flexghost.Jul 4, 2023

Well regulated militia strikes again!

3 dead 8+ injured from a mass shooting in Fort Worth, Texas

So far in 2023:
Deaths from gun violence: 21,775
Mass shootings: 343
Children (under 18) murdered: 907

It’s the guns.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/fort-worth-mass-shooting-july-4th-fireworks-b2369099.html

Three people killed and eight wounded in mass shooting at July 4 fireworks event in Fort Worth

The massacre unfolded just before midnight on Monday night as revellers gathered to enjoy Independence Day celebrations in the area of Diaz Avenue and Horne Street in Fort Worth’s Como neighbourhood

The Independent
Show threadBeefy GoblinJul 4, 2023
@flexghost it's not simply the proliferation of arms. Israelis are very well armed and yet there are less mass shootings. Even with the ideological divide there they don't shoot up schools as often as we do.
There is something wrong with out gun culture. Where guns are pushed as the solution to violence in the same culture that pushes racism, sexism and classism. Sometimes in the same NRA advertisement
Show threadWoodchaz
@flavonoid @flexghost
It's also nihilism. Life is so shallow and no one can see the future, so people act like we're all characters in a video game.
Jul 5, 2023 at 2:40amWeb
Show threadBeefy GoblinJul 5, 2023
@Woodchaz @flexghost it's the people calling everyone else NPCs. Part of the same toxic culture that produced NRA tv. Which was full of weird racism, sexism and drug war propaganda. Just weird. Wildly entertaining if you pretend its satire