“America has a very particular relationship with guns,” she said. “The the cultural object of the mass shooting in the United States is the AR-15.”
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It always seems worse when it’s local.
Likely a college party, no details yet, shooter still at large.
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Does two dead count as a mass shooting or are we at the point of meh just another shooting?
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More evidence the parents played a huge role in this.
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The right-wing claim that they’re more responsible parents holds as much water as the one that they’re more responsible gun owners.
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No paywall: archive.ph
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Here’s a local, non-paywalled article:
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A domestic terrorist, unhappy with the defeat of his pet politician, randomly shot a group of people celebrating Lula’s victory. Luana, 12 years old, died yesterday after agony in a hospital in the capital of Minas Gerais.
“Only Jesus to comfort our hearts because it’s not easy,” said a cousin of the victim when confirming the girl’s death.
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“For perpetrators who used firearms, just over 80 per cent did not have a mental illness.”
“ Answer: According to John Hopkins Medicine, an estimated 26% of Americans ages 18 and older — about 1 in 4 adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental illness”
From:
https://www.thezebra.com/resources/research/mental-health-statistics/
Looks like you’re less likely to be a mass school shooter if you have a mental illness.
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Then just make it a mental illness.
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Cartwrong.
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Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
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Thanks for today’s earworm.
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