In my humble opinion, this is an excellent original post, with great give and take exchanges, so far.
I'm so pleased that it has been "civil" to keep a good dialog going. Thx, we may actually learn something, be able to demand action from the adult mental health community and stop blaming AK rifles as the culprit.
As I caught up on News this morning, albeit a few days behind, I opened to a (NY Post) 2 page headline in BOLD CAPS:
GUN CAPITAL OF BIG APPLE
with a subtitle:
48 shootings this year in notorious Brooklyn precinct.
Critically thinking about this article, and based on today's post, I'd agree 100% with the importance to establish the guidelines.
We need to establish definitions and separate mass shootings from gang violence, murder/suicide if we expect to tackle this relatively new plague of mass shootings.
I Nodded in full agreement when I thought about the original posters comments on the media sensationalism. This story had about 7 graphic pictures, followed 6 timelines and was written by 3 reporters right as national legislation is underway.
Thank you for an interesting, informative and intelligent post.
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