• ChronosWing@lemmy.zip
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      8 months ago

      Do you not realize that bullets go through walls? Luckily it was contained but could have easily turned into a tragedy if some toddler sleeping next door gets hit by a stray bullet. You are arguing semantics, just because it happened at someone’s home instead of public doesn’t not make it a mass shooting. You just want the numbers to look better so you can ignore certain types of gun violence. When in reality it should be lumped together because it is a systematic problem that needs to be fixed.

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                8 months ago

                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.

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                  8 months ago

                  No it’s exactly the same, you would rather just ignore it because they are gang members.

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                    8 months ago

                    I would rather ignore it because as a non-gang member I’m not at risk. Unlike some psycho in a grocery store.