Country has had 38 mass shootings – in which at least 203 people have died – so far this year, passing previous high of 36
  • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
    29·
    1 year ago

    It also encourages confusion that each mass shooting is someone trying to kill as many people as possible in a public place, when that overwhelmingly isn’t actually true.

    • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 year ago

      The new definition is mostly gang violence now, but that’s not what any of us think of when we see or hear “mass shooting”.

      • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        It’s a dog whistle for justifying the gun violence as only being between black people and hispanics, as if that makes it okay.

        • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          1 year ago

          I mean it seems like a change to inflate the numbers, but shifting it to minorities could prolly keep the right quiet.