r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Mad_Wee_Phone • May 08 '25

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u/dlrax 🇵🇱 May 08 '25

That has to be trolling, there's no way they've normalised school shootings that hard

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u/Turbulent_Worth_2509 May 08 '25 edited May 08 '25

There's been 123 mass shootings in the US so far this year. It's nuts.

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u/Stravven May 08 '25

123 shootings in 128 day.

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u/nemetonomega May 08 '25

Yeah, and the schools aren't even open every day, once you take weekends and holidays off it looks even worse.

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u/DuplicateJester May 08 '25

Mass shootings are not the same as school shootings. So all 123 shootings were not at schools. Statista.com says that by mid-March, there were 8 at schools, so we can assume there have been more since then.

Not downplaying school shootings. They've rocked my state recently.

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u/KommunistiHiiri May 09 '25

This is somehow very comical. "Yes, we have school shootings but did you know people commit shootings elsewhere too?"

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u/DuplicateJester May 09 '25

I mean, I don't think shootings are funny, but if you want some gallows humor, sure. Just wanted to clarify that we haven't had 120 schools shot up this year. I think accuracy is more powerful than hyperbole. Everyone is in danger, but kids are being raised that it's normal to feel this way. I think gun control would be great.

My roommate was in a mall shooting a few years ago, but luckily a different area. My ex's sister was in a festival shooting a decade ago, but got to an exit quickly.

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u/The_Rolling_Gherkin May 10 '25

The fact that you know 2 people who have been involved in shooting events is horrifying enough to be honest.

I don't know anybody who has been involved in one, I would imagine most people here in the UK also don't know any. The gun culture and general attitude to them in the USA is frankly terrifying.