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How many mass shootings?

Would force a change in our society? (USA)
What if it becomes once weekly or every other day.Could this be the new normal? Will we accept this?
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eli1601 · 70-79, M
Aren't there mass shootings every week. Chicago, Baltimore, etc?
REMsleep · 41-45, F
@eli1601 Some may disagree but I find drug related deaths and gun violence tied to gangs to be awful but vastly different than mass shootings. Number 1 I don't feel really sad for those who die due to being involved in drugs or gangs. From the Italian mafia to the Mexican cartel to the Japanese Yakuza to the Bloods and Crips that's the life that they signed up for and they benefit from that life until the risk outlays the reward.
Even if an innocent dies due to gang violence this is terrible but understandable. They are casualties of war.
Mass shootings are something else. Indiscriminate, the neighborhood does not matter, the lifestyle you live does not matter and the element of fear due to the sporadic nature of these crimes is what is so shocking. Also seeing 20 or more shot of our streets, schools, theaters in broad daylight is something out of a dystopian future novel.
eli1601 · 70-79, M
@REMsleep You don't think any innocents are killed in the big cities?
REMsleep · 41-45, F
@eli1601 I already meantioned that they are but it's one by one and localized to certain areas and they are usually unfortunate casualties of drug war that while terrible makes some sense. Mass shootings are random and en mass.