@dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?message-square220arrow-up1320
arrow-up1320message-squareWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?@dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square220
minus-square@Occamsrazer@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoMass shootings weren’t even defined before. We didn’t talk about them because they weren’t tracked. Even now the definition of mass shooting isn’t settled, with some definitions having about a dozen per year, and others having about 2 per day.
minus-square@Mango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 years agoCan we factor in things counted as massacres rather than mass shootings?
Mass shootings weren’t even defined before. We didn’t talk about them because they weren’t tracked. Even now the definition of mass shooting isn’t settled, with some definitions having about a dozen per year, and others having about 2 per day.
Can we factor in things counted as massacres rather than mass shootings?