• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Okay, so almost two mass shootings per day is the line at which a US official is willing to speak out against gun violence.

    Good to know.

    I would have said one mass shooting a week is really pushing it, but that’s why they’re the surgeon general.

    Line in the sand: roughly two mass shootings everyday.

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      5 months ago

      I read a headline yesterday that a toddler has injured themselves with a firearm every day for the last two years. But abortion is the problem. As a 80s kid, no disrespect, but guns are gay.

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      5 months ago

      Only two? We passed 2 a few years back. I’ve seen 8 but if the average isn’t 4 I’ll be surprised.

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        5 months ago

        Yup, the average for US mass shootings, as in multiple victims of gun violence from a single shooting, in 2024 up to June is 1.5 per day, or about one mass shooting in the US every 16 hours.

        You might be thinking of regular shootings, where only one person is injured, which is way more common and include s suicides and accidents rather than gun violence directed explicitly toward others.