fosstodon.org is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Fosstodon is an invite only Mastodon instance that is open to those who are interested in technology; particularly free & open source software. If you wish to join, contact us for an invite.

Administered by:

Server stats:

10K
active users

#MassShooting

0 posts0 participants0 posts today

Why do Americans ask themselves more what the founding fathers wanted in terms of gun control then what they can figure would help ppl

like that children don't die by guns at school

?

as if that ominous mission or purpose bestowed upon them through their founding documents isore important as their ability to think and find feasible solutions.

But since it really is the case one has to concede that purpose is paramount.

Only, what really is that mission that justifies the murder of children by other children?

#usa#nra#guncontrol

Analysis of over 200 copycat mass shootings found that more than 80% of them occurred more than one year after the original shooting, and the average time between original and copycat shootings was almost 8 years.

Summary: psypost.org/new-research-revea

Original paper (not open access): sciencedirect.com/science/arti

PsyPost · New research reveals an alarming fact about copycat mass shootersBy Eric W. Dolan

am-quickie.ghost.io/fbi-hunts-

at least 10 people were wounded in a mass shooting outside a nightclub in Queens, New York, late last night. According to the New York Daily News, police are looking for a gray Infiniti that fled the scene and have made no arrests. "This is not a terrorist attack," the NYPD says. Just the familiar American drumbeat of violence echoing into the new year.

when a wealthy CEO (who has overseen mass death & destitution via healthcare denials) gets publicly murdered, the cops and DAs rush to call it "terrorism"; but when it is regular working class ppl who get killed, they are immediately explicit that it is NOT terrorism.

AM Quickie · Truck Attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas May Be Unrelated - The Thursday AM Quickie 1/2/25You shouldn't trust anyone who pretends to know exactly what he is talking about, but when Trump says "the CIA must get involved, NOW, before it is too late," it's only fair to wonder what's going on with his supposed war on the "Deep State." - Corey ON THE SHOW

On January 1st, at approximately 11:20 PM local time, a mass shooting occurred at the Amazura nightclub in New York City.

Around 90 people were inside, and 15 were waiting outside. Four men walking down the street fired 30–40 shots at the group waiting outside and then fled in a light-colored sedan. Six women and four men were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

#USA#Queens#NYC

A reply to the critics:

1. “The U.S. doesn’t execute children.”

Officially, this is true, but only since 2005, when there were 71 people on death row for crimes they were accused of committing as juveniles. The U.S. executed 364 juveniles prior to 1972. Between 1976, when the death penalty was reinstated, and 2005, it executed another 22 people for crimes they were accused of committing as juveniles. But this is only those convicted in court. Since 2015, the cops have killed well over 100 youths, many of whom were unarmed, murdered because of their race, class, or disability. These could be thought of as extra-judicial executions of juveniles.

2. “Most school shooters commit suicide, so there wouldn’t be any possibility of a death sentence.”

According to this 2013 article (popsci.com/science/article/201), around 48% of mass shooters (not limited to just school shooters) died in their attacks, either by their own hand, or by the cops.

Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, who killed 4 kids, 1 teacher, in the Westside Middle School massacre, in 1998, were 13, and 11, respectively. This occurred back when the U.S. was still executing juveniles. However, they were imprisoned, instead, and released at the age of 21, according to state law. And then there is James Holmes, 30, who committed the Aurora, Colorado theater massacre of 12 people, in 2012. While not a school shooting, it was a mass shooting. And he, too, was not executed. He is currently serving 12 consecutive life terms.

Popular Science · How Often Do Mass Shooters Die In Their Attacks?Almost half of mass shooters die during the attack, but certain factors raise the likelihood of that happening.

#elonmusk fordert #olafscholz wegen #anschlag in #magdeburg zum Rücktritt auf. Ob er auch #trump zum Rücktritt aufgefordert, wenn in dessen #amtszeit ein #massshooting in den #usa stattfindet? Allein in #2024 gab es dort 488(!) solcher #massshotings.

Leute, die im eigenen Land viel größere Probleme haben, sollten „einfach mal die Fresse halten“.
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-4

www.bbc.comHow many US mass shootings have there been in 2024?Explaining some of the key statistics behind gun ownership and attacks linked to guns in the US.
Continued thread

you don’t have to feel any enthusiasm about it to recognize how it’s different than a hopelessly alienated dude going into a store or a school and just trying to murder as many working class people as possible for some level of recognition on his way out. both are grim horror, but one is interesting in the sympathetic vibrations it induces among MILLIONS of Americans who’ve been harmed or destituted or had family members left to die by wealthy pieces of shit profiting off their misery.

he still seems like a hopelessly alienated dude, & poisoned by the media garbage that’s unfortunately popular among his cohort; but he formulated his horrible impulse in a differently organized way.