Another mass shooting, at least 9 hit, 4 dead

[Mr645]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/roc...rcna145388

Up to 11 killed/injured

We need to ban these assault weapons, right ?

[Tiangou]

[Acer]

In 2023, about 121 people in the US died every day from gun violence, homicide plus suicide. There's no timeline in the OP, but it was a series of attacks beginning about 1:00. Let's say an hour. In that same hour, on average 5 people likely died somehere in the country from a gun, so he's behind by one already. But not just that hour and ended. Every hour of every day. In the 24 hours since the attack and OP's post, some 120 people likely died by gunshot ( and not all of them in Chicago, I might add.) The attacker in the OP is a rookie, by the way. If he were properly armed like the Las Vegas shooter, he could have taken out the majority of one day's gunshot tally in ten minutes. I also wonder, if OP's attacker had a gun, how many of those who did not die would have died? How many additional people would he have taken out, considering a gun would have allowed him to work from a distance?

[Mr645]

#somelivesmatter

Gun crime, knife crime, hammer crime. What's the common denominator?

[DeusxMac]

Mr645 wrote:
#somelivesmatter

Gun crime, knife crime, hammer crime. What's the common denominator?

Logical fallacies would be the answer.

False equivalence – describing two or more statements as virtually equal when they are not.

Definist fallacy – defining a term used in an argument in a biased manner. The person making the argument expects that the listener will accept the provided definition, making the argument difficult to refute.


“We won with poorly educated…" "I love the poorly educated!"

[Mr645]

DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=Mr645]
#somelivesmatter

Gun crime, knife crime, hammer crime. What's the common denominator?

Logical fallacies would be the answer.

False equivalence – describing two or more statements as virtually equal when they are not.

Definist fallacy – defining a term used in an argument in a biased manner. The person making the argument expects that the listener will accept the provided definition, making the argument difficult to refute.


“We won with poorly educated…" "I love the poorly educated!"
Ban assault knives?

[Speedy]

Mr645 wrote:
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=Mr645]
#somelivesmatter

Gun crime, knife crime, hammer crime. What's the common denominator?

Logical fallacies would be the answer.

False equivalence – describing two or more statements as virtually equal when they are not.

Definist fallacy – defining a term used in an argument in a biased manner. The person making the argument expects that the listener will accept the provided definition, making the argument difficult to refute.


“We won with poorly educated…" "I love the poorly educated!"
Ban assault knives?
Once 30,000+ are killed by assault knives each year, yes.

[JoeH]

Speedy wrote:
[quote=Mr645]
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=Mr645]
#somelivesmatter

Gun crime, knife crime, hammer crime. What's the common denominator?

Logical fallacies would be the answer.

False equivalence – describing two or more statements as virtually equal when they are not.

Definist fallacy – defining a term used in an argument in a biased manner. The person making the argument expects that the listener will accept the provided definition, making the argument difficult to refute.


“We won with poorly educated…" "I love the poorly educated!"
Ban assault knives?
Once 30,000+ are killed by assault knives each year, yes.
Some states already have bans on many types of knives that include some considered "assault knives". But the gun and weapons nuts are going after those as well.