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busterbrown

(8,515 posts) Wed Nov 15, 2017, 04:26 AM Nov 2017

Holy Crap! This was so close to being another

horrendous mass shooting but with elementary kids at a school..
Jesus Christ...The doors were locked and he couldn't get in?

Am I wrong? But the coverage seemed minimal today... I was at work and stunned that this wasn't the lead,

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/us/california-tehama-county-shootings/index.html

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Holy Crap! This was so close to being another (Original Post) busterbrown Nov 2017 OP

Near incidents don't count these days. TexasTowelie Nov 2017 #1

The story isn't one that is useful for either side of the gun debate, so it's not getting hyped Amishman Nov 2017 #2

Just another day in America. FSogol Nov 2017 #3

I wonder when mass shootings won't get much coverage at all. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #4

TexasTowelie

(112,487 posts)

1. Near incidents don't count these days.

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Wed Nov 15, 2017, 04:38 AM

Nov 2017

A sad effect of mind-numbing violence.

Amishman

(5,559 posts)

2. The story isn't one that is useful for either side of the gun debate, so it's not getting hyped

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Wed Nov 15, 2017, 07:16 AM

Nov 2017

The pro gun crowd doesn't want it promoted because it was a mass shooting

The gun control crowd doesn't want it promoted because the guy was out on bail after stabbing his neighbors, had been reported recently to the police as a threat, and under current CA law should not have been able to acquire or still have guns. It's an example of current controls failing due to extremely poor execution, which doesn't help the case for more controls.

FSogol

(45,532 posts)

3. Just another day in America.

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Wed Nov 15, 2017, 07:25 AM

Nov 2017

Irish_Dem

(47,482 posts)

4. I wonder when mass shootings won't get much coverage at all. nt

Reply to busterbrown (Original post)

Wed Nov 15, 2017, 09:05 AM

Nov 2017

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