuhuh

SEC did it.

ESPiN did not report!

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[FuckESPNdotCOM]

Tokyo is the safest city in the world. Want to know why? Strict gun control. You have to go through some crazy shit to get a gun there, which is how it should be.

People who own guns don't have an adequate one between their legs.

[SmithsAUFan]

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Sorry guys, I just killed YP's argument and this thread.

Take guns away then crimes increase.

[JdPat04]

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Sorry guys, I just killed YP's argument and this thread.

Take guns away then crimes increase.

Fucks too, he's a moron as well.

[FuckESPNdotCOM]

Sorry guys, I just killed YP's argument and this thread.

Take guns away then crimes increase.

Fucks too, he's a moron as well.

Sorry, did that bunch of cherrypicked stat image refute say one word about Tokyo?

[FuckESPNdotCOM]

Washington, DC — States with weak gun violence prevention laws and higher rates of gun ownership have the highest overall gun death rates in the nation, according to a Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis of new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Meanwhile, states with the lowest overall gun death rates have lower rates of gun ownership and some of the strongest gun violence prevention laws in the nation. However, even in these states the human toll of gun violence remains unacceptably high and far exceeds the gun death rate in most Western industrialized nations.

The five states with the highest per capita gun death rates in 2011 were Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska, Wyoming, and Montana. Each of these states has extremely lax gun violence prevention laws as well as a higher rate of gun ownership. The state with the lowest gun death rate in the nation was Rhode Island, followed by Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey. Each of these states has strong gun violence prevention laws and has a lower rate of gun ownership.

I guess that shits all over Smiths and your stupid argument that guns make things safer.
Say hi to your mom, JD. Or that Alabama fan that got shot because s/he didn't take losing to Auburn seriously enough.

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Sorry guys, I just killed YP's argument and this thread.

Yp never made an argument in this thread.

Sorry guys, reading comprehension appears difficult for this lad. :sadyes

[SmithsAUFan]

U.K. has one of the strictest gun control laws in the world. If you consider the U.S. having high crime rate, then what do you say with U.K. being nearly 5 times worse than the U.S.?

http://www.gunfacts.info/gun-control-my ... countries/

Here is more gun control facts. Sorry, I am killing everything with facts.

[SmithsAUFan]

Washington, DC — States with weak gun violence prevention laws and higher rates of gun ownership have the highest overall gun death rates in the nation, according to a Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis of new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Meanwhile, states with the lowest overall gun death rates have lower rates of gun ownership and some of the strongest gun violence prevention laws in the nation. However, even in these states the human toll of gun violence remains unacceptably high and far exceeds the gun death rate in most Western industrialized nations.

The five states with the highest per capita gun death rates in 2011 were Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska, Wyoming, and Montana. Each of these states has extremely lax gun violence prevention laws as well as a higher rate of gun ownership. The state with the lowest gun death rate in the nation was Rhode Island, followed by Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey. Each of these states has strong gun violence prevention laws and has a lower rate of gun ownership.

I guess that shits all over Smiths and your stupid argument that guns make things safer.
Say hi to your mom, JD. Or that Alabama fan that got shot because s/he didn't take losing to Auburn seriously enough.

Explain the problems in the United Kingdom.

[FuckESPNdotCOM]

Washington, DC — States with weak gun violence prevention laws and higher rates of gun ownership have the highest overall gun death rates in the nation, according to a Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis of new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Meanwhile, states with the lowest overall gun death rates have lower rates of gun ownership and some of the strongest gun violence prevention laws in the nation. However, even in these states the human toll of gun violence remains unacceptably high and far exceeds the gun death rate in most Western industrialized nations.

The five states with the highest per capita gun death rates in 2011 were Louisiana, Mississippi, Alaska, Wyoming, and Montana. Each of these states has extremely lax gun violence prevention laws as well as a higher rate of gun ownership. The state with the lowest gun death rate in the nation was Rhode Island, followed by Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey. Each of these states has strong gun violence prevention laws and has a lower rate of gun ownership.

I guess that shits all over Smiths and your stupid argument that guns make things safer.
Say hi to your mom, JD. Or that Alabama fan that got shot because s/he didn't take losing to Auburn seriously enough.

Explain the problems in the United Kingdom.

What problem? That they have 0.26 firearm deaths per 100,000 people? Or how the USA has 10.64 firearm deaths per 100,000 people?

[SmithsAUFan]

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Sorry guys, I just killed YP's argument and this thread.

Yp never made an argument in this thread.

Sorry guys, reading comprehension appears difficult for this lad. :sadyes

Your logic says ban guns then crime is reduced. It hasn't been working in Britain or Australia.

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

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Sorry guys, I just killed YP's argument and this thread.

Yp never made an argument in this thread.

Sorry guys, reading comprehension appears difficult for this lad. :sadyes

Your logic says ban guns then crime is reduced. It hasn't been working in Britain or Australia.

I posted an article, and my sole comment was 'Discussificate'. You are quite confused sir. :sadyes

Idk what talking about Britain or a bunch of islands has to do with the price of tea in China but good luck. :dunno