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| Topic | The 18 school shootings in the US this year narrative was apparently fake news. |
| Sahuagin 02/20/18 3:17:31 PM #98: | https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/a/40688/13310 In summary there appears to be at least 18 gun incidents in, or around, schools between 1st January and 14th February 2018. They are not all of the "mass shooting" variety one might expect from the headlines but they have certainly all involved the accidental or intentional letting off of a firearm. Jen0125 posted... guns are more important than the lives of the kids I think you said this sarcastically, but the problem I think is that *this really is the position that pro-gun people hold*. it's very hard to argue these deep ideologically driven positions. you expect people to follow what you see as a rational logical set of steps (too many guns -> innocents killed -> stricter rules around guns -> etc.), but when there's something so basic that's so fundamentally different (lives are more important than guns VS guns are more important than lives), it just doesn't work. don't stop trying necessarily, but at some point you do have to realize that you live in a country that values guns more than lives. that's just what the USA *is*. --- The truth basks in scrutiny. http://i.imgur.com/GMouTGs.jpg http://projecteuler.net/profile/Sahuagin.png ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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