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WahooRQ

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Gun violence was worse in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s than it is now. If you


mean mass shootings, a combination of things contribute to that being a phenomenon (including people being inspired by other events) but mass proliferation of the AR-15 and similar weapons has only been the last 20 years. Start there.

I’d note that rampage shootings go way back, they just werent documented and reported the same way and the weapons available made it hard to kill 50+ people.

(In response to this post by Tuckahokie)

Posted: 11/23/2022 at 1:51PM



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