• GBU_28English
    93·
    2 months ago

    In general yes but this discussion is a out mass shootings.

    • PhlubbaDubba
      76·
      2 months ago

      This discussion is about gun violence. Saying there weren’t a lot of school shootings back then is about as helpful to the root issue discussion as saying that cyberbullying wasn’t an issue before the 90s anyways.

      • GBU_28English
        61·
        2 months ago

        Almost all comments in this chain, and indeed the immediate one you replied to mention “school shooting”.

        Beyond that, schools and dangerous guns existed before 1980.

        Edit even the original meme is about a school shooting

        • PhlubbaDubba
          16·
          2 months ago

          School shootings aren’t a part of gun violence?

          • GBU_28English
            51·
            2 months ago

            Of course they are, but to suggest the same variables drive a school shooting vs a midnight gas station robbery is silly

              • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com
                5·
                2 months ago

                Because they’re different crimes with different motives committed by different people under different circumstances.

                Literally the only things in common between the two are firearms, humans being involved, and them both taking place on the planet Earth.