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In reply to the discussion: Most gun violence in the US is not from mass shootings. Some truth and an honest question. [View all]RZM
(8,556 posts)The OP made a good point. If you add all of the victims of high profile shootings this year (Aurora, Oregon, Newtown, etc.), it's a tiny percentage of the total number of victims.
I imagine most gun crimes revolve around things that most people don't care much about. Domestic disputes, gang warfare, drug deals, robberies, and bullshit confrontations seem like the norm for gun violence. And nobody cares about that because it's boring. What's interesting about a guy shooting another guy at a party because the first guy used to go out with the second guy's girlfriend and they exchanged words?
We are in an unfortunate situation where most violence is deemed par for the course, while the unusual incidents lead to passionate calls for action. In reality the situation should be reversed. We should be focused on the 'mundane' killings because that's where the numbers are.