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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down11·8 months agoAgain, not the same class of shooting as a random attack in a public place.
minus-squareChronosWing@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoGun violence is gun violence. Doesn’t matter what location it takes place in.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·8 months agoNot all gun violence is a mass shooting. That’s the point.
minus-squareChronosWing@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoIt is if it involves multiple wounded and or dead. The location doesn’t matter.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoIt does though, because certain types of shootings don’t put the public at risk. A shootout between two rival gangs is not the same as some psycho shooting up a grocery store.
minus-squareChronosWing@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoNo it’s exactly the same, you would rather just ignore it because they are gang members.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI would rather ignore it because as a non-gang member I’m not at risk. Unlike some psycho in a grocery store.
minus-squareChronosWing@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoYou act as if gang members don’t shoot innocent people. Your argument is stupid and I think you realize that.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoThey CAN, and they DO, but in a gang shootout they aren’t INTENDING to shoot innocent people. In a mass shooting it’s ALL about innocent people.
Again, not the same class of shooting as a random attack in a public place.
Gun violence is gun violence. Doesn’t matter what location it takes place in.
Not all gun violence is a mass shooting. That’s the point.
It is if it involves multiple wounded and or dead. The location doesn’t matter.
It does though, because certain types of shootings don’t put the public at risk. A shootout between two rival gangs is not the same as some psycho shooting up a grocery store.
No it’s exactly the same, you would rather just ignore it because they are gang members.
I would rather ignore it because as a non-gang member I’m not at risk. Unlike some psycho in a grocery store.
You act as if gang members don’t shoot innocent people. Your argument is stupid and I think you realize that.
They CAN, and they DO, but in a gang shootout they aren’t INTENDING to shoot innocent people. In a mass shooting it’s ALL about innocent people.