telionn t1_jeclgd6 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:55 AM

Reply to comment by dogsledonice in We’re Washington Post journalists who spent the past months investigating how the AR-15 became a symbol of the gun control debate, political identity and mass shootings. Ask us anything. by washingtonpost

Kind of? It wasn't until COVID that gun deaths actually went back up to the 1993 level. Adjusting for population I think it is still lower than before.

dogsledonice t1_jecmlex wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:03 AM

To be more accurate, *mass shootings* went down, then back up.

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/03/did-assault-weapon-ban-correspond-with-drop-in-mass-shootings-what-the-data-shows.html

DrJawn t1_jecrz9r wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:45 AM

Does it count as a mass shooting if the shooter and victims are all black and poor?

Or are we only protecting white kids?

dogsledonice t1_jed58ek wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:34 AM

???

You have a point of some sort?

DrJawn t1_jeelgrw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:30 PM

I want to know where the outrage is when kids are killing kids in poor neighborhoods in Detroit, Philly, St Louis, Chicago etc

No one cares because it doesnt fit on a bumper sticker and it's not suburban

dogsledonice t1_jeelpyy wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:32 PM

I agree. And common-sense gun reform would float all boats.