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Five are dead, including the gunman, and I've heard mention of as many as 18 injured. It feels like every time I turn around something like this is happening...
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Or the media puts a spin on it to make it feel that way, which helps to pad their bottom line(s).It feels like every time I turn around something like this is happening...
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It feels like there have been quite a few shootings in Canada, where our gun laws are stricter. Our population is quite a bit smaller, so of course there are fewer in number then the States, but I don't know if it's "rare".
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It's not like the media is making up these stories.Or the media puts a spin on it to make it feel that way, which helps to pad their bottom line(s).It feels like every time I turn around something like this is happening...
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Exactly, but you turn on the TV, and that's what it FEELS like. Hell, they act like Columbine is still a fresh, raw wound every time this stuff happens. That was nine years ago! Half my goddamn life and they act like it just happened, like this sort of thing is going on all the time. We're being manipulated, and I don't like it one bit.Ditto. It's sad, but honestly, if it's happening once a year, I don't feel like that means it's happening every time I turn around.
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I don't see this in the linked article. Where is this from? Or did you come up with that yourself?True? Discuss. I mean, the rare part, specifically.Mass shootings are not rare in the United States, where gun control is less strict than in many countries and where the gun-ownership lobby is politically influential.
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