03-22-2018, 03:52 AM
"500 deaths on school campuses in 200 years"
If guns only killed school children, that might be a relevant statistic.
Unfortunately schools are not the only place where mass murders take place. They also occur at the workplace, in malls and movie theaters, churches, temples, music concerts, sporting events... the list is endless.
When it's stated that "only" 500 deaths have happened at schools in 200 years, it's an attempt to distract you from the real question and the real number. Because on a normal day, when people are working, sitting in a classroom, watching a movie, just minding their own business - - wouldn't it be just as tragic if there was a shooting at an East Hawaii church or a worker went postal at 96720 or a gunman walked into the Prince Kuhio Theaters or an area school?
They would all be horrific.
So the real question becomes, how many PEOPLE are killed in mass shootings of all types in America?
1,624 in 1,870 days
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...n-violence
If you want to combine the dual pleasures of insanity and social acceptance, religion is your only choice. - Last Aphorisms
If guns only killed school children, that might be a relevant statistic.
Unfortunately schools are not the only place where mass murders take place. They also occur at the workplace, in malls and movie theaters, churches, temples, music concerts, sporting events... the list is endless.
When it's stated that "only" 500 deaths have happened at schools in 200 years, it's an attempt to distract you from the real question and the real number. Because on a normal day, when people are working, sitting in a classroom, watching a movie, just minding their own business - - wouldn't it be just as tragic if there was a shooting at an East Hawaii church or a worker went postal at 96720 or a gunman walked into the Prince Kuhio Theaters or an area school?
They would all be horrific.
So the real question becomes, how many PEOPLE are killed in mass shootings of all types in America?
1,624 in 1,870 days
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...n-violence
If you want to combine the dual pleasures of insanity and social acceptance, religion is your only choice. - Last Aphorisms
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