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The fact that so many here on all sides seem to think that intentional massacres could possibly be happening on a weekly basis in America is a testament to the distortionary power of the media

Nobody is making that argument or getting confused by these numbers. The Edweek figures were linked by someone complaining about media influence.

"School shootings" in the sense of intentional mass murders are nearly nonexistent.

There are only a few such incidents each year but that is far from 'nearly nonexistent'. Perhaps you'd care to quantify what you consider to be the acceptable number of deaths from shooting sprees?




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