Today's Mass Shooting

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Seven shot at a park Saturday night.

48 shell casings found

Car used was carjacked and the woman had beg the shooters to let her take her kid out of the back of the car.

Just another Saturday Night mass casualty event in Chicago.
 
The Big Dog said:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/influx-of-shooting-victims-causes-headaches-at-stroger-hospital/
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That article claims five dead. CNN claims twelve dead.

I almost never agree with anything you post - but if you are suggesting that liberals and gun control proponents have a blind spot when it concerns the murder of black people by other black people, you are not wholly wrong.

There has been a trend by some sources to not include gang violence in with mass shooting numbers. Vox had an article on that after the shooting at the New Jersey Arts Festival a while back (note that one of the larger gun control groups, Moms Demand Action, had a booth at that event with members present during the shooting).

The Trenton, New Jersey, mass shooting isn’t getting much national attention. It should.

In some cases, analysts, like Mother Jones, exclude gang-related events from their counts of mass shootings because they’re trying to capture what Americans traditionally think of as a mass shooting.
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That was addressed earlier in this thread around post #412.

This current round of violence in Chicago is at least getting nationwide above-the-fold type coverage, if not actual headlines. I am seeing statements from Everytown and Brady Campaign about it as well, so it is not completely under the radar of these groups.
 
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Potential mass shooting stopped in Florida.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/0...xnews%2Fnational+(Internal+-+US+Latest+-+Text)

An armed bystander shot a man who opened fire at a Florida park filled with over 100 people -- including children -- for a Saturday back-to-school cookout, officials said.

The Titusville Police Department said in a news release the man was involved in a fistfight with another person at the Issac Campbell Park and left around 5:20 p.m. -- only to return with a gun minutes later and start shooting.

A bystander, who was lawfully licensed to carry a firearm, then shot the gunman.
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Ranb said:
Potential mass shooting stopped in Florida.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/0...xnews%2Fnational+(Internal+-+US+Latest+-+Text)
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Also what about the evidence presented indicated that a mass shooting was prevented? Guy A loses a fistfight with guy B. guy A leaves, gets a gun, comes back and starts shooting. It would seem the shooter wants to shoot the guy who won the fight. Nothing indicates he was targeting others especially the fact he fired of several shots and no one else was even injured.
 
Such is the desperation to justify having a gun, critical examination of a shooting goes out the window and anyone armed who shoots another who is armed, is lauded for potentially preventing a mass shooting.

Mass shootings are in fact rare. More common is a shooting directed at a person, where by-standers get shot and that includes police shooting by-standers.

More guns, more ammo, means more shots fired and a higher chance of by-standers being hit.
 
Nessie said:
Such is the desperation to justify having a gun, critical examination of a shooting goes out the window and anyone armed who shoots another who is armed, is lauded for potentially preventing a mass shooting.

Mass shootings are in fact rare. More common is a shooting directed at a person, where by-standers get shot and that includes police shooting by-standers.

More guns, more ammo, means more shots fired and a higher chance of by-standers being hit.
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Too true. With better gun regulation, there would not be a need for a "good guy with a gun" to shoot a "potential mass shooter", as the potential would not be there.
 
thaiboxerken said:
Too true. With better gun regulation, there would not be a need for a "good guy with a gun" to shoot a "potential mass shooter", as the potential would not be there.
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With better regulation, the instance of a bad guy with a gun would be very low indeed, negating the desire to have lots of good guys with guns.

But, since the USA cannot regulate guns (for the foreseeable future anyway) as the present system is so out of control and ad hoc, the best tactic is a coping strategy.
 
Mass shooting. Spree shooting. Gang gun fights. The police shooting suspects.

All usually involve a lot of ammunition and the more ammo fired, the more chances of death and serious injury.
 
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