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muriel_volestrangler

(101,306 posts)
12. though recent mass shootings have not all been by white people
Sat Dec 15, 2012, 09:43 AM
Dec 2012

April 2012: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oikos_University_shooting , Korean-American
April 2007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre , Korean-American

And other mass shootings, with smaller death tolls:

http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/22001395301054
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2009/08/police_arrest_suspect_in_overt.php

I'm not sure this can be put down to any one ethnicity. It is largely a 'young male' problem, though.

Why white? BainsBane Dec 2012 #1
I will offer a quess the MAJORITY of gun violence with Hispanic and African American community FreakinDJ Dec 2012 #3
those incidents involve people going after those they know JI7 Dec 2012 #6
Serial killers and mass murderers who kill for the sake of killing undeterred Dec 2012 #30
Do you think only men of color commit crimes? DainBramaged Dec 2012 #14
uh, no BainsBane Dec 2012 #16
I find your ignorance of the phrase 'men of color' astonishing. DainBramaged Dec 2012 #17
I don't know what your problem is BainsBane Dec 2012 #20
Meh DainBramaged Dec 2012 #21
None of my business, but Quantess Dec 2012 #22
If gun violence were as high among white people as it is among blacks... Major Nikon Dec 2012 #19
Most of the mass murderers have been alienated white men Generic Other Dec 2012 #23
Really? AlexSatan Dec 2012 #27
Google it Generic Other Dec 2012 #28
And don't forget this fellow Floyd_Gondolli Dec 2012 #29
Wow. allrevvedup Dec 2012 #2
athough the author makes some valid points, particularly regarding cali Dec 2012 #4
The vast majority of gun violence in the united states is minority on minority. Kurska Dec 2012 #5
WOW are you misinformed DainBramaged Dec 2012 #15
Link? Cali_Democrat Dec 2012 #26
It always struck me as odd that the "Falling Down" types are almost always white, young, males. Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #7
I think many white males who are struggling feel left out of American society. DCBob Dec 2012 #10
Maybe the "Falling Down" types have a sense of entitlement that minority males usually don't. nt raccoon Dec 2012 #11
The fact is this is about gun proliferation BainsBane Dec 2012 #8
If people kill people then Shankapotomus Dec 2012 #9
though recent mass shootings have not all been by white people muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #12
I'm sick of this kind of racist and sexist garbage. Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #13
Thank you for supporting strong gun control! ananda Dec 2012 #24
The Virginia Tech shooter was asian. Quantess Dec 2012 #18
There are exceptions Generic Other Dec 2012 #25
Yeah a 20yo goth geek oozes masculinity. ileus Dec 2012 #31
What if Adam Lanza Had Been African-American? AnnieBW Dec 2012 #32
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