Aurora movie shooter was inspired by a villain in Batman movies. Young, troubled men with guns find "inspiration".https://twitter.com/JosephKYoung/status/741993044635947008 …
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ISIS carries out systematic terrorism in Muslim countries. Soccer stadiums in Iraq, tourist areas in Turkey. USA so far: "loon" lone wolves.
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Not downplaying mass political violence. It's destroying the Middle East. But US has different problem; troubled people with access to guns.
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Meanwhile. https://twitter.com/joelgrus/status/741997226298245121 … (My FB trending topics just started showing Orlando, sixth place).
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The horror of
#Pulse in light of this: More Americans killed by guns since 1968 then all our wars combined. https://twitter.com/Bill_Owen/status/741997443773005824 …zeynep tufekci added,
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Antonio French
An ongoing American tragedy that we mostly only pay attention to when it kinda fits one narrative.https://twitter.com/AntonioFrench/status/741647472603189248 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Yamiche Alcindor
Same weapon in Newtown, Aurora, Umpqua, San Bernardino. What allows one person—one awful troubled person—to kill 50.https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/742002745130012672 …
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Excuse me. Not the same weapon. Newton was a Bushmaster. Orlando is a AR-15
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/san-bernardino-shooting-assault-weapon-is-common-denominator-in-mass-shootings/ … Bushmaster is also a semi-automatic, modeled on the AR-15. Same type of weapon. Not talking about brands.
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I beg you to read this objectively -- it's a 10 minute read: https://facebook.com/notes/10153452653799118 …
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I'll read. I believe easy access to semi-automatics, media sensationalism of shootings+ spread of MENA wars at play.
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I agree, and believe restrictions clearly and provably help. However, focus is on wrong things, which is the case I make.
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