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Eleanors38

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34. I am sure you are also aware of the variety of new definitions...

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #33)

Thu May 26, 2016, 01:48 PM

May 2016

these crimes are categorized under; now, the news can say we have almost one-a-day "Mass Shooings" when the def didn't exist for statistical purposes before 2011. And the venerable "Mass Murder" has gone from four to three to pump up the totals. The upshot is you can't have good analysis of ANY problem when the data is shifting. Are mass murders up or down, what is causing them, what can government do, etc.? We can indeed use rhetorical flourishes like "funny" murders, however.

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another mass murder, under the radar. killer and 5 victims all white [View all] KG May 2016 OP

Looks like a conspiracy between the corporate media and the NRA to ignore these stories malaise May 2016 #1

Was this one posted ? Bonx May 2016 #12

No malaise May 2016 #24

If MSM is conspiring not to cover this, then banners are in trouble... Eleanors38 May 2016 #27

Malaise, you have GCRKBA, GCAG groups AND Guns Discussion. What else you want? Eleanors38 May 2016 #31

It's the NRA's wet dream. Jerry442 May 2016 #2

Gun sales always spike after another mass shooting Doctor_J May 2016 #9

that's why gun stores never run sales... Javaman May 2016 #11

Yes, every few days another "blowout sale" Doctor_J May 2016 #22

See #27 above. Thanks. Eleanors38 May 2016 #32

Gun culture is all about the ability to mass murder. nt onehandle May 2016 #3

Really? hack89 May 2016 #6

No, it's not. cali May 2016 #13

If mass murder wasn't the prime objective for gun culture... onehandle May 2016 #17

Good grief. You can't possibly believe that. cali May 2016 #18

Don't be so sure... ileus May 2016 #26

So innovation in gun technology post 1791 was driven by the desire for mass murder? hack89 May 2016 #21

Hey! That looks vaguely like a "press!" Eleanors38 May 2016 #29

How do you even defend yourself with that thing? TrappedInUtah May 2016 #35

one mass murder/week maxsolomon May 2016 #4

And assault weapons make it even worse (ntxt) scscholar May 2016 #5

No. The problem is handguns by a order of magnitude hack89 May 2016 #7

those are the same thing - semi-automatic military-style weapons maxsolomon May 2016 #8

Actually absolutists would be right...military rifles being ideal for military usage jmg257 May 2016 #15

but i can't say i'm displeased that the average negligent american yahoo maxsolomon May 2016 #19

Understood! Cheers! nt jmg257 May 2016 #20

Hell, max, an OP today shows a pic of a guy shouldering "a rifle (Boston Globe)"... Eleanors38 May 2016 #28

Is that under the new & improved definition? Funny, murder rate is way down. Eleanors38 May 2016 #30

Per the NYT Article maxsolomon May 2016 #33

I am sure you are also aware of the variety of new definitions... Eleanors38 May 2016 #34

This is a mental health issue, not a gun issue IMO. How do you stop one lone nut? You can't. nt Logical May 2016 #10

Its not. People with mental illness are no more violent cali May 2016 #14

Most people who shoot other people are not mentally ill. they're simply angry. gollygee May 2016 #16

You sure got that right! raccoon May 2016 #23

I think its more of a tempoary emotional malaise Spacedog1973 May 2016 #36

Not a Syrian refugee... again. ck4829 May 2016 #25