https://L0g.is/tags/gun-violence/ Recent content in Gun Violence on L0G.is Hugo en-us Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://L0g.is/posts/gun-violence/ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://L0g.is/posts/gun-violence/ <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <p>Another mass shooting happened on Thursday, this year’s 274th (275th after another in Florida might make the list) and conservatives and liberals are similarly are coming out of the woodwork spouting the same rhetoric they have for years and no one will be changing their view. I’m noticing people are merging the two separate issues of mass shootings and overall gun violence into one gigantic monolithic issue, which is completely understandable, but is a misunderstanding nonetheless. According to the FBI, a mass shooting is a specific subset of gun violence when the shooter kills four or more people in a single incident (not including the shooter), typically in a single location. Because of that misunderstanding, both sides are constantly firing shots (no pun intended) at straw men that aren’t even standing in the same field. Combining the issues overly simplifies and undermines all the solutions proposed and I’ll explain below. As a disclaimer, I will disclose that I am a gun owner myself, but I currently do not own handguns or posses a concealed carry permit. Mass Shootings</p>