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4. the reason why random shootings always get more attention that family killings is

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 07:51 AM

Oct 2015

that random shootings can happen to anyone.
Most people can dismiss family killings by thinking that "it could never happen to me"

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Another mass shooting [View all] KentuckyWoman Oct 2015 OP

Several reasons why the second didn't get as much coverage. SheilaT Oct 2015 #1

Also the second one was a domestic dispute Egnever Oct 2015 #2

Again, a very different scenario. SheilaT Oct 2015 #5