Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoUS breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murderswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareDagonPie@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months 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-up7·10 months 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-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months 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-up5·10 months 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.
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.