(December 2, 2015 at 5:06 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote:Yes, they have risen by about 4 times in the last 40 years (from about 1 shooting per year in 1975 to 4.4 shootings per year in 2014). In that same span of time, vioelnt crime overall has seen a dramatic decrease, so in a way (if you consider the decrease of other violent crimes) the surge in mass shootings is huge.(December 2, 2015 at 4:46 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote: This is fucking scary. There is literally no place that is safe from the derranged, deluded, psychopathic, crazed people that roam the earth. Makes me just want to stay inside forever. That's not going to happen, obviously, but just knowing that shootings just seem to be increasing all the time, makes me not want to live on this planet anymore.
If it weren't for the fact that I have to type out more notes in school tonight, I wouldn't be going in at all.
Are they really increasing or has it become such a spotlit issue that the media is now covering it more and more?
(I don't know the answer)
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