Colorado

SheilaT

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7. Observation bias.

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 04:53 PM

Nov 2015

I can think of LOTS of mass shootings in lots of other states: Arkansas, Virginia, Georgia, California, Texas are just the first that come to immediate mind.

And so long as guns are readily available to one and all, so long as there is no effort whatsoever to remove guns, then these shootings will happen. It's just a part of the fabric of American life, nothing special. Something like 30 people die every single day from guns in this country, and then every so often some trigger-happy nut decides to shoot a whole bunch of people at once. Heck, this guy only nailed three people so he's obviously a loser in the mass-murder contest.

I'm not even going to put up the sarcasm thingy, because I'm not feeling remotely sarcastic here.

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Why is it ALWAYS Colorado? [View all] Rocknrule Nov 2015 OP

Here are the Colorado shootings. valerief Nov 2015 #1

I noticed that no other state has a Wikipedia list like that Rocknrule Nov 2015 #2

Wow, I hadn't looked. What is it about Colorado then? valerief Nov 2015 #3

whiteness is certainly a big part of it mwrguy Nov 2015 #6

It's not. enlightenment Nov 2015 #4

Odd there's no List of Shootings in Texas page in Wikipedia. valerief Nov 2015 #5

I suspect that the Texas Wikipedia page enlightenment Nov 2015 #9

Observation bias. SheilaT Nov 2015 #7

Which ones were in Arkansas and Georgia? Rocknrule Nov 2015 #8

School shootings several years ago. SheilaT Nov 2015 #11

I think it's curious that no other state has a wiki page like that Rocknrule Dec 2015 #12

The wiki page probably reflects SheilaT Dec 2015 #13

9 of the 42 worst mass shootings in the U.S. were in California: Liberty Belle Nov 2015 #10