• SeaJ@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Which isn’t really a good definition. “Mass shooting” invokes an image of someone showing up at a school, church, grocery store, some other public place, with the sole intent of killing as many people as possible.

    No. Mass shooting invokes an image of multiple people being shot.

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      10 months ago

      Not in the minds of the public hearing the words “More mass shootings than days in the year.”

      But today is a unique opportunity, gun violence archive is claiming the first mass shooting of the year in downtown Los Angeles:

      https://abc7.com/downtown-la-fatal-shooting-new-years-lapd/14254758/

      “LAPD says the victims were attending a New Year’s Eve celebration at an underground party located in the 2300 block of Porter Street when a fight broke out between several people resulting in a shooting.”

      Another alcohol/drug fueled argument escalating into a shooting. Not a random event.