I think what some people are saying is, let's wait until we actually get some facts. What kind of guns were used. How did they get them. etc. I feel like being able to talk about something specific, like the stock bump debate for example, is far more effective than just talking about gun control abstractly.
Also, I know shooting are happening a lot, but the United States is huge and there are so many "public events" that go on, that it's still lightning in a bottle, powerball lottery winning bad luck to be present at a mass shooting event.
With that being said, I have noticed that over the past year or so, anytime I attend a large event with lots of people, especially when the people are all bunched together, I do have a momentary thought of "gee, I hope a mass shooting doesn't happen here". And I honestly never had those thoughts before.
I think there's room for making significant gun control changes in this country, while still keeping the right to bear arms. Unfortunately, due the politicized environment of politics these days, I don't see any real change happening soon.
literally more mass shootings in one year than the entirety of powerball winners since powerball began
even using the more conservative 346 mass shooting number for 2017 that i saw elsewhere, there's like 15 more powerball winners over the entire history
That tracking website is using a really bad definition of "mass shooting" if incidents of only 2 deaths are being counted as "mass" shootings. Unless I'm reading it wrong.
it counts any incident where at least 4 people are shot. people don't have to die for something to be considered a mass shooting ---