[thread] mass shootings

A look at U.S. mass killings
https://projects.apnews.com/features/2023/mass-killings/index.html

* pattern of mass killings random/unpredictable
* common elements

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* v. important topic underserved by this style of presentation
* add: poorly chosen graphics: hard to interpret

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States#Deadliest_mass_shootings_since_1949

Racist Shootings Don’t Happen in Vacuum
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111015784504330867

Another Reason Project 2025 Is So Bad for Women? Guns
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113045998079906519

#USguns #MassMurder #MassShooting #MassKillings #GunControl #2A

Lockheed Martin employee attempts to run over protesters in California.

Wild

https://youtube.com/shorts/gKvoDHlgIvk?si=CCKELMhMQv7vtPgd

#uspol #usfreedom #usguns
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July has already seen 11 mass shootings. The emotional scars won't heal easily
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/04/1185953565/mass-shootings-emotional-toll

11 mass shootings — defined as acts of gun violence injuring or killing at least four people — that have occurred this month, and 346 mass shootings since the beginning of the year, according to the Gun Violence Archive

https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/
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Americans’ Experiences With Gun-Related Violence, Injurie & Deaths
https://www.kff.org/other/poll-finding/americans-experiences-with-gun-related-violence-injuries-and-deaths
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#USguns #USgunviolence #GunViolence #GunCulture

Florida man shoots at pool cleaner with AR-15, cleared by 'stand your ground'
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/florida-man-shoots-at-pool-cleaner-with-ar-15-cleared-by-stand-your-ground-1.6457884

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law#United_States

The situation in Florida is especially egregious, leading to unprecedented warnings to tourists to Florida from various civil rights groups: Equality Florida | Human Rights Campaign | NAACP

https://persagen.com/html/intro_01.html#/18 [L/R arrow keys to navigate; content fades in]

#Florida #RonDeSantis #2024PresidentialCandidates #StandYourGroundLaws #neofascism #USGuns