Current Events > I feel like mass shootings are happening more frequently than they used to

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I don't remember any until Columbine. and then after Columbine there were just a rare ones until like the past few years it seems like they sped up in number and now it seems like there is one every month

Trumps America
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the media just makes it seem to be so

I'm pretty sure the statistics from the first half of this year showed that gun violence has been dropping at a fairly steady rate over the last decade or two.
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they are
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Lots of crappy stuff is happening more now. I was just walking a dog and someone made fun of me. Does he want me to not walk the dog?
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matty_s posted...

Trumps America

They were on the rise long before Trump came in.
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The media keeps making them famous. People want to be remembered and make history before they off themselves.

Ban crazy people.
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There is a strong correlation between the rise psychiatric meds and mass shootings, but its being covered up
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I agree, it really does seem like they are happening more often than they used to in the last probably 5 years.
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solosnake posted...

There is a strong correlation between the rise psychiatric meds and mass shootings, but its being covered up

I would have thought "that's a huge case of correlation != causation" if it weren't for that there was a clear effort to cover it up, tbh. Streisand effect in full force.
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DarkTransient posted...

solosnake posted...

There is a strong correlation between the rise psychiatric meds and mass shootings, but its being covered up

I would have thought "that's a huge case of correlation != causation" if it weren't for that there was a clear effort to cover it up, tbh. Streisand effect in full force.

Not to mention I've heard the MSM talk about it.
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Use to be aleast one a year but now it closer to 3-4 a year. They definitely have increased

Unite posted...

Use to be aleast one a year but now it closer to 3-4 a year. They definitely have increased

According to republicans all these massacres are false flags. So for them its 0

I don't think the shootings are false flags (except maybe the Vegas one for how suspicious the motives were and how easily he got everything set up), but they certainly appreciate having something for their voters to fearmonger over.

Unite posted...

Use to be aleast one a year but now it closer to 3-4 a year. They definitely have increased

According to republicans all these massacres are false flags. So for them its 0

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/01/30/5-facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/

Wrong.
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Ryo_the_Inferno posted...

Unite posted...

Use to be aleast one a year but now it closer to 3-4 a year. They definitely have increased

According to republicans all these massacres are false flags. So for them its 0

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/01/30/5-facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/

Wrong.

Those stats are for over all gun violence in country. What Im taking about are ones like virgina tech massacre, lasvegas massacre, gay night club massacre those are happening more than they use to.

DarkTransient posted...

solosnake posted...

There is a strong correlation between the rise psychiatric meds and mass shootings, but its being covered up

I would have thought "that's a huge case of correlation != causation" if it weren't for that there was a clear effort to cover it up, tbh. Streisand effect in full force.

I take Lexapro 20mg. Without it I'd want to put a gun in my mouth, with it, I'm functional. I'm completely nonviolent though. Even at my absolute worst I'd never hurt anyone else.
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matty_s posted...

Trumps America

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I think most humans need an example to follow before they do something. They need their eyes to see someone they relate to doing something and then it feels like they can do it. THis is the basis for like, minority representation in sports and movies and politics BTW. Just so happens it also totally apples to white male shooters-to-be.
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Nah the media's just reporting them more.
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