Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoUS breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murderswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down111cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1254arrow-down1external-linkUS breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murderswww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square33linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareDagonPie@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·2 years agoThey are counting the stabbing in NY as a mass shooting?
minus-squaresquiblet@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoThe article uses the term “mass killing”, so no.
minus-squareDagonPie@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoRight, but. In the article they state “A series of murders over the weekend have propelled the United States to a grisly new record: the most recorded mass shootings in a year” Including the stabbing which they then refer to as a mass killing. I’m not arguing the point of the article. Its just misleading.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years ago Two attacks on Sunday occurring within a couple of hours of each other in Texas and Washington state were the year’s 37th and 38th mass shootings. The stabbing is separate and unrelated.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoWe’ve had more than 38 in my county alone. But that’s why they conflate mass shooting and mass killing.
minus-squaresquiblet@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoIt’s slightly confusing but is explained in the article that all mass shooting are mass killings but not all mass killings are shootings, which of course makes sense.
They are counting the stabbing in NY as a mass shooting?
The article uses the term “mass killing”, so no.
Right, but. In the article they state
“A series of murders over the weekend have propelled the United States to a grisly new record: the most recorded mass shootings in a year”
Including the stabbing which they then refer to as a mass killing. I’m not arguing the point of the article. Its just misleading.
The stabbing is separate and unrelated.
We’ve had more than 38 in my county alone. But that’s why they conflate mass shooting and mass killing.
It’s slightly confusing but is explained in the article that all mass shooting are mass killings but not all mass killings are shootings, which of course makes sense.
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