• Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    I mean, a shooting occuring in, around, or near a school once every 1.7 days is still absolute fucking insanity and unacceptable in any rational society.

    The media has a really loose definition of “school shooting” so they can keep people scared.

    People should be scared. Whether it’s 8 or 140 or 1000 it doesn’t change the fact that Americans not only allow this to happen, they allow it to continue and won’t do anything to stop it.

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      6 hours ago

      I was on a jury, guy was charged with “dealing drugs within 1,000 feet of a school”. They asked if anyone had any questions, so I asked “In a city like ours, is there any location NOT within 1/5th of a mile of a school?”

      Yeah, I was dismissed from the jury. LOL.

      Just because it’s close to a school doesn’t mean it’s related to the school or the students.

      “Buh, buh, THE CHILDREN!!! WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!!” is the refrain they use to get you to give up rights.